This is later explained to be at least partially due to a.The series is an anthology that was released in several volumes its first installment was entitled ' '. The first installment was introduced on Apin a surprise on the tumblr, in the immediate aftermath of a major company shakeup coinciding with the transfer of Homestuck and some related MSPA properties over to the domain under the stewardship of Viz Media (although the project was reportedly in development long before this and the announcement was not directly linked).

The game features Hiveswap trolls first introduced by the event, with whom the player interacts with in the persona of an unknown title character (potentially the, acting as a nameless player substitute) who has crash-landed on. According to What Pumpkin, the format is a riff on the traditional dating sim 'The idea is, instead of trying to date a character, you just try to befriend them, and in the process, you get to know them better, and ridiculous things happen along the way.' The Steam store page for the game the Hiveswap Friendsim as 'loosely-canonical' with respect to the wider Hiveswap canon, and even the internal canon of the anthology is, as events can vary depending upon player choices (despite this, some events from specific routes are referenced in later volumes). The games are modelled on the style of the genre, styled as 'friendship simulators' as the interactions had with the characters are platonic this format follows in the footsteps of Andrew's previous dating simulator project featuring Homestuck characters. Hiveswap Friendship Simulator, or Hiveswap Friendsim, is a spinoff anthology of visual novels, written by a diverse group of writers, including, and by David Turnbull in.

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