Homestuck
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Cover of Homestuck Book 1
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| Author(s) | Andrew Hussie |
| Website | MS Paint Adventures |
| Current status / schedule | Main storyline concluded as of April 13, 2016; epilogue pending |
| Launch date | April 13, 2009 |
| End date | April 13, 2016 (not counting epilogue) |
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Print: Online: MS Paint Adventures |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, apocalyptic fiction, comedy, coming of age, fantasy |
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Homestuck is a webcomic written, illustrated and animated by Andrew Hussie, and is the fourth overall webcomic published on MS Paint Adventures. The series centers on a group of teenagers who unwittingly bring about the end of the world through the installation of a beta copy of an upcoming computer game.
The comic consists of a combination of static images, animated GIFs and instant message logs, as well as animations and games made with Adobe Flash. It has been noted for its complex plot and considerable length; over 8,000 pages and 800,000 words.
Homestuck begins when thirteen-year-old John Egbert receives a beta copy of an upcoming computer game, called Sburb, in the mail. Installing and running the game on his computer triggers a meteor shower to fall on his house in real life, which he survives only by being transported to a planet in another dimension. As John's friends Rose Lalonde, Dave Strider and Jade Harley join the game with him, they learn that they have unwittingly triggered the destruction of Earth, and that it is their duty to play the game to create a new universe.
As they begin to explore the world of Sburb, John and his friends are harassed by a group of twelve internet trolls who have played a version of the game before. Further contact with the trolls reveals that they are not human at all, but an alien species actually called "trolls". As the trolls gradually become more important to the story, the narrative shifts to a side story arc exploring the nature of troll society and the specific sequence of events that led to this group to enter the troll version of Sburb. The trolls' arc concludes with them winning their game and originally creating the humans' universe.
As the story returns to focus on the humans, the two species start to cooperate to salvage the kids' doomed game session. As the kids’ actions accidentally bring about an unbeatable enemy called Jack Noir, they learn about a game mechanism called the "scratch" with which the humans can reset their session.
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