HIVESWAP: Act 1 v20073

A hand-drawn tribute to hilarious ’90s adventure games (with none of the accompanying frustration). Play as Joey Claire, a puzzle-solving teen snatched out of her time (1994) and place (Earth) and stranded on a hostile alien planet on the brink of rebellion.

Monsters in the yard. Monsters in the house. Monsters in the hall, beating on your door. Your brother’s trapped in his treehouse, so he’s not gonna be much help. You’re going to have to get yourself out of this. But where did they come from? How are you supposed to deal with this? Well, certainly not by cowering in your room. That’s for, uh, cowards.

First things first. You need to open the door.

A LOVE LETTER TO ’90s ADVENTURE GAMES

…without the accompanying frustration. As fun and well-paced as you generously remember them being. No dream-logic solutions, no hearing the same “those items don’t work together” message over and over. HIVESWAP has unique responses for everything you can try. Spend hours trying everything on everything, if you want to — but not because you have to. Learn about the characters by exploring their homes! But like, in a good way! No audio logs split up and scattered around

GUARANTEED.HAND-ANIMATED IN TWO DIMENSIONS

Strange homes to explore, every room brimming with secrets. The world of HIVESWAP is beautiful and alive, from its hyper-detailed environments to its gorgeous fully-rendered animations. Come take a look!

MUSIC TO MAKE YOU WEEP

An eclectic, ambitious, genre-h2ning soundtrack, featuring contributions from Undertale’s Toby Fox and, regrettably, at least one third-wave ska song. Also featuring at least one pseudo-revolutionary garage rock duo, with regrets of their own.

WORLDS TO SEE, TEENS TO BE

Play as JOEY CLAIRE, EXTRAORDINAIRE, a teen trapped in her room *and* in 199Step 4. Play as JUDE HARLEY, BIZARRELY, her kid brother, trapped in his treehouse. Play as XEFROS TRITOH, ALIEN REBEL, wait. Aliens?

JUST GETTING STARTED

HIVESWAP: Act 1 is the first of a four-part series set in Andrew Hussie’s Homestuck universe, with a companion series, Hauntswitch, to follow. Continue your save from chapter to chapter, then from game to game, to carry your story, choices, friendships and frenemies across them all–then do it again! Once released, HIVESWAP and Hauntswitch will be playable in either order. Haven’t read Homestuck? That’s fine! This game is set in 1994! Homestuck hasn’t even been invented yet!

Includes the HIVESWAP: Act 1 Original Soundtrack, containing the following tracks:

1. Definitely Safe Forever

2. Snake Escape

3. Joey Claire, Extraordinaire

4. Half-Harley Manor5. Relatively Visible Darkness

6. Bedroom for an Annoying Dog

7. That’s How I Beat Snake8. Jude Harley, Bizarrely

9. Table for Tooth

10. Final Spice

11. Living Legend

12. Singular Peril

13. A More Defensible Position

14. Open the Door

15. Keep Your Head Down

16. Oh Whoa, What’s This

17. Some Kind of Alien

18. Rustblood

19. Filthy Nuclear Bunker

20. SPORTS! Personally, I Love Them.

21. Lofted Gunpile

22. SERPENT GENESIS

23. We Shall Go Together

24. Wish You Were Here

25. Intermission 1B-Side

1. Old StepsB-Side

2. How It Could Have GoneB-Side

3. Alternate RecipeB-Side

4. Heavy SnakingB-Side

5. SPOOKTUNE