Just like I didn't really think Homestuck would return after its first year-long break, I never really believed that Hiveswap, the game Kickstarted by the Homestuck team, would ever see the light of day. But now, Hiveswap: Act 1 has been released. It's incredible that it exists, but more than that, it is a phenomenal, heartfelt game.

At long last, the first episode of the Kickstarted Homestuck game, Hiveswap, will be released, only five years after it was originally announced. Homestuck was one of the biggest fandoms of the early 2010s, but what exactly was it? Well, that's a complicated question.