

The game was the subject of a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, raising over US$2.4 million in funding. Based in the universe of Hussie's MS Paint Adventures webcomic Homestuck, it focuses on a girl who is accidentally transported to the planet of Alternia-home of the troll species seen in Homestuck. September 14, 2017.Hiveswap is an episodic adventure game developed by What Pumpkin Games and overseen by Andrew Hussie and Cohen Edenfield.

“ You guys have a lot of fun in the studio, as evidenced by this candid selfie Tetrarch Dammek told you to take. Dammek insisted you have HALF the flavor disc! Your LUSUS took this picture, a delightful trick he has never repeated. “ In contrast to Tetrarch Dammek's percussive machismo, your stage persona is more "skittish," as if you're vaguely terrified of the implications of your own pseudo-revolutionary rhymes. “ i was going to ask you first but then i thought maybe it was a quiz and that if i had to stop to ask you i would fail it so i just put the battery in the weapon like you said. This is his way of letting you know he'd started a band and that you were the singer, and also that your voice could use a little help. “ This is from the 12TH PERIGEE'S EVE when Dammek gave you the AUTOTUNE MIC he made. He doesn't turn 7 sweeps old for a couple wipes, but you wanted to celebrate him before his Rites of Maturation. “ Left over from Tetrarch Dammek's early WRIGGLING DAY party. Dammek seems to quiz or test Xefros on espionage technique regularly and without warning, and their relationship overall is less than warm even when the two of them are alone together, Dammek will dictate what Xefros eats and when he takes photographs, and Xefros' involvement in The Grubbels seems to have been at Dammek's command. Though Dammek and Xefros are moirails, Xefros appears to be skittish and wary when he thinks he is talking to him. His attention to cleanliness and hygiene, however, is far less obsessive, with garbage littering much of his hive and Xefros, as a member of the serving rust caste, seeming to be expected to take care of his hive's upkeep. Other items in his possession, such as a model of a troll being abducted by a flying saucer, might indicate his paranoia extends to more paranormal topics, not unlike Jude Harley. He seems extremely cautious, likely due to his secret rebellion against the Alternian system, with his hive showing a conspiratorial obsession with security most of his hive (and some of Xefros') is under the watch of closed circuit cameras, and many of the rooms of his hive contain caches of weapons and ammunition. On stage as lead member and drummer of The Grubbles, Dammek is said to perform with a “ percussive machismo ”.

Having only been spotted briefly in person, Dammek's personality can so far only be gleaned from his hive and his relationship with Xefros. Some time later an explosion was heard from his hive and he disappeared, Joey - who briefly passed him in the beams of light emitted by the portals - appearing in his place. On the day of Hiveswap: Act 1 Dammek told Xefros to put a battery in the weapon in his basement. Xefros threw his 7th wriggling day party early, out of fear that he might not be able to see his moirail again before Dammek underwent his Rites of Maturation. He frequently changed the name of the band between Grubbels and Grubbles, apparently for security reasons. Xefros has also been involved in much of Dammek's non-rebellion related life, such as their musical duo The Grubbels, which Dammek recruited Xefros to by giving him an autotune microphone he had created himself. "Adama" is Hebrew for the Earth, possibly alluding to his transportation to the planet Earth or his connection to Xefros, whose name references another classical element, air.ĭammek is a founding leader of a rebellion against the rule of Trizza Tethis over Alternia, with his moirail Xefros Tritoh assisting him in most of his duties. "Damma" or "dama" is the Latin word for a fallow deer, referring to his lusus and matching antler-like horns. His name Dammek has several possible origins. "Tetrarch" is a title, meaning one of four leaders, from tetra meaning four and arkein, "to rule".
