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pushed a minor patch because i realized the aradiabot jumpscare was broken.

OH FUCK I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO ADD MORALITYCALLS TO THE CREDITS. THANK U FOR TELLING ME

just for u i have written a big post about where ive been. because i have been making so much content asjfdnfgjsfhsfjh

FINALLY update with new solluxroute content. my motivation and emotional state is super fluctuationy rn but maybe thats appropriate for a sollux route??? LMAO 

but yeah. hopefully i'll be working on this more, it's been good to do it

updated the ctrl+T route with a tech demo for a potential future thing..... and then updated it again bc that made the game crash LOL

okay that marvus clip actually gave me a good idea of what's happening

basically the game likes to rewind to the most recent "label"  -- there's a label at the start of every route, which is why the game rewound there if there's not any closer one. the trollian label exists, the "blueblood car" label exists, etc. 

i didnt code the save file system so i dont really know how to help... "perhaps the script changed in an incompatible way" really is what's going on, i think. 

what's definitely interesting is the "unseen text" resetting. are you redownloading it each time, or using the itch app to update?

i'll ask around in the renpy discord for help pretty soon o7

are the saves old? renpy is sorta unpredictable when it comes to cross-version save files :/ 

i recommend using the fast forward option -- i promise we aren't doing any meta "tracking what you pick" things that isnt reflected in the achievements menu :P 

actually ill dm you on tumblr for a more detailed bug report

joey route being limited was definitely a side effect of us not having the art budget for a full set of joey sprites, hah.... and i'll take the crit about dropping the pronoun jokes

i'm glad you like it so far -- emespi was definitely meant to just be "friendsim!mspar, who can be cordoned off with their friends", so that we didn't have to worry about contradicting the messages with having those friends still being out there somewhere

did a small update to patch in the achievement icon + update the game to Renpy 8.2.0 instead of 8.1.3! ill patch the web version to the new renpy too, soon

karkat route DONE

do u mean the bloopers/shitpost stuff or june route sjfgdhjdfghjdf

also THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

small bugfix update, gonna be a while until more karkat route happens. broke my ankle and writing motivation went with it for a time :( 

karkpdate! hopefully i wont be lost in Gimmick Choice Screen Hell for much longer sjdghdfkg, you'll see what i mean when you play it

karkat route continues! i'm treating this like an mspfa in terms of updates, so you'll be getting daily or near-daily small incremental progress. thanks for continuing to check out the project :)

content update! started on karkat route :3

minor bugfix update, no new content yet :P 

talked to the developer of the plugin and we tracked down the bug! only happens on mac as far as we know, in the specific case of Discord being installed but not open. there's also discord being open but wifi being disabled, and we still have yet to track that bug down... thanks for the report o7

@angelicTraitor could you also DM me on discord so we can track the bug down? I'm @homestuck.com

my three hints about how to unlock the June Route!

1. Ask Rose how to unlock it

2. You're able to play it before any other route

3. Just click in the right place and it'll be yours :3

figured it was rpc... i'll do a bug report for the addon we're using

ty for letting us know!

do you have the discord app downloaded, and if so, are you logged in? my only guess is that it's an error with our discord RPC integration

are you using the itch.io app, or thru a direct download? (I'm on a Mac and that's where I develop the game, so I know it works on macs)

are you playing on the browser version or the downloaded one?

are you launching it through the itch.io app, or by downloading it?

hehehehehehe!!!! did you play the secret route too? there's a bonus achievement for it on its own row in the chumroll :3

im so happy people are playing it... that message is still in there because i thought it would be funny to leave it in until i come back and update it for real LOL

joey route done :3

hehehehehehee!!!! bugflower413 absolutely KILLED it with those sprites yeah :DDDDDDD

re that last thing u said:

we usually call pqrreader pqrreader..... i love "emespi quehar" as a name so much its adorable 

DAMARA BACKGROUND IS IN HOLY SHIT

also been sloowwwwly wrapping up vol 6. hopefully it'll be done by sahcon but noooo guarantees :pray:

hurt my hand real bad from overusing it trying to rush volume 6 out by the sahcon 2024 new years showcase (which we've got a trailer in!) -- things might slow down for the main route's development. spent today working on revising effects earlier in the game, since that's way less intense than writing new dialogue lol

once new main route content happens, i'll post about it in my channel on the sburb.exe/nepetaquest discord.

YOU HAVE MADE MY CHRISTMAS AND IM JEWISH

update just came out that answers some of your immediate questions i think :3

nooott yet! joey's achievement will come at the end of volume 6 (spoiler lol)

hope you enjoyed todays update lol

Updated the build with no new content, but I finally figured out how to build on Ren'Py 8.1.3 -- we are now using the newest version of the game engine :D 

first homestuck fanart with wigglypaint...?

<3!! 

hope you've been enjoying the new content

snowbound blood APPARENTLY already has u covered????? wild

mostly a break to avoid burnout :) act 1 took a lot out of us, and volume 5 ended up taking a full month  

we hopefully can make do with the sprites from the hiveswap act 2 trial... the more important factor is that we're coming up on the itch.io filesize limits for browser games. we emailed them to raise the limit... if we don't get approval, we're going to have to make a version of the browser build that says "thanks for playing the demo, please download for the rest of the game" before continuing development. 

anyway, please look forward to a trailer for PQR at the upcoming SAHCon new years showcase!

because i like buttons! also i didn't want it to seem like we were done after volume 5. volume 6 will come, just after a break! 

roxy was the character that drew me to homestuck in the first place -- glad i did her justice :)

oh right! big new features -- revised the History page so that it's actually readable, and added a silly cut content mode that you can activate with a certain familiar keyboard shortcut...

it's about joey slipping thru the portal! she blames herself hardcore for not being there