Hiveswap

Hiveswap is an episodic adventure game and was developed by What Pumpkin Games, with help with Andrew Hussie and Cohen Edenfield. Based on the story of the adventure webcomic Homestuck, it focuses on a girl, Joey Claire, who is accidentally transported to the planet of "Alternia—home" of the troll species seen in Homestuck.[1][2]

The game was crowdfunded on Kickstarter, it raised over US$2.4 million. While development began with developers The Odd Gentlemen, it was moved back to What Pumpkin's, the newly formed game development studio.

Act 1 was planned for release in mid-2015; however, the release was pushed back to January 2017. It was further delayed in January to a date of September 14, 2017, What Pumpkin Studios released Act 1. This was the release date previously announced on August 29, 2017, with a new trailer.[3]

On October 25, 2020, a trailer was released showing that Act 2 would be released in November 2020.[4] Another trailer released on November 16, 2020.[5] Act 2 was released on November 25, 2020.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Rose, Victoria (September 14, 2017). "Hiveswap review". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  2. ↑ Bergin, J. (2020-12-04). "Hiveswap: Act 2 (PC) REVIEW". Cultured Vultures. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  3. ↑ "HIVESWAP: ACT 1 LAUNCH TRAILER". What Pumpkin Studios. August 29, 2017. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017. We're excited to let you guys know that HIVESWAP: ACT 1 has a release date, and it is September 14th!
  4. ↑ "HIVESWAP: ACT 2 LAUNCH TRAILER (NOVEMBER 2020)". YouTube. October 25, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  5. ↑ "HIVESWAP: Act 2 Gameplay Teaser (OUT NOVEMBER 25 2020) - YouTube". www.youtube.com. November 16, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ "HIVESWAP: ACT 2 on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2020-12-21.


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