Andrew Hussie facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Andrew Hussie
Hussie in 2010
Born	(1979-08-25) August 25, 1979 (age 45)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Temple University
Occupation	Author and artist
Notable work	MS Paint Adventures

Andrew Hussie (born August 25, 1979) is an American author and artist. He is best known for creating Homestuck. This is a special kind of webcomic that looks like a text-based adventure game. He also made other similar works on his website, MS Paint Adventures.

Andrew Hussie's Creative Journey

Starting with Webcomics

Andrew Hussie began making webcomics under the name "S_O". He posted them on a website called Team Special Olympics. This site ran from 2003 to 2008. It featured comics, art lessons, and articles by Hussie.

He also shared short comics and Scribblettes. His brother Byron and Cindy Marie helped too. Longer comics like Whistles: The Starlight Calliope were also on the site. By 2007, Hussie focused more on MS Paint Adventures. Team Special Olympics closed in 2008.

Creating Interactive Stories

In 2006, Hussie started Jailbreak. He posted it on an online forum. It looked like a text adventure game. Hussie would draw simple pictures with text. Other users would suggest commands for the game. Hussie quickly drew new images based on their ideas.

In 2007, he made the MS Paint Adventures website. It hosted Jailbreak, Bard Quest, and Problem Sleuth. Problem Sleuth became very popular. Hussie created over 1,600 pages for it in one year. He sometimes made up to 10 pages a day!

The World of Homestuck

Hussie created the webcomic Homestuck. It ran from April 2009 to April 2016. The story is about four kids who play a computer game called Sburb. They accidentally cause the end of the world.

Homestuck used images, text, Flash animations, and interactive parts. At first, readers suggested actions for the characters. But Hussie later took more control. He said it was hard to tell a clear story with too much fan input. He still checked fan blogs and forums for small ideas.

Homestuck's Popularity

Hussie updated Homestuck often, usually three times a week. Sometimes there were long breaks, like in 2013 and 2015. Hussie once said working on Homestuck felt like an "all-encompassing lifestyle." It took up almost all his waking hours.

Vice magazine said Homestuck was "wildly popular." In 2011, it had 600,000 unique visitors daily. By 2015, it reached over 1 million visitors a day. Hussie noted that as the fandom grew, discussions became more intense. Fans would argue and discuss everything about the story.

By the end, Homestuck had over 800,000 words and 8,000 pages. Fans helped a lot, even creating all the music. Over a hundred musicians and artists contributed. Hussie hired artists for important updates. By 2011, there were eight albums of Homestuck music.

Vice also mentioned Homestuck's "sprawling, overly complicated" plot. It was partly shaped by reader ideas and fan theories. PBS's Ideas Channel compared Homestuck to the complex novel Ulysses.

Homestuck Continues

The Homestuck Epilogues was a text-only story released in April 2019. It had 190,000 words and was co-written by Hussie and four other creators.

A sequel, Homestuck^2: Beyond Canon, started in late 2019. Hussie outlined the story, but a team of writers wrote it. It updated regularly for about a year, then paused. In 2024, it was renamed Homestuck: Beyond Canon and started regular updates with a new team.

Homestuck Video Games

A video game based on Homestuck, called Hiveswap, was announced in 2012. It raised over $2.4 million through Kickstarter. The game had a difficult development. It changed from 3D to 2D years after it started.

Hiveswap was split into four episodes. The first episode came out in 2017. The second episode was released in 2020. Another related series, Hauntswitch, is also planned to have four parts. Two other Homestuck games are Hiveswap Friendsim and Pesterquest.

Andrew Hussie was a managing member of What Pumpkin, LLC. He officially left What Pumpkin in early 2020. He wanted to work on projects not related to Homestuck. Hussie still owns the Homestuck ideas, but he no longer works creatively on future Homestuck projects.

Other Creative Works

Hussie also made a visual novel called Psycholonials. It was announced in December 2020 and finished in April 2021. Hussie described it as a look at American politics. He also said it was about his feelings on the intense Homestuck fandom.

Andrew Hussie's Life

Hussie as his alter ego "D-Clussie"

Andrew Hussie was born on August 25, 1979. He studied computer science at Temple University. He has mentioned moving more than fifty times in his life. In 2010, he was living in western Massachusetts.

Andrew Hussie's Works

Videos

• Hussie worked with Jan van den Hemel on funny edits of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This was in the late 2000s.
• He also made Barty's Brew-Ha-Ha with his brother. This video series was about a funny Bigfoot researcher. It ran from 2006 to 2011.

Webcomics

• Team Special Olympics
• Jailbreak
• Bard Quest (2007)
• Problem Sleuth (2008–2009)
• Homestuck (2009–2016)
• Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff
• The Homestuck Epilogues (2019)
• Homestuck: Beyond Canon (Started 2019, continues to present)

Published Books

• Whistles, Book One (The Starlight Calliope) (available online)
• Problem Sleuth (Five volumes covering all 22 chapters)
• Homestuck (Many volumes by different publishers)
• Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff

Video Games

• Hiveswap
• Namco High (2013)
• Hiveswap Friendsim (2018)
• Pesterquest (2019)
• Psycholonials (2021)

See also

In Spanish: Andrew Hussie para niños