History WebComic / Homestuck

As the scope and scale of the comic grew, Hussie began [[SeriesHiatus pausing updates of the comic]] in order to produce Flash animations, develop ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'', and work on larger chunks of the story at once, including a weeks-long hiatus for the End of Act 5 flash, a year-long "Gigapause" during Act 6, and an eight-month "Omegapause" from July 2015. ''Homestuck''[='=]s final stretch of updates began on March 28th, 2016, and the climax of the story finally ended on [[ArcNumber April 13th]], 2016, the seventh anniversary of the comic. However, Hussie also made a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMZU89jY2j8 credits video]] released on [[ArcNumber October 25, 2016]], and eventually ''Literature/TheHomestuckEpilogues'', which started on [[BookEnds April 13, 2019]]. October 25 of the same year, he released the beginning of an official sequel (so to speak) to the comic, ''Webcomic/Homestuck2''.

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** '''[[ContinuityNod/{{Homestuck}} > Nod to established continuity.]]'''

** '''[[MoodWhiplash/{{Homestuck}} > Recall tonal juxtapositions.]]'''
** '''[[ShoutOut/{{Homestuck}} > Document references to other media.]]'''
** '''[[WhamEpisode/{{Homestuck}} > Describe dramatic turns of events.]]'''
* '''[[Music/{{Homestuck}} > Captchalogue sick beats.]]'''

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...It will be Zoosmell Pooplord... er, sorry. It will be John Egbert. Our chief protagonist is one of four thirteen-year-old friends--the other three being Rose Lalonde, Dave Strider, and Jade Harley--who are fated to play ''Sburb'', a widely-hyped multi-player video game with real-life effects. ''Sburb'' allows players to manipulate and modify each other's environments in real time in a way reminiscent of ''VideoGame/TheSims''. But as it turns out, the consequences of playing Sburb [[TheGamePlaysYou are significantly further-reaching than they initially appear to be]], and what begins as a series of amusing domestic struggles and game-mechanics goofs quickly [[SerialEscalation spirals into a succession of events]] far beyond the expectations of its participants.

''Homestuck'' began on April 13, 2009, only one month after the end of the highly-successful ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth''. It rapidly rose in popularity for many reasons, primarily for its [[JigsawPuzzlePlot intricate]] multi-timeline apocalypse-centric plot, insanely fast update schedule for the first few years[[note]]At its peak, ''Homestuck'' updated with 5.5 pages a day on average, a veritable torrent of updates save for [[AnimationBump Flash animations]][[/note]], a visual upgrade from the style of ''Problem Sleuth'', Flash animations and games accompanied by [[Music/{{Homestuck}} a massive soundtrack]], and its [[{{Troperiffic}} incredibly high trope density]].

As the scope and scale of the comic grew, Hussie began [[SeriesHiatus pausing updates of the comic]] in order to produce Flash animations, develop ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'', and work on larger chunks of the story at once, including a weeks-long hiatus for the End of Act 5 flash, a year-long "Gigapause" during Act 6, and an eight-month "Omegapause" from July 2015. ''Homestuck''[='=]s final stretch of updates began on March 28th, 2016, and the climax of the story finally ended on [[ArcNumber April 13th]], 2016, the seventh anniversary of the comic. However, Hussie also made a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMZU89jY2j8 credits video]] released on [[ArcNumber October 25, 2016]] and then ''Literature/TheHomestuckEpilogues'' that started on [[BookEnds April 13, 2019]]. October 25 of the same year, he released the beginning of the sequel ''Webcomic/Homestuck2''.

Note: with the end of Flash on internet browsers, Homestuck is no longer accessible online in its original form (most Flash content has been replaced with low-res videos). The fan-made [[https://bambosh.github.io/unofficial-homestuck-collection/ Unofficial Homestuck Collection]], a downloadable version of the webcomic, [[ApprovalOfGod has been endorsed by Hussie]] as the least broken way to read not only ''Homestuck'', but the other ''MS Paint Adventures''' webcomics as well.

[[HelloInsertNameHere What will the name of this young man be]]?

A young man stands in his bedroom. It just so happens that today, the 13th of April, 2009, is this young man's birthday. Though it was 13 years ago he was given life, it is only today he will be given a name!

-->-- '''Andrew Hussie''', [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/1677 this page]]