A hand-drawn tribute to hilarious '90s adventure games (with none of the accompanying frustration). Play as Joey Claire, a puzzle-solving teen snatched out of her time (1994) and place (Earth) and stranded on a hostile alien planet on the brink of rebellion.
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About
Monsters in the yard. Monsters in the house. Monsters in the hall, beating on your door. Your brother's trapped in his treehouse, so he’s not gonna be much help. You're going to have to get yourself out of this. But where did they come from? How are you supposed to deal with this? Well, certainly not by cowering in your room. That's for, uh, cowards.
First things first. You need to open the door.
A LOVE LETTER TO '90s ADVENTURE GAMES
...without the accompanying frustration. As fun and well-paced as you generously remember them being. No dream-logic solutions, no hearing the same “those items don’t work together” message over and over. HIVESWAP has unique responses for everything you can try. Spend hours trying everything on everything, if you want to -- but not because you have to. Learn about the characters by exploring their homes! But like, in a good way! No audio logs split up and scattered around -- GUARANTEED.
HAND-ANIMATED IN TWO DIMENSIONS
Strange homes to explore, every room brimming with secrets. The world of HIVESWAP is beautiful and alive, from its hyper-detailed environments to its gorgeous fully-rendered animations. Come take a look!
MUSIC TO MAKE YOU WEEP
An eclectic, ambitious, genre-spanning soundtrack, featuring contributions from Undertale’s Toby Fox and, regrettably, at least one third-wave ska song. Also featuring at least one pseudo-revolutionary garage rock duo, with regrets of their own.
WORLDS TO SEE, TEENS TO BE
Play as JOEY CLAIRE, EXTRAORDINAIRE, a teen trapped in her room *and* in 1994. Play as JUDE HARLEY, BIZARRELY, her kid brother, trapped in his treehouse. Play as XEFROS TRITOH, ALIEN REBEL, wait. Aliens?
JUST GETTING STARTED
HIVESWAP: ACT 1 is the first of a four-part series set in Andrew Hussie’s Homestuck universe, with a companion game, Hauntswitch, to follow. Continue your save from chapter to chapter, then from game to game, to carry your story, choices, friendships and frenemies across them all--then do it again! Once released, HIVESWAP and Hauntswitch will be playable in either order. Haven’t read Homestuck? That’s fine! This game is set in 1994! Homestuck hasn’t even been invented yet!
And then...
the adventure continues in ACT 2.
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 41 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
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positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Reviews
who want to be the joey to my xefros fr
I love trying out all the possibilities with my items.
Muchas referencias de la cultura popular, entretenido y buen estilo artístico.
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Harika bir deneyim, Hiveswap ekibine ve Andrew Hussie'ye teşekkür ederim. Karımın erkek arkadaşı bana bu oyunu aldı ve soya sütü içerken oynamama izin veriyor!
its so good!! listen to devi mccallion
pretty good
needed a walkthrough in some parts because i'm dumb crazy detail and good writing but quite short (act 1 of ?) base price isn't worth it so only try it out if you can catch one of their sales like i did
Solid addition to the universe of Homestuck.
Quirky little game which surprisely captures a lot of the charm Homestuck effortlessly expresses (as new Homestuck media struggles to capture it). Like the narration changing depending on who's the playable character, callbacks and references to different points of the series, unique typing quirks, either talking and stopping or walking and not talking narrative structure, and the various UI changes. Of course, who could forget, Homestuck’s magnum opus, the trolls. All neatly packaged in a fun puzzle game with hints of romance.
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