Over the past few months I’ve been directing my attention towards the Homestuck.info twitter account. Now that I have a bit more free time, I’m going to go back to mirroring content onto Tumblr! This post is meant to provide some catch-up to my antics over there, things have changed quite a bit! A bit over a month ago the Homestuck.info brand was changed. Not just a facelift in avatars and color schemes, but a shift in content production: from a stream of disconnected tweets to a number of more focused, long-term projects. I still post Homestuck news as it breaks, but WhatPumpkin PR has accelerated far beyond the need for a fan-based soley-news platform. Here’s a look at a few things we’ve had in devolopment:
Streaming: We’ve been streaming Pesterquest volumes as they are released, and are planning to begin some playthroughs of Homestuck fangames such as Sburbcraft, Puzzlestuck, Felt Manor, and more! Streams are all mirrored on our Youtube channel.
Podcasting: Show Pesterquest has begun! A general Homestuck podcast where I talk about whatever is on my mind at the moment. Episode 1 is about Homestuck.info, trans canon and gender, and shillworthy works. Episodes are currently sporadic, with a solid schedule starting sometime in Early 2020, and it’s available on Spotify!
Game Dev: Sburb Online is a recreation of the Homestuck walkaround flash format, in the HTML5 engine Phaser 3! This means it works on mobile devices! And it has multiplayer! While the core control, character, and chat features are fully working, further development has been a bit on hold while I’m in the process of moving across the country. It’s not dead though! And its also available on Itch.io through our non-Homestuck sister company Earth64!
Sponsus: I have no plans whatsoever to lock Homestuck content behind a paywall or monetize any of the News side of things. That said, I am a Freelance 3D Artist and run a Sponsus feed (an alternative to Patreon) where I release all the work and source files for my art, such as blender and photoshop files. Sponsors also get special roles on my Discord and shout-outs in our audio and video content!
Discord: We have a Discord now! It includes not only a place to chat about Homestuck, but additional channels for all my personal projects! And pings when I go live on Twitch! Truly the best way to stay in the know about the things I do if thats something you fancy.
Thanks for your time! I will continue posting news updates here and on Twitter, as well as adding to the Homestuck.info website, and you can look forward to continued development in our games, streams, videos, and podcast as we head into 2020!
We did it!!! Thank you to everyone for your incredible enthusiasm and generous support. Because we reached the 2000 backer mark in December 2019, we will begin updating twice every month from February 2020. Things are going to speed up quite considerably! It’ll be a challenge, but I know we’re all very excited to be bringing you twice as much Homestuck in your Homestuck. Homestuck so nice, we updated it twice. Etc. There’s gonna be twice as much, is the point.
