Gamebound

So it’s been a while.  Stuff happens in fandom as it does in life.

And I think I’ve come to the end of my energy for Homestuck in the past year, which I’m sorry to say.  I put a lot of genuine effort into Gamebound and planning it, trying to make a good story and I think a lot of the foundation was there, but the motivation, energy, and, tbh, courage stopped being there.

What I think would be a shame though is to leave everything unfinished as it is.

I have notes, I have timelines, character arcs, background, ancestor backstory, planned hidden content, sketches, conversations, 150 pages of written script, panel edits and so on.

So I think I’ll put the last motivation I have for a huge fan adventure like Gamebound and, as coherently as I can, basically recap everything the story was going to be.  Including with it all background information I’d worked on (personal quests, planet names, fraymotifs, consorts, typing quirks, interests, Beforan society, Ancestors, naming themes, references etc).

I don’t know when this will come out, the compilation would be a lot but I still want to present it in an interesting way.  I might incorporate that itself into the fan adventure to close it off in a way too.  I feel like nearly a decade of being in the Homestuck fandom should be given some sort of closure and this would be a good way to do it.

>GAMEBOUND UPD8: Meenah: Clear queue for asshole 2. (6 pgs)

Content Warning: ableist & mild sexually descriptive language (in context of insults)

Thank you anon! <3 Messages like these mean a lot to me as I try to will myself out of the nervousness that’s kept me from posting since the last update.  Next character is probz gonna be the most blatantly problematic and I’ve been on twitter too much to think I’ll get out of Gamebound without a destroyed career. XD

So I realize its been a while since Gamebound updated and since I talked about the current status here.

I make a lot of random ass tweets, but that's buried easy and not all that far reaching. :U

So here's a progress upd8~

-I'm doing work on Gamebound for NaNo, so there will be an upd8 at the end of the month/beginning of December

-Current script status

110 pages

~24k words

3 Acts, 2 Interludes, 1 Intermission

11 flashes planned, 4 of which are interactive

Estimated completion: About 1/3 or 30% written

Act 1: 67 pages (~60% written)

Act 2: 30 pages (~30% written)

Act 3: 10 pages (~10% written)

Remaining 3 pages are divided between 2 Interludes

I'm planning on adding some sidebar links too.

Tag page for blocking, organization, and tracking purposes

Content Warning page

General warnings: From what we know.  Like major character death, violence, toxic relationships, etc

Comic-so-far warnings: What's shown up in-comic as it's currently posted

Warnings for current upd8: When there's a new upd8, this section will be warnings pertaining only to the new upd8.

Because these would be changing and because there will be warnings for future content I feel may be a deal breaker from the get go, I would prefer they be on a separate page to avoid any spoilers.  This will be linked in the description of the comic, but also as I post each update notification on tumblr/twitter/etc

Another aspect to this is that, alone, I won't necessarily catch all content that warrants a warning.  So I do ask that if there's something you feel should be added, I'd appreciate being informed and perhaps a brief explanation for why it should be added.  There is some particularly... questionable language in the next upd8 that has prompted me to get this page added to the side bar at that time.

I'm also planning on changing the theme on this blog soon as the current one has not been playing nice with my tags, my links, and really hadn't been the best looking imo.  It was cute enough looking like the mspa site, but it's time to change.

Yeah actually!  As I’ve been writing, the number of flashes has increased and tbh there is one that’s looking like it’ll be positively massive and I kinda have to plan it out in it’s entirety alongside the rest of the comic if I want it to go up at the right time. XD That one I’ll definitely be looking to get people on for.

Tbh, I’m thinking of retooling some of my goals on patreon so I can properly commission peeps.  One of the things I really would like to do is support the creative community and some artists who deserve more attention.  I’d be looking for writers, musicians, and visual artists of all types in that case, but it’s still far off and I lack the proper funds atm for that route.  In which case, idk if it’d be fair to have people volunteering without pay, know what I mean?  But that’s still a decision I need to make.

I’ll probz put out a call as I get more consistent with upd8s (end of November is the next one, Gamebound is my NaNo baybeeeeee) but there are plans for eventual collaboration.  There’s a little bit of a weird pride thing I got tho where I want the first and last flashes to be a solo effort at least. XD;;

>GAMEBOUND UPD8: Meenah: Be in cahoots with asshole 1.