friendly reminder that pirating hiveswap is a Shit thing to do and by pirating a kickstarted indie game no matter your opinion about it you are still actively stealing the success and income from a studio of queer folks and undermining a passion project for a number of people and you should feel Bad
hiveswap positivity post, the shit i loved about it, spoilers obviously:
animation was lovely, i loved watching joey dance around
the fucking joke with the lone gunbirds, that is a such a DATED reference, but also the way the music got more uncertain and dejected with each birb failure, i was in stitches
joey’s struggle to find ways to connect to her late mom, but the way she spaces them out, is incredible and very real and painful
the light the entire game cast grandpa harley in holy shit. like there were multiple times i was laughing in that kind of “i need to laugh or i’m gonna be reminded too strongly of my grandmother and break down crying.” and hand in hand with that, while not remotely an excuse, the sort of horrific realization of why grandpa is like this. it’s So Much.
jude’s ‘quirk’ honestly was so fucking charming i hate it
JOEY IS NOT STRAIGHT. john homestuck remains the only str8 kid in homestuck txt it.
all the backgrounds were so stuffed full of tacit storytelling and easter eggs and stuff, i would not say no to having big glossy high res copies of each one to just examine them.
I DID NOT NEED THE REMINDER OF ALL THESE TERRIBLE NINETIES THINGS, GUYS
dril did some additional writing for the game holy shit lol
I NAMED THE SLOTH LUSUS SLUTHUS and to be honest i love the sluthus so much, i was making winded crying noises. the picture of xefros laying on its belly while it hangs upside down from a tree was transcendent. also the sad slow way it tried to move rubble was oh my godddddd i love sluthus.
the dammek twist was honestly really cool and interesting and i am DYING to learn more about him. i think it’s very interesting to set up this rebel boy who is all about the Revolution….. except for the guy who is a lower caste than him. that’s some Shit right there, and I want to see the culmination of that, and to see if Jude will have any influence on Dammek for the better.
THE ROOM WHERE IT SLAPPENS
the fact that joey modeled her love of vet stuff in direct opposition with her father’s love of hunting, holy SHIT. /clap clap clap
the fact i have to replay the entire game now JUST to rub every object on every other object to see what cohen’s written for all the combinations. i will witness u cohen, i promise.
i will buy hiveswap act 2 on release day i am so hype
The flavor text from combining the diary key with literally anything in Joey’s room, but special mentions for: the wizard globe, the easy bake oven, and the Hot Steppin’ poster
The fact that the creators took that “Only 90s Kids Remember This” meme and fucking ran with it (there is no escape from the memes <3 )
So. Many. Puns. Especially the ones from the fighting moves, I can’t.
THE PIGEONS, I laughed so hard I almost started crying
Also pretty much everything about Jude
The guardian lore/backstory
All of the lore/backstory, actually
Snake (the game)
Snake (the monster)
Snake (the Homestuck reference)
(there’s just a lot of snakes okay)
And all the hints about what’s to come in the other acts (aaugh I can’t wait)
You know, beta!Roxy’s parenting style suddenly makes a lot more sense in the context of her having seen the specific ways that Jake Harley was a shitty parent and deciding to avoid all of his mistakes as hard as possible.
