cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/1208239
In order to breathe some life into this place I figure we can try one of the basics. Maybe a few threads will get us noticed.
I was in college for interactive multimedia development and was very into web comics as an emerging media. I had been following about 20 of them and even had my own short lived attempt at one. One day during a class I noticed one of my classmates reading Problem Sleuth. The idea of having a forum driven story was certainly interesting, and the first time I’d seen that done.
I was still checking MSPA after Problem Sleuth had ended and Homestuck pretty much blew me away at the haunting piano refrain. Being a complete sucker for soundtracks, the idea of a webcomic having one just… well I’m here now 15 years or so later. I don’t think I’m the most die hard fan but I was probably deeper into it then I am proud of.
I’ll probably describe this badly, but here’s the short version.
As the description says its a web comic from around 2009. It was created by a guy Named Andrew Hussie, after his pretty successful project “Problem Sleuth”. It did some things different then other web comics in that it was (initially) allowing the audience to build the story. it also had a series of soundtracks around it including works from the creator of Undertale/Deltarune Toby Fox long before those games came out. The Song Megalovania that became such a huge meme is actually from Volume 5 of the Homestuck soundtrack well before it was in a game.
Anyway, this developed a huge fanbase of “Homestucks” that where generally given a bad reputation from other nerd subcultures. (not really sure why) As with anything this big its fraught with controversies. including (at the time) one of the most successful kick starter campaigns for a game that would ultimately go very poorly for its creator. The cannon stuff has long since ended though there is the beyond cannon series whichj is still ongoing (i think?)