Let's Sperg Hiveswap - the Homestuck game ™

[morninghomo]

I wanna make a proper post about this game soon, but i still feel like i'm not quite informed enough yet
for now lets incoherently go off about the mess that is Hiveswap, the game that seems like even Hussie doesn't want much to do with at this point

conversation points:

• how the game was delayed
• whatpumpkin's overall questionable work practices
• the "every possible item combination in the game having flavortext" gimmick it advertises
  
• more than half of the people working on act one having left the project
• how the game feels like a pandering cashgrab

 

[The Fifth Waltz]

After all this time I was surprised the game even dropped.

 

[Fandom Trash]

I really do like the art style for the game.

But the whole delay thing is just so weird. Especially if you pleged for the kickstarter.

Was it worth the delay?

Not really. But it wasnt exactly what Andrew had promised.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

Why is Andrew Hussie still a thing?

 

[Existential Crisis]

Andrew Hussie sucks so bad at planning. You could say that Hiveswap had its troubles that were out of his control, but he couldn't finish Homestuck for years; just kept expanding on it as it spiraled into autism like you've never seen, and towards the last couple years there were huge hiatuses inbetween small updates. It's no surprise the game would be scrapped at least twice.

Lots of people (on Steam, Reddit, Tumblr, probably Kickstarter too) accuse the Odd Gentlemen of taking the Kickstarter money to spend it on making King's Quest rather than Hiveswap, but the only official update I could find so far is that What Pumpkin took over development in 2014. I'm not familiar with Odd Gentlemen so I don't know whether it's possible.

TL;DR Hussie is autistic.

 

[Pickle Inspector]

Why is Andrew Hussie still a thing?

His fanbase which he can't escape.

 

[Coconut Gun]

His fanbase which he can't escape.

It must suck to be a creative type and have one of the literal worst fanbases in existence.

 

[Tranhuviya]

The King's Quest remake deserved the money.

 

[D. Sweatshirt]

@morninghomo I'm afraid you're a little late as I've already made a pretty detailed thread about this. Feel free to read more about it here.

TL;DR: Hussie and his gang are all off their rockers and don't know how to manage a development team, much less their own money or relationships.