And we're off to the races.

The song you heard yesterday was Pilot Light, from coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B.

So throughout Act 1, I would update on Tuesdays. Choosing to update on Tuesdays again turned out to be no problem. So, this coming Tuesday: The promised Eternal September update. Every Tuesday following: Act 2. Same spider-time, same spider-place!

While Act 1 was this very down-tempo iyashikei-type story, Act 2 (tentatively titled "The Singularity") is a real fucking behemoth of an act. There is a lot of ground to cover, and it's all bangers.

As they say in the Dark Souls cesspits, the real Burning Down the House starts here.

Housekeeping notes!

I updated some of the site CSS so that panels scale up pixel-perfectly and so that certain text colors are Homestuck-accurate, using Flare's HS Hex Codes list. (If you've ever wanted "Pesterlogger, but more", check out Homestuck5plus, too.) This may affect Pesterlogger outputs, but it'll affect them for the better. If you use Pesterlogger and get yelled at for incorrect colors, that'll stop now! (Sorry!)

I also edited a few spritelogs to adequately reflect the characters' names. No changes to the words being said, but Davepeta is now a proper DAVEPETASPRITE^2, and their dual-colored text is now formatted properly.

The third thing, backlog. Do you remember MSPAProphet? Well, I do. So I made my own prophet. That is to say, you can see how many pages are backlogged, and how long it might take for them to be posted. There's some cute art too. Shout out to MSPA Prophet, the funniest story to come out of Homestuck fandom in its heyday.

Fourth, and least, there was also a patch for the End of Act 1 Act 2 walkaround. It fixes a bunch of stuff like [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]. Boy, I sure was a fool for thinking finishing Act 1 would make me less busy.

ACT 1 is now done, and the adventure map has been updated.

What a wild ride, am I right? I'll be fixing some of the stray bugs here in the next few days, and dev logs with patch notes will go on the itch.io page. I'd also recommend you check out the credits page, since Winona (read Girls with Horns) and Austin (read Vast Error) did great.

So with ACT 1 concluded, it's time to talk about what's next. Eternal September will remain amongst the update rotation, both because it's kind of important to some developments in Act 2, and also to keep momentum up!

I updated weekly during ACT 1, but that's kind of premised on having all of ACT 1 written, and that's something I'd still need to do if I want to do the same for ACT 2. Though, I'd still like to get back to weekly updates, it was really fun.

So let's say it'll go like this:

• Keep your head on a swivel for Eternal September, amidst me writing ACT 2.
• December first: Intermission 1.
• Then, BDTH ACT 2 starts in earnest, interspersed with Eternal September updates. (Burning that bridge when we come to it!)

In the meantime, here's some stuff to check out that I've been enjoying recently:

• sburb.EXE is a very cute ACT 1-like Sburb adventure with a loveable cast and it's also VERY funny. Kiki sweep.
• Wake Up is a great fantroll-driven Sburb adventure, with a premise that makes it feel deeply unique and there's some great trolls in there too. Wallin sweep.
• Homestuck: Beyond Canon is back, and looking great. Sollux sweep.