Ye gods.

What blessed cataclysm of reason is this?

... I have no words for this.

fingers crossed for troll cameos and fucked up quadrant nods!

This has got to be some kind of sick joke or belated april's fools thing or something.

>>72493
If there is even one troll cameo that game will sell incredibly well. Homestuck fans have shown they have more money than reason anyways

>>72495
>even one troll cameo
Fefetasprite! 833

I hope there aren't any troll cameos.
Not that I dislike them or anything; but I'd like to see if Hussie can make something and it gets support without connections to Homestuck.

>>72498
He was reasonably popular before Homestuck ever started, with Problem Sleuth. And has even older comics that are popular, like How to Embarass a Duck, and Team Special Olympics.

But yeah, I'd prefer if there weren't any Homestuck in this. And I suspect that'll be the case.

>>72499
This is a game whose main draw is its roster of Namco mascots. I wouldn't be surprised to see at least some Home stuck references.

Strangely enough, one of the things I find oddest about this is that I'm pretty sure quite a number of Namco characters shouldn't need to go to high school. Especially Hiromi Tegenji, whose game is all about getting through a military academy.

While I'm talking about a Namco game that happens to compile a collection of characters, I'd like to note that I didn't have an original Playstation, and thus never had my absurd fondness for virtual museums fully exploited. Just throwing that out there.

What a time to be alive.

Honestly, I don't think this is gonna be a game.
Shifty Look it's a webcomics site, not Bandai/Namco's flash games gallery.
Although maybe it will be a webcomic/date sim hybrid. We'll have to wait.

Also, in before Tekken.

>>72503
They're already making a game, actually.
http://www.shiftylook.com/games/bravoman-binja-bash

>>72503
Oh duh, MS Paint ADVENTURES.
It'll probably be branching story paths with multiple decisions.
Kind of a browser based visual novel.
which thinking about it Homestuck kinda is already...

>>72503
The way they described it certainly made it sound like it was an in-browser game, leveraging HTML 5 as the "active" portion of it.

heh

http://www.p4rgaming.com/namco-president-unsure-who-approved-namco-high-dating-sim-game/

>>72507
i'm crying laughing

>>72507
So it was all a ruse?

>>72509
Pst, P4gaming is the video game equivalent of The Onion.

I thought Hussie hated the idea of working for someone else?

>>72507
This site is known for being full of unfunny satire. They try to be The Onion of the video game world and fail spectacularly.

>>72513
Killjoy.

>>72513
Silly Anon, Plus4chan isn't meant to be anything like The Onion.

>>72517
Except we do make people cry.

Here's the first bit of concept art they showed at their Comic-Con panel. If I recall correctly, these are either protagonist concept designs or just designs for overall direction. Either way, the panelists had a fun time pairing up the six designs with each other.

>>72524
Na na na na na na na na na Katamari Damaci

>>72524
>>72528
C-can we date the k-king?

>>72524
So, the objective is to roll up a big katamari of romantic partners.

>>72524
Really cute; reminds me of Scott C.

>Brian Clevinger is writing some of the script

http://www.namcohigh.com/

That Galaga ship.

>>73212
Consider me allured.

In addition to the fifteen dateable Namco characters, Namco High will also include three dateable Homestuck characters as well. They announced the first of three being Terezi Pyrope.

>>73230
Calling it now. Terezi, Karkat, and a human (probably Dave)

>>73230
Hm.
I could imagine some people being put off by this, considering Homestuck's, uh, mixed reputation.

>>73232
And those people wouldn't have been put off by the fact that Hussie was writing it?

>>73230
I should have expected this. But you know what this means in the bigger picture? The Homestuck universe is now connected to the larger multiverse.

>>73230
Cant wait for the Caliborn route!~

>>73231
Terezi, Nepeta, and John imo

>>73231
Terezi, Dave, Clubs Deuce

There, a rep from 3 of the 4 races of Homestuck

>>73242
Nah if we're doing a rep of races, it's more likely to be Calliope/Caliborn. It'd be really interesting if they went a dangnabbit romper route and had them be alternate personalities of the same person

>>73242
4? You seem to have forgotten about leprechauns.

>>73242
I'm thinking Terezi, PM, and an alligator.

Also, it looks like we aren't seeing past version of characters, so no >tfw Toby Masuyo finds out how her relationship with Taizo Hori is going to turn out.

Nobody cares about those other races though. It will be the three most popular characters, or rather the two most popular guys plus Terezi, because the fandom is overwhelmingly male-character-hungry. Terezi just happens to be the most popular female troll.

>>73248
Meenah is the most popular female troll.

>>73250
As much as I wish that was true because I would love to digitally romance my favorite punky fish alien, I have to disagree. More fans know Terezi because more fans haven't even met Meenah yet. Terezi even beats out Vriska in terms of popularity despite the former's controversy.

>>73248
I dunno. The way they phrased it was "weird exchange students" and there's already a few other humans on cast so I don't think that'd count as "weird".

I'm almost hoping for one of the characters to be Jack Noir because romancing a demon dog with space powers would be hilarious

>>73251
I want the other 2 Homestuck characters to be Vriska and Meenah. Who needs HS male options any way?

I can't wait for the rage that'll ensue when one of the Homestuck characters is revealed to be Gamzee.

>>73252
More like easy mode. One word, snausages

Dave's gonna be one of them for certain. "Coolkid Pack" is a dead giveaway.

>>73267
So third is either Meenah or Dirk? Who else is a popular cool kid?

>>73267
While Dave is a pretty safe bet, come now, "coolkid" has been a general school term for decades, especially as a cliche when associated with letterman jackets. Remember, this is still a Namco game foremost. The Homestuck stuff is just a bonus.

No, I will continue to project my fantasies of dating a virtual Meenah until the inevitable moment when my hopes are dashed utterly and painfully.

>Mention Hiromi and Mr. Driller's mom.
>Mr. Driller and Hiromi both appear as students.
>Feel as though I might be inadvertently responsible just by having said anything about them.
I'm just gonna say it's times like these I'm glad I haven't publicly described a speculative end to Homestuck I once thought of.

Ohhh shit Tyson Hesse's in on this project. Maximum hype.

Second Homestuck guest, Jane Crocker.

Am I the only one hoping Equius is an option?

>>73276
Yes, its just you

>>73275
Actually pretty surprised by this! That's a human and a troll down.
Next is either gonna be a felt member, a cherub, or a member of the midnight crew

(but I almost hope it's one of the consorts and its entire story line is just it going NAK NAK NAK NAK NAK)

>>73279
The Mayor! Or as we know him in game, the class president

>>73276
Or instead, how about we get the ultimate butler as our romantic interest

>>73280
oh my god yes please.
All he does is scurry around and is an amateur architect. He doesn't say a single word, but everyone adores him

>>73284
He is a man of few words....but he was the first freshman to ever win as Student Council President, and did so in a landslide--and hasn't lost an election since. They simply call him W.V., for "Winner of Votes."

As much as I like Equius and WV, I'm sensing a JUSTICE-based theme on these picks so I have a feeling the last might be...well pic related. I would be okay with this.

Though I would also be okay if the last pic was Spades Slick or Calliope/Caliborn combo

Why is Jane a ten year old with boobs?

>>73280
Oh man I want this with every fiber of my being.

>>73323
Jane is 16, not 10

>>73325
They're saying that >>73275 looks ten.

Now that I saw who are the rest of the team working of this, I'm slightly optimistic about it.
Even with the HS characters.

Finally we get to date Dave...

Davesprite that is.

And here's the art.

>>73333

caw caw motherfuckers

Could have been worse. Could have been better, but not by much.

Does anybody recall if Terezi has any feelings or even care for Davesprite?

>>73334
She never met him.

>>73335
They did chat once, right after Davesprite entered the alpha session. It was the first time Dave and Terezi really hit it off.

>TG: youre actually a pretty good troll
>TG: as long as you dont bug john i guess thats all there is to say on the matter
>GC: TH4NKS D4V3
>GC: TO B3 F41R
>GC: 1M SUR3 3V3RY ON3 OF US W1SH3S W3 THOUGHT OF FUTUR3 S3LF PROTOTYP1NG F1RST
>GC: SO
>GC: YOUR3 NOT R34LLY 4LL TH4T T3RR1BL3 >;]

So is this the homestuck game

>>73341
No, it's not.

This is Dave, but in a way that I can appreciate. Nice move.

AND ITS OUT!

Very, very short game. Each character route takes around 15 minutes (if you're a slow reader like me). 15 bucks for the HS characters and the character art is....odd? The sizes of the sprites aren't the same so Jane looks like a hulking giant compared to most other characters.

Not worth the money imo

Namco-fucking-high is not fucking available in Russia.
it's just kokorobreaking

>>73357
the russians dodged a bullet

this game is horrible

oh, fuck you with my balalaika
I just wanna date Terezi

>>73358
Eh, I liked the Lolo route.

That's the only one I've played so I can't comment on the rest of the game, but I did like that one.

>>73360
did you enjoy having 0 gameplay?

>>73361
That's called a dating sim. That is how they work. We knew when the title was first announced that there would be zero gameplay This is not a criticism that is likely to illicit any sympathy.

>>73362
I wasn't expecting any more than this, but it's still really poor, just about as barebones as you can possibly get. There are 10 year old joke dating sims on Newgrounds that are better than this. There's no fucking dialogue options, for one. It takes like 15 minutes to finish one route, and the only thing you do to complete it is click the character's name enough times when that menu pops up. When I say there's 0 gameplay, I mean there's 0 gameplay even for visual novel standards. And that's sad.

It's not the fault of the writers or artists either, they did their best with what they were given, but the planning and direction is horrendous.

>>73362
Except not really? Pretty much every other dating sim at least has dialogue options. If you say A you get B and so on. In this case it's just "mash enter forever"

Boh. I guess I was expecting something a bit better than this.

I was expecting a game that pokes a bit of fun of the dating sim genre like Hatoful Boyfriend but instead I got a boring "game" made by people who didn't really bother doing the research at what mechanics are usually in this type of game.

Also, I find it funny that the game advertises Cousin as your avatar, but it turns out that because of lack of dialogue choices, they have their own (obnoxious) distinct personality--which defeat the point of Cousin being you.

Oh well, I guess Namco is getting some people money who is willing to spend $15 to "woo" a meta & angsty bird boy.

Congratulations on the release of your game Hussie.

Now lets get back to Homestuck.

>>73365
It was also advertised that the player character was completely gender neutral but Dave refers to them as male in his route. (:

>>73367
That's because Davebird is privileged cis scum