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Roenais i thought the oldschool 3d looked very charming and aesthetic, but 2d looks nice as well though. Just modernized and cleaner. Im glad we gonna have the game at all
Yeh, kinda too bad it had to go through so many trials and tribulations and like, weird company shit and maybe money loss for it to get to how it is, kinda should've been 2D to begin with it honestly, tho' i understand 2D is WAY more expensive and time consulming, but, it just looks better, and the music is quite good as expected.
I hate to be that guy ...but it's very much looks to be "fake" 2d, as in 3d models rendered to look like 2d (take note of e.g. the doors and other background objects as well as how round objects like the persons head perfectly scales while turning in motion). That being said that doesn't mean its bad, in fact I think its good, because it is done on a level comparably to Guilty Gear Xrd, which is a 2d fighting game that looks like its handdrawn 2d, but it's all 3d.
This animation is top notch and I love the movement on the "snake" but oh my, my right ear is bleeding they need to get the audio levels fixed pronto. Very very excited for this game, though I'm not sure if my body is ready
Alex A it slithery. The way it bends it's body is sort of snake like. Though maybe evil millipede (not a centepede in this case) would be more accurate
Sad's Channel hard to say that considering this game has been redone 4 time over the span of 5 years while practically throwing away money from their Kickstarter…
the odd gentleman stole a bunch of the kickstarter money and stalled the project at the very least two years. Hussie started his own game development company from scratch afterwords. People didn't think the game would come out until well into next year so all things considered it's coming out sooner than expected.
ME: Imma just sleep... Nothin' else to watch.. I'm tired... *RECIEVES NOTIFICATION OF HIVESWAP* ME: HOLY SH*T I JUST REALIZED I'M NOT TIRED!! *CLICKS ON VIDEO* ME: I'VE NEVER CLICKED SOO FAST *FRIEND CALLS* FRIEND: Have you heard?? ME: F*CK YEA!! *HUNGS UP* *SEES FRIEND BY THE DOOR* FRIEND: KNOCK KNOCK ME: WHOS THERE?? FRIEND: HIVESWAP ME: HOLY SH*T BRUH *OPENS DOOR* FRIEND: I CAME AS SOON AS I HEARD
One extra detail I like about this is how you can hear the kids' dog whining once the monster appears. Really tiny and unnecessary but still a really nice touch!
she's already experienced interdimensional travel much like her dad did and has the attention of doc scratch, there's no reason to believe they have no way of surviving the reckoning
At first I was a little disappointed when they announced that the game would be switching from 3D to 2D, but I have to say I like this style a lot more. It just feels much more...I don't know, more _Homestuck_ than the 3D version.
the art and animation in this is SO gorgeous, I am SO excited. Like, there's visible love poured into every background detail and frame of animation, holy shit
Firstly I love the fluid animation, stylised inspector gadget music (yes I'm calling it that for now on) and the wacky wacky shenanigans these loveable kids get up to. I love you guys so much, this is going to be a great game!
I'm actually crying I'm so excited I've waited a year for this game and have been checking it constantly no words can describe my happiness and excitement
This looks beautiful and amazing, as if it didn't already from the other trailers. The characters are immediately cute and endearing, as they should be. I just noticed that the sun is pretty much the same as its always been, the Light symbol. That's such a great way to show that this is totally a Homestuck game, among many other things. This is an excellent way to rekindle my fan frenzy. I mean, it's still there, I very recently just finished Homestuck and proceeded to obviously cry at the ending like you'd expect from a person like me. But I needed something to rekindle it, because I'm trying to get myself fueled to create fan content. I have yet to find my own passion project besides my own freelance art stuff and my UA-cam channel.
![[S] Ellsee: Enter.](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kbH8K7k1KxA/mqdefault.jpg)
god yknow i really am glad this game went 2d, it looks so much better
Roenais i completely agree
Roenais i thought the oldschool 3d looked very charming and aesthetic, but 2d looks nice as well though. Just modernized and cleaner. Im glad we gonna have the game at all
Roenais it doee
Yeh, kinda too bad it had to go through so many trials and tribulations and like, weird company shit and maybe money loss for it to get to how it is, kinda should've been 2D to begin with it honestly, tho' i understand 2D is WAY more expensive and time consulming, but, it just looks better, and the music is quite good as expected.
I hate to be that guy ...but it's very much looks to be "fake" 2d, as in 3d models rendered to look like 2d (take note of e.g. the doors and other background objects as well as how round objects like the persons head perfectly scales while turning in motion).
That being said that doesn't mean its bad, in fact I think its good, because it is done on a level comparably to Guilty Gear Xrd, which is a 2d fighting game that looks like its handdrawn 2d, but it's all 3d.
==> [S] Me: Click on notification with fucking speed of light.
True that, i saw that and i just thought "ohmygodimalreadyhere"
I just realised that the game will open with the old MSPA "a girl is standing in her room" thing !
I hope she's going to contemplate whether she should shit on her desk or not and waste precious time singing and stuff.
Probably not.
Sadly, it didn't really
This game on the 14th, then Samus Returns on the 15th... my poor wallet.
Skullcat i wonder what the price will be
Patrick Song Hiveswap is going to be eight dollars on steam
Cj Marshall hell yeah thats amazing
Patrick Song I already added it to my Wishlist on steam and bought a Xefros (One of the trolls) t-shirt
Cj Marshall i got a grubbles messenger bag last year.im so exited
great job guys cant wait to play act 2 in 2023
if you're right then i'll draw your fantroll
I fucking hate how accurate this is.
as the time goes by this comment gets less and less funny and more and more sad
Dam what ar3 you. A fortuneteller
*November 2020
This animation is top notch and I love the movement on the "snake" but oh my, my right ear is bleeding they need to get the audio levels fixed pronto. Very very excited for this game, though I'm not sure if my body is ready
More like lizard, it doesn't have any snake characteristics on it
Remis Inti I think it's modeled after some kind of cave salamander
Alex A it slithery. The way it bends it's body is sort of snake like.
Though maybe evil millipede (not a centepede in this case) would be more accurate
oh hey, its nidhogg from persona but painted black
Makes me think of No Face from Spirited Away. A send up perhaps?
*When you barely started the comic but the hype is already up for the game*
I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE I AM BUT IM JUST GONNA DO MY THING
Adi Joubarani *READ NOW*
Adi Joubarani welcome to homestuck bud
Hey, its nidhogg from persona but painted black
Dude, 100% the same to me. Homestuck is shit, but the best shit that happened to me
OP, are you me by any chance?
Your house when your babysitter is Roxy Lalonde... sweet!
Yep ^-^
Oh god I'm so hyped! This thing looks like it's really outdone itself!
Sad's Channel I'd like this comment but 413
celestialTraction [CT] XD it's too late already 577 but that would have been perfect if there was still 413 likes
I'm gonna do one with Hiveswap, Voltron, and MLGarnet because I just started watching Voltron.
Sad's Channel don't get to hyped or else the game won't be able to reach your expectations.
Sad's Channel hard to say that considering this game has been redone 4 time over the span of 5 years while practically throwing away money from their Kickstarter…
[s] *TAKE MY MONEY.*
Thunder Nova its $7.99 for act one, according to their twitter
*I can't believe the fandom is alive again-*
The Fandom Went God Tier.
Sorry, wrong fandom, homestuck died last year
Lachlan Topp lmao that's funny
*Quiet sobbing while choking down Mint strawberry* :'v
But we will live!
the fandom was always alive.
homestuck is what i like to call a
"god-tier" fandom.
it can, and never will die.
knock knock
who's there?
HIVESWAP
knock knock
Who's there
KNACK 2 BABYYY
*O P E N T H E D O O R*
KNOCK KNOCK OPEN UP THE DOOR ITS REAL WITH THE NON-STOP POP-POP AND STAINLESS STEEL
OPEN THE DOOR. STOP HAVING IT BE CLOSED.
hiveswap who?
HIVESWAP IS COMING!!!
im so proud of hussie for beating the shit out of the odd gentleman and releasing the game so soon xoxo
"so soon" what is soon about releasing 3 years after the initial estimated launch of the game?
I think it was 5 years...
Was it or did I got the timeline mixed up?
the odd gentleman stole a bunch of the kickstarter money and stalled the project at the very least two years. Hussie started his own game development company from scratch afterwords. People didn't think the game would come out until well into next year so all things considered it's coming out sooner than expected.
I just cant wait for the next installment 5 years from now.
Regal Void at least we got undertale out of it
my friend really really likes homestuck and made me watch trailers for this 1000 times. please send help I'm starting to watch them on my own.
Hamer
You can't fight the homestuck
It's too late now
Hamer
Accept your fate
You have been converted. Embrace the ships.
Hamer One of us.
One of us.
One of us.
==> [S] Fandom: crawl out of the gutters and unite
==> [S] axelfirekirby: descend.. (to the level of ultimate fandom trash by joining the homestuck fandom)
==> [s] new fan join hype for act 2
Stfu
@@bryan9587 this was from 2 years ago dude; take your own advice
I wonder how many people this is going to get into homestuck
We're gonna get some fresh Grubs straight off the brood trial to Patron/Troll !
JustANinjaOwl im one
ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN
turntechGodhead CHOO CHOO
CHOO CHOO
CHOO CHOO
CHOO FUCKING CHOO
turntechGodhead HYPESWAP HYPE TRAIN CHOO CHOO CHOO CHOO
I'm tired of these damn snakes invading our backyards. We can't even have a proper grill-out anymore without one making a beeline out of the forest.
ME: Imma just sleep... Nothin' else to watch.. I'm tired...
*RECIEVES NOTIFICATION OF HIVESWAP*
ME: HOLY SH*T I JUST REALIZED I'M NOT TIRED!!
*CLICKS ON VIDEO*
ME: I'VE NEVER CLICKED SOO FAST
*FRIEND CALLS*
FRIEND: Have you heard??
ME: F*CK YEA!!
*HUNGS UP*
*SEES FRIEND BY THE DOOR*
FRIEND: KNOCK KNOCK
ME: WHOS THERE??
FRIEND: HIVESWAP
ME: HOLY SH*T BRUH
*OPENS DOOR*
FRIEND: I CAME AS SOON AS I HEARD
Myra Concepcion literally everyone right now :')
Myra Concepcion I wish I had friends like that haha
Ouch, my right ear. Kinda seems like the audio levels need a fix.
Makin S.
seems fine to me
I raised my volume because of the quiet chill music at the beginning, and 0:26 hit me like a truck.
Makin S. Glad I wasn't the only one that noticed that
Makinporing giving us top-notch audio advice
I didn't even notice. Then again, I actually am half deaf in my right ear, so yeah.
Wait a minute... If you pause at 0:52 there is an Lord English toy.
Alexichou90 He's already there. (in the game)
4got bout that
0:58 has a Signless doll
Can't wait to play this after hurricane irma
Nepeta Leijon Still can't believe they're dropping it when half of FL and GA won't have power :(
I really hope my area gets power before this drops
rip us
Hopefully my home and equipment won't get destroyed other wise no hiveswap :(
Olivia Stoughton Same here.
I will open that door so hard it's gonna slam
Medsal Fifteen *SLAAAAAM!!!!*
Medsal Fifteen COME ON AND *SLAM* AND COME AND JOIN THE *FAM*
Funny that Joey and Jude follow the Homestuck naming pattern and have symbols that represent them, while the new characters in Homestuck 2 do not.
all that says to me is that hiveswap is less dubiously canon than h^2
fucking YIFFY
I just laughed at the Suffered plush.
omg i just realised at 0:52 we can see a toy felt mansion and lord english lol
AM I THE ONLY ONE TO SEE THE LORD ENGLISH ACTION FIGURE AND PLAYSET?
GamingNavi 42
when
Caltos Virnam 0:52
GamingNavi 42
o shit
not precisely but defiently a reference
GamingNavi what about the signless toy
I dont know what the most funny
The lord english toy or the pink ninja turtle or that beaten carebear
SOON? WHEN'S SOON COMING???
edit: i know the date y'all no need to get your gears grinded im joking haha
SonicFan24 September 14th is when it's coming out
SonicFan24 one week
HYPE
Remember how long that one day in Act 1-5 was? Now imagine seven of those.
look at the stem page fucking idiot!
One extra detail I like about this is how you can hear the kids' dog whining once the monster appears. Really tiny and unnecessary but still a really nice touch!
They here they fucking finally here
I've had money on my steam account for years for this game now I can finally waste it!!!
NotSoFunny its $7.99 for act one, according to their twitter
Collecting hype WOOO
Only one week left fucking cull me
Selin Naz Sur Are you a Turk?
Lord Sinus Yeah?
Homestuck dünyasında yalnız olmadığımı bilmek güzel de.
I CAME AS FAST AS I COULD
I'm so glad the Hiveswap team spent lots of time on this game, it's definitely showing!
Joey just looks so adorable
that house is bigger than my confidence
Casual reminder that if Joey came back to earth she probably died after getting hit by a meteor
she's already experienced interdimensional travel much like her dad did and has the attention of doc scratch, there's no reason to believe they have no way of surviving the reckoning
0:45 is that dog on the gun rack supposed to resemble Bec?
I think it's suppose to be Halley,Jake's(Jade's Grandpa) dog
*hallelujah chorus begins to play*
This was a loooong January
The level of detail in this is so fucking great. 👀👌👌👌
September 14th - Hiveswap (Release)
September 15th - Undertale (2nd birthday)
September 16th - Osu! (10th birthday)
Damn September schedule is awesome
THE HYPE IS AS REAL AS EVER
Lemme tell you this i love point and click games and homestuck so this might just be the best thing ever
My body is ready
I don't even know too much about homestuck, but this game's art style kinda just drew me in
0:51 Is that--
**Ruxpin the Devil:** I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU *NOSTALGIA CRITIC!!!!*
Hiveswap is so underrated.
Holy crap this is actually happening!! Also I love the animation!
At first I was a little disappointed when they announced that the game would be switching from 3D to 2D, but I have to say I like this style a lot more. It just feels much more...I don't know, more _Homestuck_ than the 3D version.
never thought id be sucked back in.... this looks so good. loving the colouring and the background work. its so refreshing to look at
OH. MY. GOD. THAT SECOND BASE DROP WHEN THE DOOR BURSTS OPEN IS SO COOL!!!
Oh, what a nice day to play...
0:25 Nevermind.
7 more days.
7 more days!
7 MORE DAYS!
*7 MORE DAYS!*
this background art is absolutely gorgeous! im so excited!
Wow I'm glad I started reading recently and won't have to wait for this as long as you guys have
awesome work can't wait to see the game!
9/14 Here we come!
God the animation is just gorgeous
the art and animation in this is SO gorgeous, I am SO excited. Like, there's visible love poured into every background detail and frame of animation, holy shit
Man, this is so beautiful. You know what, I've been waiting for years without trouble, but now I can hardly wait a couple days.
WHERE DOING IT GUYS
WHERE MAKIN THIS HAPEN
The signless is a muppet.
I loved looking through this video and seeing a few references here and there, and then seeing the facial features of lord English.
the animation is absolutely gorgeous I adore it!
As we can see here, Joey runs like a normal person while Jude is being Jude.
Jude is being a -jew-
Oh hell yes
Firstly I love the fluid animation, stylised inspector gadget music (yes I'm calling it that for now on) and the wacky wacky shenanigans these loveable kids get up to. I love you guys so much, this is going to be a great game!
This right here might very well be the very intro for anything ever. So much detail~
OHYNNT FOFS IM IN CLA SS HOMESTUCL GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK
Me: *Casually waits for HIVESWAP Act 2 to come out*
Ohhh, the animation is amazing! You've all done a really good job
THE ANIMATION IS GORGEOUS AND I AM LOVING THE MUSIC I'M SO EXCITED AAAAAAA
There's a place near my house that sells Faygo and makes Faygo floats in every flavor. I know where I'm celebrating on the 14th!
TheAlmightyBipper yOooo where it at? I know a place with 99cent faygo, but faygo floats???
It's called the "Coney Grill." I don't know how many there are. I've only ever seen the one. How many ounces are the 99cent ones?
Lemme see...24 oz!
What!?! Really? Man, it's so expensive here. It's like $2 for 12oz...
Holy shit that dog is fucking cute, also holy shit that is a lot of 80s toys references; my childhood let me show you it
LizaLeech IS THIS GAME SET IN THE 80s, HOLY FUCC
Homestuck Trash the 90s afaik but teenagers in the 90s had toys from the 80s, and Jude and Joey are no exceptions
Fuck, you right
I AM SO HYPED FOR THIS
This really looks...just outstanding, and amazing.
it's beautiful, i've looked at this for five hours now
WHOOO IM SO READY
[S] Fandom: Go God-Tier
Looking good!! The animation looks great and I'm liking that house decor. Spliced taxidermy and dressed-up statues...
I'm actually crying I'm so excited I've waited a year for this game and have been checking it constantly no words can describe my happiness and excitement
I would not only like to thank god but also jesus
There is a good doggo
the artists did an amazing job! this game looks beautiful i cant wait to play it
This is just too precious!, even though i do not understand HomeStuck 100%, i can already see this will be a blast!
Well, time to Fanart this!
Can't wait for it to be finally playable
NEVER CLICKED SO FAST.
This looks beautiful and amazing, as if it didn't already from the other trailers. The characters are immediately cute and endearing, as they should be. I just noticed that the sun is pretty much the same as its always been, the Light symbol. That's such a great way to show that this is totally a Homestuck game, among many other things. This is an excellent way to rekindle my fan frenzy. I mean, it's still there, I very recently just finished Homestuck and proceeded to obviously cry at the ending like you'd expect from a person like me. But I needed something to rekindle it, because I'm trying to get myself fueled to create fan content. I have yet to find my own passion project besides my own freelance art stuff and my UA-cam channel.
Oh my god it's looks so beautiful!
nice
When the Official Homestuck channel has more hiveswap
o o f
I freaking LOVE this animation so much!!! Awesome job to all who made this!...I wish I can play the game.
YESSS!! this looks amazing aaaa!! i'm a sucker for that music and art style!!!!!!!!
there doing it man
there MAKING THIS HAPEN
I do like that they changed it to 2D. It looks more like the Homestuck style.
*_MY BODY ISN'T READY_*
STOKED. The animation looks awesome!!
I CANT BE THE ONLY PERSON THAT LIKES SNAKE! his music kicks ass and he looks pretty cool
A week from tomorrow we will spend eight dollars well spent
I mean today
OMGICLICKEDTHISSUPERFASTANDNOWICANTWAITHELPMEIHAVENOMONEY
OMGSAMESAMEHIGHFIVENOMONEYBROTHEROMGHOWCANWESOLVETHISISSUEIKNOWWESHOULDWAITTILLSOMEONEELSEBUYSITFORUSANDRECORDITANDUPLOADITTOUA-camSOWECANWATCHITYEAHTHATISAGOODIDEA!
What a nice surprise for my birthday! This looks great!
Oh my gosh it looks amazing. I am so hyped! :D