I never did try out that Homestuck thing that used to invade out pony threads on /co/ all the time, but I saw how incredibly popular it was. From the looks of it, this is the pony version - and at 170-190 pages, it's nothing to scoff at.
Description: Pinkie Pie has invented a new game that can alter the fabric of reality and threatens to destroy all of Equestria. Does nopony but Twilight think this is a bad idea? This is a suggestion-driven comic, meaning reader suggestions are partially responsible for what happens in the story.
Pinkie Pie ftw! Check it out
here.
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The only reason I'm not going to look at Homestuck is because everyone I know that has say that they can't create any fic ideas that aren't like it. I guess I'll check this out, though.
ReplyDeleteI love Homestuck and MLP.
ReplyDeleteBut I stopped reading that forum adventure :/
I tried reading this in the past (author mentioned a preference to sepia tock) but couldn't really get into it due to how flanderdized the characters were. but that's my problem, and it's rather well drawn.
ReplyDeleteWow, really? I saw this comic's beginning a very long time ago. I just didn't know of Homestuck at the time when I had first seen this comic. It was paired with the Scootaloo's Big Adventure commenter driven story line thing.
ReplyDeletepinkie pie invented a game? must be atleast insanely random
ReplyDeleteOh man, Seth you should someday try Homestuck, maybe you don't like it but it's definitely worth to try. No joke when I say (or rather, think) is one of the most awesome webcomics around, and one of the greatest stories ever written.
ReplyDeleteHoofstuck is AWESOME!!! I fucking love it!
ReplyDeleteOh my, this is fairly epic length.
ReplyDelete>Does not have attention span necessary.
MLP Homestuck? Sure why not
ReplyDeleteI must admit I prefer the charm of the Woonastuck tumblr.
ReplyDeleteJust started reading this. I have to say, I rather enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteIt's okay, but there is only one choice.
ReplyDeleteSorry, but if iit's a work in progress, I'll accept.
If it's a complete work, then it needs revising.
@Shadow Heart
ReplyDeleteYou kinda miss the point of MS Paint Adventures/Hoofstuck. It's structure is a love letter to adventure games of yore, and there's a big "SUGGESTIONS" box at the bottom that you can click to get linked to a thread to make action suggestions.
@Altercation
ReplyDeleteSo it's a work in progress. You could of just said that instead of going on a rant about stuff I alredy knew.
Yeah I don't get the concept... Whats the point of the "interactive" comic if you only get one choice on every page? Im supposed to suggest something for that page, and then what, wait a month or two to maybe see it implemented? Sorry, sounds like a massive waste of time to me, but like I said I don't get it.
ReplyDeleteOh gog.
ReplyDeleteI'm about to do some kind of acrobatic rainboom right off the pony.
This should be awesome, reading right away.
@Bronymous
ReplyDeleteIt's interactive in that the character's next actions (the ones you see go up on the site) are suggested by readers via email. Same way Homestuck used to be. (Although he stopped doing that for the sake of story development.)
@Shadow Heart
ReplyDelete...I was explaining the process to you. I wasn't ranting. I was explaining why there seems to be only one choice. Yes, you could say in a way, it's a work in progress. The same way that any running webcomic is. The difference is that people are (usually) allowed to input a suggestion, and if the author likes it, then they use it.
@Bronymous
As I mentioned before, the system works like this: you make a suggestion in the box, if the author of the comic likes the suggestion/thinks it's funny/etc, they implement the choice. It's not "wait one month and maybe see it implemented", it's wait a much shorter amount of time and hope that your suggestion was creative enough to direct the path that the comic takes. Interactivity goes hand in hand with posting suggestions.
I guess you could think of it like an Ask Blog, in a sense.
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ReplyDelete*appledash shipping* =_=
ReplyDeleteyeahhh-no
@Altercation Ignore Shadow Heart, he's a troll(or just completely incapable of understanding alternate circumstances to his own AKA ignorant).
ReplyDeleteHomestuck. With ponies?
ReplyDeleteI really have to make free time at some point.
It sort of reminds me of 'The Ring, The Sword, and The Unicorn', or perhaps a text-based command-line style computer game, but those always take me forever.
@Mike"text-based command-line style computer game"
ReplyDeleteYou're thinking of MUD games. Those are good fun.
@brilliantspecter
ReplyDeleteSo THAT's how it worked. I wondered about that for a while then forgot to check.
WTF is Homestuck?
ReplyDelete@DarwinBird Hahaha, don't worry! The AppleDash shipping isn't exactly something that will be part of the story. He just goes with what the majority of readers suggest. I remember the author stating that won't be a shipping story. <3
ReplyDeleteI totally thought this was going to be a CYOA, but disappointingly I'm repeatedly only finding one option as I go through the AJ story.
ReplyDelete@B-Man The suggestions are only for the latest update. You need to hit the big "SUGGESTIONS" link on the page and post what the next action should be. It goes with the popular opinion, unless the popular opinion is stupid.
ReplyDeleteThe only reason I was on 4chan last December was for the Homestuck threads, until I noticed all the threads about this crazy pony show everyone seemed to like.
ReplyDeleteNow it's come full circle!
Let me clarify this so that people will stop asking.
ReplyDeletePeople can make suggestions about what the characters do NEXT. That is to say, once you get to the most recent update, then you suggest what happens.
Yes, there is only one path in the archives. This is the path created by the people who were there before you, when this all began.
It will help you immensely understand how it works if you read the original forum thread, instead of the mirror. Go here:
http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?40908
You're joining the story in the middle, so catch up on what's already happened without you and then participate.
I hope this helped, and stops the questions about why there's only one path.
Is this what I think it is? OH MY GOG IT IS!
ReplyDelete*joygasm*
I might try thus, but I dislike homestuck, so I have mixed feelings about this.
ReplyDeleteHmm, this seems familiar. Think I remember that a long long time ago. Though it's sooooo long. lol It's cool that it's suggestion-driven though. Makes it more random and possibly entertaining.
ReplyDeleteFUCK YES. I APPROVE OF THIS SO HARD.
ReplyDeleteOh wow.
ReplyDeleteSome bits of Appledash
ReplyDeleteYES
I could never get into Homestuck but I'll have to check this out.
ReplyDeleteNeeds more moeshroom.
ReplyDelete(Sorry, create.swf adventures joke.)
@Altercation
ReplyDeleteOkay I understand.
@Jelfes
That was uncalled for. How rude.
It was an interesting read, not my favorite, but nether the less. I found it hard to follow at the beginning, but once you pick up the patterns from then on out its almost smooth sailing. I am looking forward to the rest, and maybe even some plot twist, who knows? I might be confused because I lack any knowledge on what a "Homestuck" is or even if it is a thing. I would recommend this to a read as well, as it puts a different twist on things. SPOILER: Their is some seems to be Shippings involved.
ReplyDeleteNobuckingwaynobuckingwaynobuckingwaynobuckingway. I am currently halfway-through a marathon-read of Homestuck, and now this!? It's too perfect.
ReplyDeleteFor those who don't know what Homestuck is, it is a MS Paint Adventures webcomic written/drawn/composed by Andrew Hussie. It is literally THOUSANDS of pages long, and operates similar to an old-fashioned text-adventure videogame, except the plot is more complex, looping, and awesome as every horror and science fiction story ever written, combined. Seriously this is some messed up craziness that requires a person to store and remember more data than a college calculus class.
And now you tell me that there is a pony version? Hrrrrnnnngggggg.
The terminology is needlessly complicated. But once you understand the videogame-like elements that are somehow a given in this iteration of Ponyville, the story's kind of neat... but also needlessly complicated.
ReplyDelete@playfreebird Thank you, that clears it up quite a bit. So its just a really long story, that I play on reading really soon? Though I doubt my ADD can hold up for that long. And on a side note, YES I finaly came up with a name I like, after weeks of content and not posting once, I can impute my opinion on these storys. Kinda a little disappointed that Blogger does not support animations for avatars but no matter.
ReplyDeletePeople that haven't read homestuck are going to look at this and think, "What in god's name am I reading?"
ReplyDeleteSo this is a suedo-choose-your-own-adventure type of comic? I LIKE.
ReplyDeleteHomestuck is okay, I guess. It's the Celestia-damned fans that ruin it. (Typical.)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, this adventure is...okay...
Hmn... Not getting sucked in all that well, but then again... Homestuck took forever to get interesting, too. xD
ReplyDeleteThis is actually pretty awesome. They really capture the sort of weird time tangent detail method that Homestuck uses so well.
ReplyDeleteAGH IM TRYING TO WRITE A CROSSOVER FIC ABOUT THESE TWO AND THEN THIS HAPPENS.
ReplyDeleteIt seemed pretty linear to me, all i could do was hit next
ReplyDeleteHomestuck? YEAH!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOkay, quick bit of exposition here. Homestuck, the internet webcomic by Andrew Hussie, is the longest webcomic in existence (thanks to, on average, 6 updates per day). It is a storytelling masterpiece, both in terms of its mind-boggling complexity and its ability to integrate Flash video elements and walkaround games. However, it's really not for everyone. Hussie's sense of humor and willingness to troll readers is...well let's just say not everyone will like it. After act 3, it also becomes really epic.
See, I /highly/ recommend against reading this unless you've read Homestuck. You won't understand /anything/.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I /highly/ recommend reading Homestuck. It is a wonderfully written, animated, and drawn webcomic which clocks in at about 6000 pages.
And its plot is ludicrously complicated if you're not keeping track. Just warning everyone.
Mkay, after reading a couple of dozen pages, I have to say that Hoofstuck has captured the MSPA vibe perfectly. The style and comedic timing is exactly what I would expect Hussie to do. This is brilliant. Please continue.
ReplyDeleteLike Mike said, you sort of have to actually read Homestuck to get anything though. Welp.
I thought you like Homestuck because you posted that Trixie What now thing... oh it's Trixie, thats why.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone actually decides to read Homestuck because of this, act one is boring, you might need to read the MS Paint Adventures wiki to understand things.
Also, read everything (pesterlogs), don't skip to the trolls, at least read till the end of act 3, if you don't like it by then, stop.
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ReplyDeleteSeriously, though. Homestuck and ponies? Heck. Effing. Yes.
wat
ReplyDeleteWAT
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT
Come on, I don't think my brain can take anymore of Homestuck plot crap...
Sigh... *click*
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ReplyDelete@Jelfes hi
ReplyDelete@Jelfes
ReplyDeletehi ya this is cool i wish it was real like pester chum
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