10/22/2020
- Homestuck.info returns from the grave after a summer of downtime! Viz decides on this very same day to finally update Homestuck.com.
- Site Changes:
- [S] Cascade is finally fixed, the original flash version viewable on the main site.
- [S] DD: Acend More Casually recieved a fresh Youtube Mirror after the previous was taken down for hotted boobs. The tits big ones are now nipple-less. The video is also in 1080p.
- [S] Ride (Arquius) also recieved a fresh Youtube Mirror with the end of the flash now included, also in beautiful 1080p.
- Meenahbound 2: Mituna's textbox is now properly displayed again.
- Insert disc 2.: The flash-alternative version now properly takes the reader to the next page.
- There is now an "un-maintained backup of the original mspaintadventures.com, in all its Flash glory" linked on the More page, which appears to be a live snapshot of the site as it existed sometime near the end of 2017. Very broken, very janky, but it exists.
- With this site back in action, stay tuned as I get everything up to date through the backlogs.
3/10/2020
- Viz releases Homestuck, Book 6: Act 5 Act 2 Part 2 ! This is the first book to release before the announcement of the next one.
3/4/2020
- Roxy's Pesterquest is now abviable [sic] !
2/26/2020
- The Preview Pages are released for Homestuck Book 6: Act 5 Act 2 Part 2.
2/25/2020
- ForFansByFans announces the Homestuck 413 Challenge^2 Electric Boogaloo"! The deadline is set for March 25th.
2/19/2020
- Jake's Pesterquest is now available!
2/5/2020
- Jane's Pesterquest is now available!
1/29/2020
- ForFansByFans begins a Homestuck livestream taking place every weekday until 4/13! Their first special guest is ... me!
1/15/2020
- Eridan's and Feferi's Pesterquest is now available!
1/14/2020
- Viz releases The Homestuck Epilogues: Volume Meat / Volume Candy .
1/20/2019
- Nepeta's and Sollux's Pesterquest is released!
12/4/2019
- Aradia's and Tavros' Pesterquest is released!
11/13/2019
- Equius' and Terezi's Pesterquest is released!
10/31/2019
- Hiveswap: Act 2 is re-announced with new art, a steam page, and a trailer!
10/30/2019
- Pesterquest: Gamzee's and Vriska's routes are released!
10/25/2019
- Homestuck 2: Beyond Canon begins.
- CBR: A Homestuck Sequel Webcomic Officially Launches
- Polygon: Homestuck returns with Homestuck^2, a canon continuation of the infamous webcomic
- Yahoo: Surprise 'Homestuck 2' release for interactive web comic
- Gamespot: The Most Infamous Webcomic On The Internet Is Back
10/24/2019
- FFBF releases a line of Mutini merch.
10/22/2019
- Homestuck, Book 5: Act 5 Act 2 Part 1 is now available!
10/16/2019
- Pesterquest: Karkat's and Kanaya's routes are released!
10/02/2019
- Pesterquest: Jade's route is released!
9/18/2019
- Pesterquest: Dave's route is released... for real this time!
9/17/2019
- Pesterquest: Dave's route is released early by mistake.
9/17/2019
- ForFansbyFans and WhatPumpkin (through twitter user @lalonders) ask fans for ideas for future Homestuck merch.
9/13/19
- The Homestuck Epilogues are no longer highlighted on the main page of Homestuck.com.
9/08/19
- Preview images are released for Homestuck: Book 5: Act 5 Act 2 Part 1.
9/06/19
- ForFansByFans begins selling Pesterquest Merch.
9/03/19
- Hiveswap is featured in Humble's RPG Bundle.
8/24/2019
- Andrew Hussie has released a massive explanation of his intents behind the Epilogues and plans for the future of the franchise. Fitting to his theme on subverting delivery of content, its revealed an hour into the newest episode of Pgenpod, fan's podcast, and is written almost as if it will be the Foreword of the upcoming Homestuck Epilogues print release. The original episode can be found here, and a transcript can be found here.
8/23/2019
- WhatPumpkin release a set of wallpapers for Pesterquest.
8/22/2019
- WhatPumpkin reveals Pesterquest a Homestuck-centric sequel to Friendsim. It can be found on Steam and is the first game to be published by Fellow Traveller at the time of launch. They've also teamed with Evolve's Terminals.IO for marketing, with that press release of their own.
8/19/2019
- Viz Media announces The Homestuck Epilogues print book. Releasing January 14th, 2020 and retailing for $35.
8/14/2019
- Pgenpod releases the data of their Homestuck Fandom Survey
8/6/2019
- Pgenpod calls for the entire Homestuck community complete a survey with WhatPumpkin interested in the results.
7/20/2019
- WhatPumpkin announces their partnership with Fellow Traveller , the company behind LudoNarraCon. Fellow Traveller will publish all past and future Homestuck games under a new Homestuck Universe label.
7/1/2019
- The first listings appear for Homestuck, Book 6: Act 5 Act 2 Part 2, releasing 3/10/20.
7/28/2019
- Homestuck gets an official instagram.
6/27/2019
- The WP blog updates with a major newspost on Hiveswap Act 2, with a bunch of new details and a new animanimation showing Boldir.
6/23/2019
- The front and back covers, are revealed for Homestuck, Book 5: Act 5 Act 2 Part 1.
6/20/2019
- Book 5 has its release date set back to October 22.
6/19/2019
- Book 5 is delayed yet again, now to November 10.
6/12/2019
- the note desolation plays
- James Roach states that there will be no official 6/12 event, but there will be news later this month. He says there will now be "less attachment to 'magical homestuck number days' and that 'nobody is more frustrated about this than i am, trust me'...
6/4/2019
- Viz takes Homestuck to the Vegas Licensing Expo.
5/16/2019
- Viz shows new Homestuck pins, available at ACEN 2019.
5/10/2019
- LudoNarraCon! WP hosts a pre-recorded stream showcasing Hiveswap Act 1 and Friendsim, with developer commentary. They also release the demo for Act 1, which contains the beginning of the game up to and including the first strife.
5/9/2019
- A kickstarter update finally reveals the state of Hiveswap Act 2, including new animated sprites of Tyzias and Tegiri and the background for Zebede's Hive.
5/5/19
- Homestuck: Book 5: Act 5 Act 2 Part 1 has it's release pushed further back, now to October 22.
- The Homestuck Epilogues' Table of Contents now properly credits Lalo Hunt and Aysha U. Farah for their contributions.
5/01/19
- LudoNarraCon, an Online Convention for Indie games, announces that Hiveswap: Act 1 will be a featured game. There will be a special stream featuring an interview with Aysha U. Farah, hosted by Kate Mitchell.
- Hiveswap recieves a hidden DLC package, according to SteamDB, likely a Demo or other special build for LudoNarraCon.
4/20/19
- The Homestuck Epilogues, Meat and Candy, are dropped in full. Together they make up a Homestuck "sequel" comprised of nearly 200,000 words.
4/14/19
- After V calls for a document of website issues, Makin, a number of HSD members, and myself begin assembling this document. The indention issue is fixed quickly after.
- The first line of every Pesterlog is now indented. This is likely a CSS mistake, with the indent for the Epilogues pages applying to the comic.
Fixed Errors
4/13/19
- ForFansByFans concludes their celebration with Bon(u)stuck!
- ForFansByFans releases a number of new FanForge items! And has a major sale!
- @SkaianetSystems becomes @Whatpumpkin
- Whatpumpkin.com is relaunched.
- The Homestuck Epilogues begin. Three pages of the Prologue are released.
- The first line of every Pesterlog is now indented. This is likely a CSS mistake, with the indent for the Epilogues pages applying to the comic.
- Clicking on the "Read Homestuck" button on the front page makes it change to the "Read The Homestuck Epilogues" button.
New Site Errors
4/12/19
- ForFansByFans continues their celebration with PuzzlyStuckly!
- V's countdown ends with the release of a new K-Pop album from BTS.
4/11/19
- ForFansByFans continues their celebration with Pictostuck!
4/10/19
- ForFansByFans continues their celebration with Starstuck!
4/09/19
- ForFansByFans starts their 413 celebration! With Wordstuck 3!
3/29/19
- @Homestuck is now an official twitter account.
3/28/19
- ForFansByFans releases new FanForge merch.
3/03/19
- Homestuck.com: After I email them about a malware link present, Viz updates page 845 to remove it. The site credited to Gankro has long since become taken over by malicious owners. However, they also deleted the Punch Card Calculator that was also linked to on the page. The original page can be viewed here, archived.
2/12/19
- Homestuck Book 4: Act 5 Act 1 is released!.
2/04/19
- Homestuck Book 4: Act 5 Act 1 recieves preview pages on Viz.com.
2/02/19
- The banner on Homestuck.com is updated to advertise Homestuck Book 4: Act 5 Act 1.
1/24/19
- Those who applied to the Homestuck Aspect Zine are finally contacted after over six months of silence.
1/14/19
- Homestuck Book 5: Act 5 Act 2 Part 1 is reportedly delayed, being pushed back from June 12th to September 10th
1/01/19
- WhatPumpkin fully rebrands to Skaianet Systems. Their twitter is wiped and changed to @SkaianetSkystems
- skaianetsystems.com goes live as an in-universe website for Skaianet. It contains a number of secret files, additional info can be found on this dedicated page.
12/26/18
- The WhatPumpkin tumblr account is deactivated.
- The main page of Hiveswap.com gets a make-over.
12/14/18
- The Hiveswap Friendsim album is released on Bandcamp.
- Friendsim Volume 18 has launched! It stars Lanque, Barzum, Baizli, and ?????, and concludes the series.
12/08/18
- Physical copies of SBAHJ: The Quest for the Missing Spoon finally reach the hands of backers.
12/06/18
- The Troll Call page on Hiveswap.com gets a new look, with an emphasis on the Friendsim volumes.
11/30/18
- Friendsim Volume 17 has launched! It stars Daraya and Nihkee.
11/27/18
- Polygon lists Homestuck as one of The Most Influential Webcomics Of All Time.
11/09/18
- ForFansByFans begins their 11/11 sale.
- Friendsim Volume 16 has launched! It stars Fozzer and Zebruh?...er.. Marvus.
11/08/18
- The SBAHJ book PDF is released. Finally, the full book is available to read.
11/05/18
- George Buzinkai passes away. Rest in Peace.
11/04/18
- Online stores update their Homestuck Book 4 listings, revealing the back cover.
10/31/18
- Whatpumpkin shares a full version of the Washington Post interview via pastebin. The epilogue even more mysterious teasing, being reffered to as a "sequel".
- Non-backers are given one last chance to order the SBAHJ book. A number of vintage Homestuck shirts are also available
10/29/18
- Andrew Hussie is interviewd by the Washington Post. He discusses the book releases, and continues to tease the epilogue.
- #facepalm day
10/29/18
- Andrew Hussie is interviewd by the Washington Post. He discusses the book releases, and continues to tease the epilogue.
- #facepalm day
10/26/18
- Friendsim Volume 15 has launched! It stars Charun and Wanshi.
10/23/18
- Homestuck Book 3: Act 4 is released
- The listing for Homestuck, Book 5: Act 5 Act 2 is updated, now shown to just be "Part 1" for the act.
- ForFansByFans releases new designs and starts a sale running through 10/25
10/12/18
- Friendsim Volume 14 has launched! It stars Marsti and Karako.
9/28/18
- Friendsim Volume 13 has launched! It stars Boldir and Stelsa.
9/14/18
- Friendsim Volume 12 has launched! It stars Galekh and Tirona.
9/11/18
- Viz Media released the preview images for Homestuck Book 3: Act 4.
- Topatoco @ThingMake gives a first look at the SBAHJ BBQ Sauce, soon to be given to the high-tier backers of the SBAHJ Kickstarter.
9/03/18
- Friendsim Volume 11 has launched on Steam!
8/31/18
- Friendsim Volume 11 has launched...but only on the Android store! It stars mallek and Lynera.
8/17/18
- Friendsim Volume 10 has launched! It stars Zebede and Tegiri!
- Another update on the SBAHJ Kickstarter reassures backers that the first book has been printed and the rest will soon follow.
8/03/18
- Friendsim Volume 9 has launched! It stars Azdaja and Chahut.
7/20/18
- Friendsim Volume 8 has launched! It stars Tyzias and Chixie.
- ForFansByFans releases new community designs and announces a "Featured Friends" celebration, where they will spotlight the newest Friendsim characters in the Fan Forge each release.
7/18/18
- An update on the SBAHJ Kickstarter reassures backers that the book is currently being printed.
7/13/18
- Viz promotes Homestuck Book 2 with a video game made in the Doom engine. Sadly, it is not released in a playable build.
7/10/18
- Homestuck Book 2: Act 3 is released!
7/06/18
- Friendsim Volume 7 has launched! It stars Remele and Konyyl.
7/05/18
- Viz takes Homestuck to Anime Expo, with exclusive book covers and an autograph signing with Andrew Hussie.
6/30/18
- The advertising for Homestuck Book 2 has begun on the site, and the cover for Book 3 has been revealed
6/22/18
- Friendsim Volume 6 has launched! It stars Elwurd and Kuprum/Folykl.
6/13/18
- Viz Media announces that Andrew Hussie will make an appearance at their booth during Anime Expo, his first official autograph session in years.
6/12/18
- WeLoveFine holds a 6/12 sale, with a secret page announcing that the Intern from the 4/13 ARG now has a Tumblr blog.
- Casual Sunday, a team consisting of Homestuck Music Team members, releases p[S], a love-letter to Homestuck.
6/08/18
- Friendsim Volume 5 has launched! It stars ?????? and Zebruh.
5/25/18
- The SBAHJ Book Kickstarter assures us the book is on its way, with the Spoon-related problems solved
5/22/18
- Friendsim Volume 4 has launched! It stars Tagora and Vikare.
5/16/18
- ForFansByFans releases a new product line in the form of Wallets, with a variety of Homestuck and Hiveswap designs.
5/11/18
- Friendsim Volume 3 has launched! It stars Skylla and Bronya.
5/10/18
- WhatPumpkin announces a Remnants Sale, the final items to be sold through the storefront before closing.
- The mspaintadventures and hs.hiveswap domains saw some downtime for unknown reasons.
4/29/18
- A number of errors listed on my doc were fixed today, the first activity on the site since before 4/13. It should be noted that changes to the site like this are susceptible to a day or two margin of error, as it might take us time to notice the changes being made without a Newspost.
- The area above the panel, where the current Command is shown, is now the dark grey rather than the lighter shade. This affects a few meta jokes, most noticeably the contrast with the sky during the LOWAS retcon section. Compare [New] to [Old]. The correct version of the site can be seen in Flashes depicting the site, such as Caliborn’s Crowbar Tantrum and Enter Disc 2.
- The Sound Credits page contains a dead link to a Collaborators page on the WP site
- The Problem Sleuth Map’s links become less accurate the further down they are
Fixed Errors
4/27/18
- Friendsim Volume 2 has launched! It stars Cirava and Amisia! The in-game menus tease a third volume coming soon.
4/20/18
- What Pumpkin announces the first DLC for Friendsim, releasing 4/27, presumably featuring Cirava and Amisia.
4/16/18
- For Fans By Fans adds "Intern's Last Hurrah", the thrilling conclusion to The Intern's ARG, to the 4/13 event.
- The Official Homestuck Zine, Aspect, is announced. Submissions are open until 4/30, then 24 artists will be selected.
4/13/18
- Hiveswap Friendsim is released.
- Viz Media releases Homestuck Book1 1: Act 1 and 2.
- Viz also posts a series of adverts on social media: [1] [2] [3]
- For Fans By Fans adds "PAGE826", a much more difficult ARG hunt, to the 4/13 event.
- FFBF also unveils the Byers Plush and the Act 6 + 7 Tarot Card Set.
4/12/18
- For Fans By Fans adds "Wh4tth3stuck", a more classic ARG hunt, to the 4/13 event.
4/11/18
- For Fans By Fans adds "S1ghtstuck", a Magic Eye puzzle, to the 4/13 event.
4/10/18
- For Fans By Fans adds "Gr1dstuck", a Nonogram game, to the 4/13 event.
- Viz posts a trailer for Homestuck: Book 1.
4/9/18
- For Fans By Fans announces their 4/13 event, with a contest and Wordstuck II, a secret wordsearch
- Viz began a large push of Homestuck onto social media, starting their own Tumblr blog and posting on /r/Homestuck
4/8/18
- The Caliborn/Hussie chats have returned to their original form. Since the new site launched they had been inside spoiler tags labeled as “Authorlogs”
4/6/18
- The Whatpumpkin Store announces its closure, with a 50% off sale until 4/20
4/5/18
- Blood Spade added. It ignores page numbers, rather than giving an error (example)
- Hiveswap Friendsim is now on Steam! Or rather, it has been for 13 days but has secretly been hidden from our view…… And it comes out on 4/13 of course!
4/4/18
- To avoid spoilers, the front page now only displays the Beta kids, not the Trolls or Alpha kids.
- Flashes containing Easter Egg links, such as the two Pony ride flashes and the two Dark Cage flashes, link using "/?=6&p=darkcage" which redirect back to the homepage. The correct link should use "/story/darkcage2"
Fixed Errors
4/3/18
- Newspost by Hussie regarding the new site
- Paradox Space has been rehosted!
- Ryanquest added to the “More” page
- Project Wonderful ads on MSPA deactivated (the banner on sbahj is still active as of time of writing)
- Hiveswap Friendsim announced, explaining the plural “Games” page Hiveswap was listed on
- Pop-up ads removed
- While the text on this page and the next few have always been glitchy, it was previously glitchy in a different way in that it was still readable.
- Cascade’s Flash version won’t load properly, because the website is “Secure” and won’t load files hosted on another site: i.e. Newgrounds.
- The Homestuck Map link to Caliborn’s Crowbar flash links to the original URL, /007395/ instead of /story/5495. Due to the new redirects, this takes you to a page much further in the comic.
- Similarly: the links on the Map to the Trickster arc have the page-theming linked to incorrectly, using /trickster/ instead of the usual page number. Clicking them simply redirects you back to the homepage.
Fixed Errors