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I can see this going something like Shadowrun Returns with them using the sales of the game after it's released to fund a more lengthy and expansive sequel.
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I'm surprised they are using 3D models. I mean, Homestuck's art is entirely based on 2D sprites. No reason to doom and gloom over the developer choice. It was always going to be a fairly simple adventure game, and if they can pull that off then we should be good to go. Hussie/North writing will carry the game for however many hours it will last.
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Jun 20, 2014 22:15
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At this point I'm mostly just hoping the soundtrack is fun. The models look neat enough, though I was also kind of expecting sprites as well.
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Jun 20, 2014 22:31
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I paid for the Seerpak reward tier on the Kickstarter. So with What Pumpkin's current pricing:code:As long as it doesn't damage my computer in any way I think I'll be okay.
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Jun 20, 2014 22:54
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Wait, there were models revealed? How come nobody posted them?
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Jun 20, 2014 23:43
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Plom Bar posted:I paid $160 for the Seerpak tier (again, Canadian), meaning that all told, this game and its soundtrack are going to cost me $(-4.05) What it actually means is that you spent 160 dollars on awful webcomic merchandise
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Jun 20, 2014 23:52
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ANIME MONSTROSITY posted:Wait, there were models revealed? How come nobody posted them? Because it was one model which was of a dumb troll.  And some other boring concept art.
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Jun 20, 2014 23:58
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we will never be free of trolls
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Jun 21, 2014 00:57
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Freak Futanari posted:Because it was one model which was of a dumb troll. Huh, so Dirk and Tavros have a baby. Didn't see that one coming.
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Jun 21, 2014 01:15
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I really hope he shows up for a moment and then dies horribly and hilariously.
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Jun 21, 2014 01:57
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Freak Futanari posted:Because it was one model which was of a dumb troll. Dirk Strideer. That's the first thing I thought when I saw this. The fire breathing axolotl First Guardian is alright though. Martini Mice-Cream fucked around with this message at 04:26 on Jun 21, 2014 |
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Jun 21, 2014 03:47
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Of course, there's already been like three cosplays of the antler troll and too much fanart to count. This is the curse and the boon of being in a gigantic, overenthusiastic fandom.
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Jun 21, 2014 07:56
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Honestly I'm surprised he's even making this. Hussie doesn't seem like the kind of person to dabble in sequels and such. Also, I figured he of all people would be ready to get away from the trollmania after years of being deeply immersed in it.
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Jun 21, 2014 09:35
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Rorus Raz posted:Honestly I'm surprised he's even making this. Hussie doesn't seem like the kind of person to dabble in sequels and such. On the other hand, endless money.
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Jun 21, 2014 09:42
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There's also probably something fulfilling about seeing that you made something a whole bunch of people think is really awesome and appreciate, if you're not a heavily jaded doofus.
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To be honest it does feel a bit weird creatively, since it feels very "sequel-y" to focus on having trolls in the game just because they were so very popular in the comic. It makes sense from the perspective of giving the audience what they want, but I hope when Hussie's done the game he can start an all-new project and work on some fresh ideas.
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Jun 21, 2014 12:28
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Five bucks say that antlertroll doesn't survive the tutorial.
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Dolash posted:To be honest it does feel a bit weird creatively, since it feels very "sequel-y" to focus on having trolls in the game just because they were so very popular in the comic. It makes sense from the perspective of giving the audience what they want, but I hope when Hussie's done the game he can start an all-new project and work on some fresh ideas. He expects Paradox Space to outlive Homestuck, and he further expects to become less involved with Paradox Space as time goes on. I think that's indicative that he intends to use Homestuck's potentially enduring popularity (assuming it does, I'm not sure what the fan consensus is on PXS) to fund future projects. Either that or he'll go the way of all other popular media with an endless parade of sequels, prequels, remakes, and eventually reboots. Or, as in the case of X-men: Days Of Future Past, all four at once.
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Plom Bar posted:Either that or he'll go the way of all other popular media with an endless parade of sequels, prequels, remakes, and eventually reboots. Or, as in the case of X-men: Days Of Future Past, all four at once. To be quite fair, the main Homestuck comic is also already all four of those things at once.
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Plom Bar posted:(assuming it does, I'm not sure what the fan consensus is on PXS) It's pretty well established that the fans are largely idiots; they love absolutely everything HS-related, including every page of PXS, even the KC Green ones.
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Jun 22, 2014 04:57
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There's nothing outright wrong with PXS. It's like going on Tumblr for Homestuck fan comics: every so often you find something that's pretty good, except with PXS at least you don't have to wade through pages of terribly drawn comics and endless pages of porn.
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Jun 22, 2014 09:02
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The draw of PXS is precisely that it showcases the guest cartoonists' own styles (both in art and in writing).
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Jun 22, 2014 09:05
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So, a tea party. That's pretty nice.
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Jun 27, 2014 15:00
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It is surprisingly sweet.
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Jun 27, 2014 15:16
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All paradox space has really accomplished is making me wish gastrophobia updated more often.
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Jun 28, 2014 02:51
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This is cute and all, but I'm still waiting for the quality to jump from "nice" to "great".
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In that case, MSPA should update sometime 
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Jun 29, 2014 05:23
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The Homestuck finale will be a Half-Life 3 Mod.
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Jun 29, 2014 12:32
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It's been so long at this point that nothing will live up to the hype, so I'm just going to mentally be disappointed in it now, so I enjoy it when it comes out.
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Personally, I'm preparing for the eventual feeling of 'who's this douchebbag?' when it turns out I've completely forgotten some tertiary character that suddenly becomes plot-critical.
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I will help you remember.
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Well, let's see what I can remember, in terms of where everyone is / what they are doing: John - Equipped with powers that let me be anywhere and everywhere, so it doesn't matter where he currently is. Perhaps the key to everything, since this power is apparently fated to be involved in Lord English's downfall. Probably will make some crucial change that completely changes everything in some bizarre way. Rose - Currently getting an unconscious Roxy to a safe distance from the battle. About to have a heart-to-heart with her pseudomom? Dave - Chasing after Jade's corpse in order to save her. Jade - Currently dead, visiting with Calliope and probably helping motivate her to do something. Jane - Mind-controlled by the Batterwitch, who wanted someone to teach all her backstabbing and aggressive ways to. I can't remember what happened to her after she failed to revive Jade. The key to breaking the mind control will probably be sufficiently pissing her off. Roxy - Unconscious after trying to take down Aranea. Maybe she will join Calliope in the dreambubbles again? Her body is being carried to safety by Rose. About to have a heart-to-heart with her pseudomom? Jake - Had all the concussion-related damage to his brain healed, then powered up, then killed. Will presumably revive on his own. Unknown whether he'll still be quite such an ignoramus. Fated, according to Aranea, to play a crucial role in the 'first' defeat of Lord English (probably English-possessed Jack). Dirk - Still flying in from the edge of the solar system. Should be there soon. Karkat - With Kanaya near the big battle. Currently target of anger: Gamzee, for acting like such a tool. Aradia - One of the few people that didn't ditch Vriska. Hanging around, waiting to see what happens when everything breaks. Tavros - Dead. Peaced out after getting fed up with Vriska. Might do something important in the end, might not. Sollux - Peaced out after getting fed up with Vriska. Probably won't do anything important. Nepeta - Dead. Millions of copies double-died. Probably has no more role to play in this story. Kanaya - With Karkat near the big battle. Terezi - Fighting with Gamzee. Vriska - Dead. Frustrated, because everyone abandoned her, and then Aranea went and did the whole mind-control-to-get-the-ring plan that early Vriska would have done. Being pals with Meenah. Currently doesn't feel like interfering, will probably change her mind later, because, geez, Meenah and Vriska teamup has to do something. Equius - Dead. Merged with AR. Gamzee - ??? The ultimate mystery. Whose side is he on? Which actions did he do while mind-controlled? Which actions were his own? Is he a mad genius, a total idiot, or a personification of chaos? Does Hussie know the answer to this, or is he just making it up as he goes along? We have no idea. Went into a rage after being repeatedly stabbed, and is now taking it out on Terezi. Eridan - Dead. No one cares what happens to Eridan. Feferi - Dead. Hanging out with Sollux and Nepeta. Probably has no more role to play in this story. Calliope - Dead. Hanging out with Jade in her special paradox-space hidey-hole. Aranea - Alive-via-ring. Currently has had all her plans immediately fall apart, and is making GBS threads bricks because HIC has shown up. Meenah - Dead. Frustrated with Aranea's actions. Being pals with Vriska. Other Beforan Trolls - Dead. Who cares about these chumps? They're mad-expendable. Davesprite and Arquiusprite - Hanging out, doing all the catching up that Dave and Dirk should have done. Will probably hatch a plan of their own? PM - Guarding Jade's corpse The Mayor - ??? I can't remember if we saw what happened to him after Dave saved him on LOHAC. Ms. Paint - Hanging out with MC-Jack Jack Noir - Guarding Jade's corpse Midnight-Crew Jack, Alpha Jack - Flying in from the edge of the system Caliborn's Jack - Probably dead, we don't need another Jack to muck things up. ...this might mean he'll show up. Lord English - Currently popping dreambubbles while looking for his dead sister. Sort of a unthinking puppet of Caliborn, I guess? The Felt - Currently under the command of MC-Jack. Doc Scratch - Dead, but nothing says he can't send a message or two before his death. Just smug enough for his role in the story not to be 100% done. Her Imperial Condescension - Just showed up in her battleship, imbued with a whole set of psychic powers, and loving pissed. Will shortly be loving everyone's poo poo up, probably. Caliborn - The last boss, probably. After clearing out Lord English, HIC, and Jack English, they'll need to curtail Caliborn somehow so he doesn't just do this over and over again. I doubt they'll just fight him. He's a symbol of being unable to grow up. Whatever the defeat, it'll be symbolic in some way. Andrew Hussie (the character) - The secret extra boss???? Technically, as the one that empowered Caliborn in the first place, and as the one controlling the actions of all the characters, he is anathema to the themes of growing up, making decisions, and living a good life. I feel like part of the epilogue is going to be kicking him out of the story, so that the characters can't be messed with anymore.
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Bobulus posted:Rose - Currently getting an unconscious Roxy to a safe distance from the battle. About to have a heart-to-heart with her pseudomom? Bobulus posted:Dave - Chasing after Jade's corpse in order to save her. Bobulus posted:Jade - Currently dead, visiting with Calliope and probably helping motivate her to do something. Bobulus posted:Jane - Mind-controlled by the Batterwitch, who wanted someone to teach all her backstabbing and aggressive ways to. I can't remember what happened to her after she failed to revive Jade. The key to breaking the mind control will probably be sufficiently pissing her off. Bobulus posted:Roxy - Unconscious after trying to take down Aranea. Maybe she will join Calliope in the dreambubbles again? Her body is being carried to safety by Rose. About to have a heart-to-heart with her pseudomom? Bobulus posted:Jake - Had all the concussion-related damage to his brain healed, then powered up, then killed. Will presumably revive on his own. Unknown whether he'll still be quite such an ignoramus. Fated, according to Aranea, to play a crucial role in the 'first' defeat of Lord English (probably English-possessed Jack). Bobulus posted:Dirk - Still flying in from the edge of the solar system. Should be there soon. Bobulus posted:PM - Guarding Jade's corpse Bobulus posted:The Mayor - ??? I can't remember if we saw what happened to him after Dave saved him on LOHAC. Bobulus posted:Jack Noir - Guarding Jade's corpse Bobulus posted:Caliborn - The last boss, probably. After clearing out Lord English, HIC, and Jack English, they'll need to curtail Caliborn somehow so he doesn't just do this over and over again. I doubt they'll just fight him. He's a symbol of being unable to grow up. Whatever the defeat, it'll be symbolic in some way. Bobulus posted:Andrew Hussie (the character) - The secret extra boss???? Technically, as the one that empowered Caliborn in the first place, and as the one controlling the actions of all the characters, he is anathema to the themes of growing up, making decisions, and living a good life. I feel like part of the epilogue is going to be kicking him out of the story, so that the characters can't be messed with anymore.
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Bongo Bill posted:He's also still writing the story, except for the intermissions. Oh, god, I just realized: After Roxy's drunken writing about characters trapped in a story, and with the whole of Homestuck being these characters trapped in 'a story' (predestination loops), it's basically inevitable that the way you defeat Caliborn (without killing him) is trap him somehow. Either a time loop (he is a time player...) or actually literally trap him in his own lovely, badly-drawn story.
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Bobulus posted:Oh, god, I just realized: After Roxy's drunken writing about characters trapped in a story, and with the whole of Homestuck being these characters trapped in 'a story' (predestination loops), it's basically inevitable that the way you defeat Caliborn (without killing him) is trap him somehow. Either a time loop (he is a time player...) or actually literally trap him in his own lovely, badly-drawn story. Kinda like the Trap/Prison Books in the Myst series?
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Condemn Lord English to fall down stairs forever, right next to Sweet Bro.
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So SBaHJ has been predictive of the story of Homestuck. So what does the first comic where Hella Jeff is banging his own mom after Sweet Bro was done banging her foretell?
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Who What Now posted:So SBaHJ has been predictive of the story of Homestuck. So what does the first comic where Hella Jeff is banging his own mom after Sweet Bro was done banging her foretell? Well, according to my shipping diagram,
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Who What Now posted:So what does the first comic where Hella Jeff is banging his own mom after Sweet Bro was done banging her foretell? Note the shirt colors, representing Dave and John. Dave's 'mom' is Roxy. John and Roxy have already said they each find the other attractive. Dave also said he found Roxy attractive, before he found out who she was. I'll leave the actual shipping as an exercise to the reader.
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Who What Now posted:So SBaHJ has been predictive of the story of Homestuck. So what does the first comic where Hella Jeff is banging his own mom after Sweet Bro was done banging her foretell? 
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