History Webcomic / MSPaintAdventures

[[quoteright:350:[[Webcomic/ProblemSleuth https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ps401.gif]]]]

** [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/unlock.html The secret page]] also counts, as it lists Andrew's Formspring account, which is now out of service. Its equivalent on Homestuck.com, the [[https://www.homestuck.com/info-more More page]], links to the now-defunct ''Webcomic/ParadoxSpace'' website.

** [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/unlock.html The secret page]] also counts, as it lists Andrew's Formspring account, which is now out of service.

* '''''Webcomic/BardQuest''''' is an experimental comic where each panel has multiple branching paths, much like a ChooseYourOwnAdventure book. It is focused on a nameless bard who is tasked with slaying a dragon, though he spends most of his time messing around before actually heading out on his quest. While the story wasn't very long, it did expand on the idea of an overarching narrative aided by suggestion, as well as the railroading aspects of certain choices. It has been abandoned completely.

* '''''Webcomic/BardQuest''''' is an experimental comic where each panel has multiple branching paths, much like a ChooseYourOwnAdventure book. It has been abandoned completely.

** '''''LiteratureTheHomestuckEpilogues''''' serves as a follow up to {{Webcomic/Homestuck}}, this time taking the format of an online novel.

** Andrew is a very intelligent author. He spends most of his time talking to the fanbase [[TeasingCreator trolling them]].

** Some more detail on things the kids in ''Homestuck'' each have one of [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Homestuck_Kids here]].

* AcronymAndAbbreviationOverload: From Problem Sleuth onward, to the point where the wiki has an [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Acronym_Cheatsheet acronym cheatsheet]].

These comics are a stated favorite of Ryan North of ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'', and Hussie and North tend to be [[http://mspandrew.tumblr.com/post/12963616983/land-of-souls-and-olives-a-conclusion-pasta-la-vista all about the incredibly silly hijinks]].

Has a sister site, [[http://mspfanventures.com/ MS Paint Fan Adventures]], where most of the notable fan adventures are hosted.

** After much fiddling with arms/armory puns, one instance actually played the original intention of the command straight.

* SchrodingersGun: Most of the early adventures and ''Problem Sleuth''
* StylisticSelfParody: the characters are usually drawn sans arms, leading to a running gag throughout the series, consisting of the command "Quickly retrieve arms from _____" with the character responding by gesturing with whose arms and the message "You already ''have'' arms, stupid!" (or some other insult). This is [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] early on in ''Homestuck''. And again thereafter.

** Another instance involves retrieving firearms.

The site was later rebranded to [[SpotlightStealingTitle Homestuck.com]] after Viz bought the rights to the comic in 2018, though the other adventures are still hosted there (if not mostly relegated to the "read" section).

The site was later rebranded to [[SpotlightStealingTitle Homestuck.com]] during the site-wide switch to [=HTML5=] in 2018, though the other adventures are still hosted there (if not mostly relegated to the "read" section).

** The [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?viewpage=new New Reader]] page notes itself to be out of date. The claim that Problem Sleuth is 'by far the longest adventure' is crossed out and followed by "(Homestuck is now much longer)", and the section about Homestuck has a link to a more up-to-date primer at the top of the old description.

The site was later rebranded to [[SpotlightStealingTitle Homestuck.com]] during the site-wide switch to [=HTML5=] in 2018, though the other adventures are still hosted there (if not without direct links to the "games" menu.

Has a sister site, [[http://mspfanventures.com/ MS Paint Fan Adventures]], where most of the notable fan adventures are hosted. The site was later rebranded to [[SpotlightStealingTitle Homestuck.com]] during the site-wide switch to [=HTML5=] in 2018, though the other adventures are still hosted.

Has a sister site, [[http://mspfanventures.com/ MS Paint Fan Adventures]], where most of the notable fan adventures are hosted. The site was later rebranded to [[SpotlightStealingTitls Homestuck.com]] during the site-wide switch to [=HTML5=] in 2018, though the other adventures are still hosted.

* '''''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''''' is the most recent series. It begins with 13-year old John Egbert, who's trying to get around to playing a hot new video game called "Sburb" while contending with a poorly-designed inventory system, and his father, but snowballs very quickly into an epic of children trying to survive AfterTheEnd in a world [[YouCantFightFate predestined to work against them]]. All dialogue is conveyed through chatlogs. While still happily displaying the energetic imagination and lightheartedness of ''Problem Sleuth'', it has increased focus on deep characterization and dialogue, dramatic moods and a wildly twisting plot. The entire story tends to rely on {{Stable Time Loop}}s. It was [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=5 initially done]] entirely in UsefulNote/{{Flash}}, before Hussie decided to switch back to Photoshop because Flash is a pain to write comics in, though Flash is still occasionally employed for animated sequences and brief exploration games. Not counting the several hours of Flash, it's about four times as long as ''Problem Sleuth''.

Has a sister site, [[http://mspfanventures.com/ MS Paint Fan Adventures]], where most of the notable fan adventures are hosted.

* '''''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''''' is the most recent series. It begins with 13-year old John Egbert, who's trying to get around to playing a hot new video game called "Sburb" while contending with a poorly-designed inventory system, and his father, but snowballs very quickly into an epic of children trying to survive AfterTheEnd in a world [[YouCantFightFate predestined to work against them]]. All dialogue is conveyed through chatlogs. While still happily displaying the energetic imagination and lightheartedness of ''Problem Sleuth'', it has increased focus on deep characterization and dialogue, dramatic moods and a wildly twisting plot. The entire story tends to rely on StableTimeLoops. It was [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=5 initially done]] entirely in UsefulNote/Flash, before Hussie decided to switch back to Photoshop because Flash is a pain to write comics in, though Flash is still occasionally employed for animated sequences and brief exploration games. Not counting the several hours of Flash, it's about four times as long as Problem Sleuth.

* '''''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth''''' concerns the antics of three especially hard-boiled detectives (Problem Sleuth, Ace Dick, and Pickle Inspector) in their attempts to foil the dastardly plots of Mobster Kingpin and to escape from their offices. It parodies various point-and-click adventure and {{JRPG}} mechanics and tropes (such as StatMeters and TurnsRed) and features increasingly complex animated panels depicting {{Super Move Portrait Attack}}s, SummonMagic and {{Wave Motion Gun}}s galore.
* '''''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''''' is the most recent series. It begins with 13-year old John Egbert, who's trying to get around to playing a hot new video game called "Sburb" while contending with a poorly-designed inventory system, and his father, but snowballs very quickly into an epic of children trying to survive AfterTheEnd in a world [[YouCantFightFate predestined to work against them]]. While still happily displaying the energetic imagination and lightheartedness of ''Problem Sleuth'', it has increased focus on deep characterization and dialogue, dramatic moods and a wildly twisting plot. It was [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=5 initially done]] entirely in UsefulNote/Flash, before Hussie decided to switch back to Photoshop because Flash is a pain to write comics in, though Flash is still occasionally employed for animated sequences and brief exploration games.

* '''''Bard Quest''''' is an experimental comic where each panel has multiple branching paths, much like a ChooseYourOwnAdventure book. It has been abandoned completely.

* '''''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''''' is the most recent series. It begins with 13-year old John Egbert, who's trying to get around to playing a hot new video game called "Sburb" while contending with a poorly-designed inventory system, and his father, but snowballs very quickly into an epic of children trying to survive AfterTheEnd in a world [[YouCantFightFate predestined to work against them]]. While still happily displaying the energetic imagination and lightheartedness of ''Problem Sleuth'', it has increased focus on deep characterization and dialogue, dramatic moods and a wildly twisting plot. It was [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=5 initially done]] entirely in Flash, before Hussie decided to switch back to Photoshop because Flash is a pain to write comics in, though Flash is still occasionally employed for animated sequences and brief exploration games.

''[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/ MS Paint Adventures]]'' is a catch-all term for several webcomics by Creator/AndrewHussie which were originally made in Microsoft Paint, but [[ArtifactTitle later switched to]] [[NeverTrustATitle Adobe Photoshop, and later Flash]]. The TropeCodifier of the InteractiveComic genre, each is written in the style of an InteractiveFiction game, where each panel is accompanied by a text description, and the link to the next panel represents a player's command entered into a TextParser. It originated in 2006 as a series of games run on the Gangbunch forums, a small gathering of artists and miscellaneous people from the ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' forums which later became the current MSPA Forums, and were played by a group of Hussie's online friends; it graduated to its own site and effectively became a webcomic in in 2007.

* '''''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth''''' concerns the antics of three especially hard-boiled detectives (Problem Sleuth, Ace Dick, and Pickle Inspector) in their attempts to foil the dastardly plots of Mobster Kingpin and to escape from their room. It parodies various point-and-click adventure and {{JRPG}} mechanics and tropes (such as StatMeters and TurnsRed) and features increasingly complex animated panels depicting {{Super Move Portrait Attack}}s, SummonMagic and {{Wave Motion Gun}}s galore.