Name: About & Credits
Directory: about
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Welcome to HSMusic, a fan-made Homestuck music wiki!
Homestuck has always been an incredible creative collaboration, and especially beloved by the community and critical in that collaboration is the webcomic and world's humongous soundtrack, comprising well over 500 tracks by dozens of musicians and artists. This wiki aims to be an interesting and useful resource for anyone interested in that music, as well as an archive for all things related.
Pertaining to the history of this site: it was originally made as a remake of Homestuck's official Bandcamp, which saw its content particularly reduced on 10/25/19. This site aims to be a more reliable resource and reference: track art (conspicuously missing from the Bandcamp) is archived here, solo albums (among other missing albums, like [[album:Squiddles!]]) are all indexed in the one place, and URLs will always stay consistent. And of course, also included are links for listening on Bandcamp and other services.
Nowadays, HSMusic also operates as a center for all sorts of fan music, a sort-of home where avid listeners can explore, discover, and support artists and albums within the sphere around Homestuck music. We're always looking to share new music here, so if there's anything you'd like to see, please feel encouraged to [[static:feedback|drop a message]]!
The code for this website is open source (GPL-3.0), and can be explored or forked here. If you want to get in touch with feature requests or comments on the code, our contact info is [[static:feedback|here]]!
Resource & Author Credits
- Quasar Nebula: that's me - it's us! We programmed most of the site, and put the whole thing together. [[static:feedback|Say hi]]!
- Homestuck's Bandcamp, the official host of Homestuck's music: I got almost all the official album listings and basic track info from here.
- GiovanH's complete track art archive: track art! A million thanks for putting this together and sharing this with me. (Prior to this, I used the Web Archive to gather track art.)
- NSND: leitmotifs! Thanks to this site in combination with credits on the bandcamp and artists' own commentary, this wiki is a rather comprehensive resource for leitmotifs and other track references.
- bgreco.net (HQ Audio Flashes): thumbnail captures for the individual Flash animations! There were a couple captures missing that I took myself, but most Flash thumbnails are from here.
- The Homestuck and MSPA Music Wiki on Fandom: the inspiration for this wiki! I've wanted to make a more complete and explorable wiki ever since seeing it. The Fandom wiki has also been a very handy reference in putting this together, so much thanks to everyone who's worked on it!
- homestuck.com: Besides being the home of the comic this whole site is based around, the main wallpaper for the site is pulled from More from Homestuck.
- carrd.co: I stole your icons.svg file. It is mine now. :tobyfox_dog_sunglasses:
- All organizers and contributors of the Homestuck Vol. 5 Anthology - community-made track art for [[album:Homestuck Vol. 5]]! All of this art is excellent. Each track credits its respective cover artist.
- Likewise for the Beyond Canon Track Art Anthology as well as Alternia/Bound!
- All comments on the site: I appreciate all feedback a lot! People have shared a ton of ideas and suggestions with me, and I cannot emphasize enough how motivating it is to share a project with like-minded folx interested in making it better with you.
Feature & Contribution Acknowledgements
- Thank you, GiovanH, for linking me to a resource for higher quality cover art, and bringing to my attention the fact that clicking a cover art on Bandcamp to zoom in will often reveal a higher quality image.
- cosmogonicalAuthor, for a variety of feature requests and comments! In particular: improving way the track list on author pages is sorted; expanding the introduction; expanding the introduction message to the website; and linking bonus art for Homestuck Vol. 5 - plus a few other good suggestions I haven't gotten to yet. Thanks!
- Monckat, for suggesting the album Strife 2 before I'd begun adding fandom-created albums and unofficial releases to this wiki, and for working with an emailer to reupload the original cover art for [[track:the-thirteenth-hour]].
- Kidpen, for suggesting the "Flashes that feature this track" feature.
- an emailer, for suggesting the "Random track" feature.
- foreverFlumoxed, for pointing out that [[flash:338]] contains reference to [[JOHN DO THE WINDY THING]] (this reminded me to add all the unreleased Flash tracks to the Unreleased Tracks album!), for recommending the restructure to [[album:Unreleased Tracks]], and for going to the massive effort of checking every track page and pointing out a bunch of missing cover arts and title typos!
- Makin, for various initial help in data collection (especially commentary) and lifting the site off the ground by pinning it to the top of the /r/homestuck subreddit for a while, and for linking me the independent release of Sburb.
- an emailer, for sending a crop of the YT thumbnail art for [[After the Sun]] (plus the SoundCloud link for that track), for reporting the "Random" buttons being broken, and for linking a bunch of resources and various official uploads of tracks and albums.
- Niklink, for contributing immensely to the existing lyrics on the wiki and transcribing plenty of new ones that had been totally missed before, as well as for help with archiving the early official album releases ([[album:homestuck-vol-1]] through [[album:homestuck-vol-4]]), and suggesting and contributing to the various album wallpapers across the site.
- nuclear333, for a variety of valuable feedback and discussion, as well as for spearheading projects like the unofficial Pesterquest OST album & metadata.
- Bambosh, for creating The Unofficial Homestuck Collection and integrating data from HSMusic so seamlessly into it, and for sharing a number of handy data fixes and comments.
- Thanks for pointing out typos, errors in reference lists, and out of date details: cookiefonster, foreverFlummoxed, an emailer, Bambosh, and Niklink.
Supporter & Patron Thank-yous
Thank you to all present and past [[static:donate|supporters]] of the wiki, including:
- Nights, enchantingHunter, and leo homestuck.
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Name: Feedback & Suggestions
Directory: feedback
Content:
Feature requests?
Noticed any errors?
Itching to see that one album you love on the wiki?
Please let us know! We appreciate feedback a lot, and always want to make this site better.
There are five main channels you can reach the dev through:
- [[static:discord|HSMusic Community Discord Server]] - The official Discord, and a friendly place to drop feedback or discuss the wiki. (We also share sneak peeks of the coming updates here frequently!)
- HomestuckXYZ - A public forum thread for the wiki.
- Twitter - DMs for discussion or feedback are open! (It might go a while unnoticed, though - the site only indicates message requests when it's manually checked, and we're pretty terrible at remembering to do that!)
- Mastodon - Same as birdsite but a moderately less terrible platform :)
- Email - it's towerofnix at gmail dot beansqznebula at protonmail dot com! (We'll still get messages at the old address, though.) Old-fashioned, but personally our favorite besides the Discord, and certainly practical if you're sending a longer-form message.
Thanks so much for sharing your feedback!
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Directory: changelog
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bug fixes
- fixed "random" links (e.g. on album pages and [[listing:random|Random Pages]] listing) redirecting to "undefined" URLs instead of the appropriate type directory (track, group, etc)
(news entry: [[news-entry:translation-renovation]])
site changes
- translation/localization support:
- nearly all static text on the wiki has been replaced with strings specified in a plain JSON file
- default language for a wiki is generated at the root directory (/) as usual; new languages are in subdirectory (e.g. "/jp/album/diverging-delicacies")
- no languages are newly supported yet, but the localization system is totally tested; see [[news-entry:translation-renovation|the news entry]] for details on contributing translations!
- thumbnail support:
- small images (250x250) are used in grids (on homepage, album/artist galleries, etc)
- medium images (400x400) are used on pages with larger cover art (individual track/album pages, etc)
- full-size images (usually 600x600-1200x1200, pulled from public bandcamp listings) are no longer embedded at all, but can still be viewed by clicking on cover arts to zoom in
- previously, every image on the site was full-size! this was particularly terrible for people with slow connections or limited bandwidths
- example stats: download size of scrolling entire homepage reduced from 3.8mb to 0.6mb
- internal renovation across build file:
- (before, after)
- url system restructured:
- link-related bugs are much harder to run into
- link references in content (e.g. "\[[album:foo-bar]]") are modularized and can more easily link to anywhere across the wiki
- codebase forks can easily adjust url specification to move parts of the site to different paths (though this isn't yet possible via data file)
- site build time is significantly reduced (since there are far fewer redundant calls to path.relative)
- page write functions restructured
- data required during a page write is gathered once, and then reused across all languages that page is built in, significantly reducing build time across multiple languages
- writePage itself is broken into a few different chunks, which can be referenced individually when needed
- changes tie nicely into url system restructure as well
- shared data variables and functions organized and tidied for simpler access across code
- miscellaneous arguments and specifications across code have been restructured to prefer explicit description before unnecessarily compact formats
- this has the side-effect of making a fair amount of the build logic simpler!
- significantly expanded data validation which happens before any site pages are written
albums
- besides additions for [[group:psycholonials]], no new music shared on the wiki this month, as translation and renovation changes took an especially long time to design and implement
artist pages
- added total duration of music contributed to an album next ot the album date
- display "cover art" and "wallpaper art" lines at the top of an album art contribution list, rather than at the bottom (this had been an accidental code error)
- display flash/game date range next to the "act" (or flash group label), rather than showing every date next to each flash, to make this section much visually cleaner
- removed "Featured in" links, since these were taking up a lot of visual space
- this has been added to [[listing:tracks/in-flashes/by-album|Tracks - in Flashes & Games (by Album)]] instead
commentary pages
- cleaned [[commentary-index:_|commentary index]] layout and strings (e.g. before: "19/20 entries; 8.4k words", after: "8.4k words across 19 entries")
track pages
- reference list is only divided into "fandom" and "official" if a group with directory "official" is present in the first place
- this is essentially hard-coded, but is a quick and simple fix for all references on wikis without the concept displaying as "fandom" references
listings
- generally tweaked strings to be more consistent across listings and the site
- added gallery link to [[listing:groups/by-name|Groups - by Name]] and [[listing:groups/by-category|Groups - by Category]] listings
- added flash links to [[listing:tracks/in-flashes/by-album|Tracks - in Flashes & Games (by Album)]]
- added album links to [[listing:tracks/in-flashes/by-flash|Tracks - in Flashes & Games (by Flash)]]
- added number of uses to [[listing:tags/by-name|Tags - by Name]]
- implemented [[listing:random|Random Pages]] as an actual listing via the same system as all others
- this is just generally better practice
- it also fixes the Random Pages link not being bold when selected though!
data changes
- dozens of internal changes using new link syntax, as well as other internal fixes without user-visible changes
- contributor list changes for consistency across wiki and to remove redundant credit info:
- [[track:showtime-piano-refrain]]:
- credit [[artist:kevin-regamey]] only as artist, not contributor
- remove [[artist:malcolm-brown]], originally included for composing [[track:showtime-original-mix]]
- [[track:aggrieve-violin-refrain]]:
- credit [[artist:andrew-huo]] only as artist, not contributor
- credit [[artist:gabe-nezovic]] only as contributor, not artist
- [[track:sburban-countdown]]:
- credit [[artist:mark-hadley]] only as artist, not contributor
- remove [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]], originally included for composing [[track:sburban-jungle]]
- [[track:showtime-imp-strife-mix]]:
- credit [[artist:buzinkai]] and [[artist:curt-blakeslee]] only as artists, not contributors
- remove [[artist:malcolm-brown]], originally included for composing [[track:showtime-original-mix]]
- [[track:requiem-for-an-exile]]: remove [[artist:james-dever]], originaly included for composing [[track:requiem]]
- [[track:spider8ite]]: credit [[artist:kalibration]] for composition as well as choir
- [[track:stress]]:
- credit [[artist:buzinkai]] for composition
- place [[artist:buzinkai]] before [[artist:toby-fox]] (but leave toby in the artist list)
- [[track:solar-voyage]]: credit [[artist:marcy-nabors]] for composition as well as arrangement and vocals (and move to top of list)
- [[track:renewed-return]]: credit [[artist:marcy-nabors]] for composition as well as bass clarinet (and move to top of list)
- [[track:youre-a-mean-one-mr-slick]]: credit [[artist:whatislostinthemines]] for composition as well as lyrics (and move to top of list)
- [[track:violet-and-gold]]: credit [[artist:veritas-unae]] for composition as well as lyrics (and move to top of list)
- typo fixes, thanks to Megatti:
- renamed [[track:ecstasy]] (used to be "Ecstacy")
- renamed [[track:till-the-last-breath]] (used to be "Til The Last Breath")
- renamed [[track:aqueous-armagourddon]] (used to be "Aqueous Armagourdden")
- renamed [[track:50m3-gr347-4c7-0f-h3r015m]] (used to be "5OM3 ...")
- renamed [[track:wisest-wizord]] (used to be "Wizest Wizord")
- renamed [[track:revisit-rewind]] (used to have spaces around slash)
- fixed typo in lyrics for [[track:cr1m1n4l-cr1m1n4l]] (used to be "Hey, crinimal scum, ...")
- added art tags to [[track:the-golden-towers]] and [[track:prospit-dreamers]], thanks to LowDeath675!
- fixed duplicate commentary entries in [[track:doctor-vol-1-4]] and [[track:endless-climb-vol-1-4]]
- removed some old commentary from [[track:sports]]. RIP
- clarified wallpaper contributions that said "edits" (e.g. [[album:homestuck-vol-5]]) to say "edits for wiki"
- album and flash data additions for [[group:psycholonials]] over the course of the month
(news entry: [[news-entry:retrace-retexture]])
site changes
- added per-album wallpapers
- many albums have these, e.g. [[album:homestuck-vol-5]]; check "data changes" section for full list
- archive and restore the original presentation of album releases while still keeping a unified design across the whole wiki
- much thanks to [[artist:niklink]] for help collecting and editing these, as well as originally suggesting this feature in December; as well as to the rest of the [[static:discord|Discord]] community for suggestions and feedback!
- added per-album commentary pages
- no-distraction, complete collections of all commentary for each album, divided by track
- based upon and replaces the old "All Commentary" listing, which was always too long for its own good
- e.g. [[album-commentary:genesis-frog]], [[album-commentary:lofam4]]
- added distinct news entry pages
- much like "All Commentary", a solitary news page would quickly become unwieldy for most browsers!
- [[site:news/|news index]] now shows headings and short passages instead
- added footer to all pages of the site
- contains feedback and donate links for now; this is totally customizable (see below!)
- added Psycholonials row to homepage
- will be updated as new chapters are released, in independent updates from the main coming March/April releases
- no information for tracks currently unreleased, but we'll revisit this when all chapters and the full soundtrack have been released
- many, many internal changes
- almost all content across the wiki is now totally dynamic; e.g, wiki name and color scheme are stored in a data file
- static pages like Changelog and Donate are no longer hard-coded and can be added or removed without editing the wiki code
- homepage rows can also be customized; while there's only one type of row available currently (albums from list or group and optionally action links), the foundations are there to add more in the future
- most site features, e.g. [[site:flash/|Flashes & Games]], [[listing-index:_|Listings]], and [[news-index:_|News]], can now be selectively enabled and disabled
- a variety of changes to the internal text transformer, making longform text in data files (e.g. commentary, lyrics, static pages) much easier to read and write
- code and data repositories have been separated (media as well, but it's not pushed online anywhere yet); CLI tool for actually building the site has been updated accordingly
- all these changes are in service of making running your own wiki off the same codebase accessible and powerful; there's still much to be done before it's totally ready, though
albums
- added another set of new albums, summarized below
- from [[group:michael-guy-bowman]]:
- [[album:ithaca]]
- [[album:comfortable-bugs]]
- [[album:hush]]
- [[album:archive]]
- [[album:electric-daydreams]]
- [[album:look-on-my-works-ye-mighty-and-despair]]
- [[album:gravity-makes-the-flame-rise]]
- from [[group:desynced]]:
- [[album:desynced-vol-1]]
- [[album:desynced-vol-2]]
- [[album:election-season]]
- from [[group:psycholonials]]:
- [[album:psycholonials-ep-1]]
- added a new group, [[group:homestuck-gaiden]], and moved albums there from [[group:unofficial-mspa-fans]]
listings
- as detailed in "site change" section, removed the "All Commentary" listing, replacing it with individual per-album commentary pages
- there is a new and refined [[site:commentary/|Commentary]] index though!
data changes
- added wallpapers to many albums:
- official: [[album:homestuck-vol-5]], [[album:alternia]], [[album:squiddles]], [[album:the-felt]], [[album:homestuck-vol-6]], [[album:alterniabound]], [[album:medium]], [[album:homestuck-vol-7]], [[album:the-wanderers]], [[album:homestuck-vol-8]], [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a]], [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b]], [[album:homestuck-vol-9]], [[album:symphony-impossible-to-play]], [[album:one-year-older]], [[album:genesis-frog]], [[album:s-collide]], [[album:hiveswap-act-1-ost]], [[album:hiveswap-friendsim]], [[album:hiveswap-act-2-ost]]
- fandom: [[album:archive]], [[album:lofam4]], [[album:gristmas-carols]], [[album:cosmic-caretakers]], [[album:look-on-my-works-ye-mighty-and-despair]], [[album:moons-of-theseus]], [[album:friendsymphony]]
- went through all existing warnings for misspelled tracks and fixed 'em:
- [[track:let-me-dance-let-me-glisten]] now featured in [[track:the-light-forms-us]]
- [[track:giorgio-by-moroder]] now featured in [[track:the-dave-strider-experience]]
- [[track:what-is-a-juggalo]] now featured in [[track:the-dave-strider-experience]]
- [[track:verdancy-bassline]] now featured in [[track:study-for-eclectic-bass-1984-1]]
- [[track:virgin-orb]] now featured in [[track:recordare-virgo-mater]]
- [[track:dissension-original]] now featured in [[track:the-puppet-master]]
- [[track:nova-solis]] now featured in [[track:singularity]]
- [[track:showtime-original-mix]] now featured in [[track:skaian-dreams-remix]]
- [[track:skies-of-skaia]] now featured in [[track:skaian-dreams-remix]]
- [[track:softbit-original-version]] now featured in [[track:softbit]]
- [[track:outer-reaches]] now featured in [[track:emissary-of-dance]]
- [[track:layers-upon-layers]] now featured in [[track:emissary-of-dance]]
- [[track:cumuloseerus]] now featured in [[track:emissary-of-dance]]
- [[track:on-golden-dreams]] now featured in [[track:emissary-of-dance]]
- [[track:metamorphic-choices]] now featured in [[track:horizontal-headshot]]
- [[track:gods-of-the-new-world]] now featured in [[track:dance-of-the-dead]]
- [[track:the-mituna-method]] now featured in [[track:the-gemoni-mustard-blood]]
- [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns]] now featured in [[track:collision-course-davepetas-movement]]
- [[track:frost-vol6]] now featured in [[track:a-farewell-to-arms]]
- [[track:dissension-original]] now featured in [[track:a-farewell-to-arms]]
- [[track:beatdown-strider-style]] now featured in [[track:a-farewell-to-arms]]
- [[track:lulling-lutescent]] now featured in [[track:on-golden-dreams]]
- did the same for altogether missing tracks, too:
- [[track:brobot-scrimmage]] now featured in [[track:constituent-hearts]]
- [[track:character-theme-for-dirk-strider]] now featured in [[track:constituent-hearts]]
- [[track:chucklevoodoo-waltz]] now featured in [[track:phantasmagoria]]
- [[track:contact]] now featured in [[track:revisit-rewind]]
- [[track:contra]] now featured in [[track:revisit-rewind]]
- [[track:dave-striders-cool-mixtape]] now featured in [[track:the-lights-rebellion]]
- [[track:s-dirk-unite-synchronization-with-lyrics]] now featured in [[track:constituent-hearts]]
- [[track:distortion-navigator]] now featured in [[track:optic-duelist]]
- [[track:fate-of-the-heir]] now featured in [[track:optic-duelist]]
- [[track:four-kids-and-a-game-they-play-together]] now featured in [[track:four-kids-and-a-game-they-played-together]]
- [[track:good-morning-dirk]] now featured in [[track:constituent-hearts]]
- [[track:heart-beat]] now featured in [[track:constituent-hearts]]
- [[track:i-am-an-island]] now featured in [[track:constituent-hearts]]
- [[track:intro-canwave2]] now featured in [[track:omega-timeline]]
- [[track:intro-canwave2]] now featured in [[track:revisit-rewind]]
- [[track:isnt-this-is-this-the-end-again]] now featured in [[track:is-this-the-end]]
- [[track:lord-spanish]] now featured in [[track:revisit-rewind]]
- [[track:midnight-suffer]] now featured in [[track:midnight]]
- [[track:muse-of-nanchos]] now featured in [[track:revisit-rewind]]
- [[track:moshi-moshi]] now featured in [[track:while-the-irons-hot]]
- [[track:moshi-moshi]] now featured in [[track:horizontal-headshot]]
- [[track:moshi-moshi]] now featured in [[track:one-and-a-half-midnight]]
- [[track:moshi-moshi]] now featured in [[track:revisit-rewind]]
- [[track:rematch]] now featured in [[track:constituent-hearts]]
- [[track:sburban-resolution]] now featured in [[track:horizontal-headshot]]
- [[track:shut-me-down]] now featured in [[track:constituent-hearts]]
- [[track:stay-in-touch]] now featured in [[track:horizontal-headshot]]
- [[track:smackdown]] now featured in [[track:thyme-on-my-fries]]
- [[track:synchronize-fansong]] now featured in [[track:constituent-hearts]]
- [[track:the-engineer]] now featured in [[track:constituent-hearts]]
- [[track:tick]] now featured in [[track:revisit-rewind]]
- [[track:unintentional-touhou]] now featured in [[track:revisit-rewind]]
- [[track:celestial-fantasia]] now featured in [[track:raise-of-the-conductors-baton]]
- [[track:thunderhead]] now featured in [[track:infinitys-lament]]
- we will thankfully never have to do either of the above again
- added and updated lyrics for a bunch of tracks from [[group:homestuck-gaiden]], courtesy as ever of [[artist:niklink]]:
- from [[album:homestuck-for-the-holidays]]: [[track:time-for-a-story]], [[track:the-more-you-know]], [[track:the-squiddles-save-christmas]], [[track:billy-the-bellsuit-diver-has-something-to-say]], [[track:squiddly-night]], [[track:the-santa-claus-interdimensional-travel-sleigh]], [[track:candlelight]], [[track:oh-no-its-the-midnight-crew]], [[track:hella-sweet]], [[track:shit-lets-be-santa]], [[track:choo-choo]], [[track:oh-god-christmas]], [[track:a-very-special-time]]
- from [[album:jailbreak]]: [[track:drillgorg]], [[track:retrobution]], [[track:a-common-occurrance-every-night-to-be-exact]]
- from [[album:lofam]]: [[track:sadomasopedorobonecrobestiality]], [[track:nakkadile]], [[track:jack-and-black-queen]], [[track:sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff-show]]
- from [[album:tomb-of-the-ancestors]]: [[track:eternal-suffering]], [[track:spider8ite]]
- updated a bunch of references in [[album:undertale-soundtrack]] and [[album:deltarune-ch1-ost]], courtesy of [[artist:foreverflummoxed]]:
- [[track:snowy]] now featured in [[track:snowdin-town]]
- [[track:core]] now featured in [[track:death-by-glamour]] (and [[track:its-showtime]] moved to end of reference list)
- [[track:undertale]] now featured in [[track:the-choice]] (slowed down 666%)
- [[track:undertale]] now featured in [[track:hopes-and-dreams]]
- [[track:hopes-and-dreams]] now featured in [[track:save-the-world]]
- [[track:hopes-and-dreams]] now featured in [[track:final-power]]
- [[track:start-menu]] now featured in [[track:menu-full]]
- [[track:save-the-world]] now featured in [[track:last-goodbye]]
- [[track:once-upon-a-time]] now featured in [[track:beginning-deltarune]] (instead of featuring [[track:beginning]], which was a typo)
- [[track:nightmare-knight]] now featured in [[track:the-door]]
- [[track:one-fateful-night]] now featured in [[track:weird-birds]]
- [[track:another-him]] now featured in [[track:darkness-falls]]
- [[track:determination]] now featured in [[track:the-holy]]
- added lyrics to [[track:carefree-victory-remix]], courtesy of [[artist:foreverflummoxed]] and nata
- added missing bonus tracks to [[album:jailbreak]]
- added [[flash:namco-high]] and its tracks as part of [[album:unreleased-tracks]]
- moved [[track:a-baby-legend]] to [[album:unreleased-tracks]], since it's not actually part of the original [[album:the-baby-is-you]] release
- added [[track:a-history-of-babies]] to the reference list of [[track:a-baby-legend]]
- added [[track:english]] to the reference list of [[track:the-puppetmaster]]
- added [[track:flare-cascade]] and [[track:savior-of-the-dreaming-dead-cascade-cut]] to the reference list of [[track:cascade]]
- added art content warnings for [[track:black]], [[track:blackest-heart]], [[track:clockwork-reversal]], [[track:trails]], [[track:temporal-piano]], [[track:time-paradox]], [[track:english]]
- credited original track art of [[track:killed-by-br8k-spider]] to [[artist:lexxy]] instead of [[artist:homestuck]]
- credited original track art of [[track:the-blind-prophet]] to [[artist:hanni-brosh]] instead of [[artist:homestuck]]
- changed the youtube playlist link for [[album:jailbreak]]
- fixed description of [[group:the-genesis-project]] missing correctly formatted split
- removed bandcamp links for [[album:labyrinths-heart]]
- removed wikipedia links across the site, replacing with youtube video links where relevant
- updated flash credits for [[flash:8127]] and [[flash:8130]]
bug fixes
- fixed certain tracks [[root:media/misc/changelog/duplicate-contribs.png|showing up twice]] in artist track lists
(news entry: [[news-entry:traversing-fandom]])
site changes
- added wallpaper and refined site layout
- [[root:media/misc/changelog/bg-january.jpg|the current wallpaper]] is pulled from More from Homestuck and might be changed or expanded upon in future updates
- a margin has been applied to the whole site layout, centering content to better visually balance it
- "skip to content" and "skip to sidebar" buttons have been added, and show up when navigating using the tab key
- tweaked the homepage with updated links, e.g. to new [[static:discord|Discord]] and [[static:donate|Donate]] pages, and updated wording across existing info pages
albums
- added a wide variety of new albums, summarized below
- from [[group:unofficial-mspa-fans]]:
- [[album:weird-puzzle-tunes]]
- [[album:vaporwave-2016]]
- [[album:xenoplanetarium]]
- [[album:gristmas-carols]]
- [[album:cosmic-caretakers]]
- [[album:moons-of-theseus]]
- [[album:friendsymphony]]
- from [[group:oceanfalls]]:
- [[album:oceanfalls-vol-1]]
- [[album:oceanfalls-vol-2]]
- [[album:contritum]]
- from [[artist:tee-vee]]:
- [[album:theres-no-place-like-home]]
- from [[artist:toby-fox]]:
- [[album:undertale-soundtrack]]
- [[album:deltarune-ch1-ost]]
- [[album:the-baby-is-you]]
- from [[artist:nuclear333]]:
- [[album:inhospitable-delisted]]
groups
- new feature! groups are collections of fan albums, organized under a dedicated page for an external group or project.
- groups exist in three categories: HSMusic, Fan-musician groups, and Projects beyond Homestuck
- HSMusic: overall structure for the wiki, containing [[group:official]] and [[group:fandom]], into which nearly all albums are categorized
- Fan-musician groups: collaborative groups of fan-musicians releasing music under a single name, e.g. [[group:casual-sunday]] and [[group:unofficial-mspa-fans]]
- Projects beyond Homestuck: groups centered around a particular work, usually inspired by Homestuck, e.g. [[group:undertale-and-deltarune]] and [[group:oceanfalls]]
- groups each have two "tabs" or views: Info and Gallery
- Info: this displays the full description for a group, and then a chronological list of albums (and their years of release)
- Gallery: replacing the previously dedicated pages for official and fandom albums, this displays a list of albums organized with their latest first, and has a short info line summarizing stats about the group
- miniature group "infoboxes" are displayed on the right side of album and track pages
- this design (alongside much of this update's layout changes) is inspired by the site layout of Bandcamp
- contains a short catchline introducing the group, links to visit the external homes of the group (e.g. its own Bandcamp or project links), and chronology links to navigate the previous and next albums within the group
- displayed at the bottom of the page in compact layout (e.g. when on a mobile device)
artist pages
- every artist who has contributed track or album cover art, e.g. [[artist:elanor-pam]], now has a gallery page; these are much the same as tag gallery pages but for artists
track pages
- YouTube links for individual tracks no longer attach their playlist, because this was deemed Mostly Just Impractical in discussion
listings
- added six new listings, for the new groups feature:
- [[listing:groups/by-name|Groups - by Name]]
- [[listing:groups/by-category|Groups - by Category]]
- [[listing:groups/by-albums|Groups - by Albums]]
- [[listing:groups/by-tracks|Groups - by Tracks]]
- [[listing:groups/by-duration|Groups - by Duration]]
- [[listing:groups/by-latest-album|Groups - by Latest Album]]
- adjusted the order of existing listings, to make them hopefully a little easier to navigate
- renamed the "Tracks - in Flashes & Games (by First Feature)" listing to "... (by Flash)" and [[site:list/tracks/in-flashes/by-flash/|considerably restructured it]], effectively making it into a compact summary of the [[site:flash/|Flashes & Games]] portion of the site
data changes
- removed ?list parts from all track links
- added new album and group data (see respective above changelog sections)
- miscellaneous changes to [[album:unreleased-tracks]] (thanks for PQ and Hiveswap changes go to foreverFlummoxed, Niklink, and nuclear333!)
- added new tracks [[track:phat1]] through [[track:phat16]], [[track:flute-performance]], [[track:miracles-icp]], and [[track:goat-foley]], and moved existing tracks [[track:cpclosemp3]], [[track:ghostbusters]], [[track:i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-aerosmith]], and [[track:heros-growth]], to the Tracks featured in Homestuck section
- added new tracks [[track:friendvangelion-rebuild]], [[track:its-a-cover-of-made-of-time]], and [[track:its-nothing]] to the Tracks featured in Pesterquest section
- added [[track:its-a-cover-of-made-of-time]] to the reference list of [[track:yeah-it-is]]
- moved [[track:seer-of-same-color-scalemate-combos]] from Other tracks originating outside of Homestuck to Other Homestuck tracks
- renamed "DRONE_PQ" to [[track:drone-pq]] and gave it track art from [[artist:nuclear333]]'s PESTERQUEST OST collection
- renamed "THIS TIME ITS ERIDAN (I FORGOT WHAT I NAMED THIS)" to [[track:buskers-theme-mk-ii]] and added commentary from James Roach's tumblr
- removed a bunch of tracks that were moved into [[album:undertale-soundtrack]]
- miscellaneous changes to data for [[site:flash/|Flashes & Games]]
- added new "flash" page [[flash:2672]], featuring [[track:how-do-i-live]]
- added new "flash" page [[flash:2818]], featuring [[track:miracles-icp]]
- added [[track:2chords]] to [[flash:pq-vol5]], [[flash:pq-vol7]], [[flash:pq-vol9]], [[flash:pq-vol10]], [[flash:pq-vol11]], [[flash:pq-vol12]], [[flash:pq-vol13]], and [[flash:pq-vol14]]
- added [[track:its-a-cover-of-made-of-time]], [[track:its-nothing]], and [[track:end-of-friendvangelion]] to [[flash:pq-vol8]]
- replaced [[track:sburban-jungle]] with [[track:sburban-jungle-brief-mix]] in [[flash:137]]
- replaced "pseudo-tracks" with actual, credited tracks in [[flash:338]], [[flash:769]], [[flash:3438]], and [[flash:4113]]
- replaced the individual component tracks with [[track:cascade]] in [[flash:4109]]
- removed "Loading..." easter egg from [[flash:5426]], but not before archiving it for you, personally
- interweaved tracks in [[flash:hiveswap-act2]] according to their position in the game (thanks, FF!)
- added [[track:austin-atlantis]] to the reference list of [[track:the-rarest-and-most-interpretive-dance-meatcabre]]
- added [[track:limelight]], [[track:canwave3-track6]], and [[track:glide]] to the reference list of [[track:come]]
- added [[track:cross-examination]] to the reference list of [[track:ticket-to-ride-down-with-the-clown]]
- added [[track:ticket-to-ride-rusty]] to the reference list of [[track:service-car]] (reflecting it already being in the re-release track [[track:shell-game]])
- added [[track:amen-brother]] and [[track:your-best-nightmare]] to the reference list of [[track:galactic-princess-selene-opening-1]]
- added link to the Vol. 5 Anthology Presentation to commentary of [[album:homestuck-vol-5]]
- added art tags for the cover of [[album:hiveswap-friendsim]]
- added blood content warning for the cover of [[track:game-over]]
- attributed cover of [[album:homestuck-vol-6]] to [[artist:andrew-hussie]] rather than [[artist:homestuck]]
- updated the playlist link for [[album:hiveswap-friendsim]] to better reflect its official track listing, and added youtube links to [[track:yall-know-i-just-do-the-music-right]] and later tracks
- updated the link for [[track:problem-sleuth-theme]], since the original upload went offline (thanks to the uploader for messaging me about this!)
- fixed the lyrics of [[track:ascend]] mistakenly showing up in [[track:starfall]] instead
- miscellaneous artist name fixes
- added [[tag:shrek]]
(news entry: [[news-entry:hsmusicwiki]])
site changes
- redesigned the homepage from the ground up to be a better landing page for the wiki!
- three groupings for the wiki index: New Releases, Fandom, Official, showing just a few so it's easy to navigate, with new buttons to view a complete grid listing
- moved the "Explore the site!" links over to the newly wiki-wide header, placing albums front and center while leaving navigation links readily accessible
- added a sidebar to the homepage, listing recent [[site:news/|news entries]] parallel with albums
- improved navigation all around the site, making the wiki as a whole more consistent
- cover art displayed in grid items is smaller across the site, fitting more items on a screen at once and emphasizing the name more than before
- on the new [[root:albums/official/|Official]] and [[root:albums/fandom/|Fandom]] album indexes, the number of tracks and length of the album is displayed as well
- added lazy loading for images, so landing pages shouldn't take up nearly as much data, and will load quicker (especially noticeable for the [[site:flash/|Flashes & Games]] index!)
- adjusted the styling for grouped listings (previously used only for [[album:unreleased-tracks]]) as they become more common (see data changes section)
- made links which require JavaScript only show up if JS is actually enabled
tags
- new feature! tags are used for two things: categorizing track art by character, and displaying content warnings.
- added a tag list beneath most track and album arts describing characters in the image and linking to their gallery pages
- added tag gallery pages under the Listings section, showing a grid of all the track and album covers which are tagged with that character
- added content warnings for common triggers (alcohol, body horror, etc), blurring out the image and showing warning tags until it is clicked and revealed
listings
- some extra wiki-wide stats are displayed on the [[site:list/|Listings index]]!
- divided the [[site:list/artists/by-contribs/|Artists - by Contributions]] and [[site:list/artists/by-latest/|Artists - by Latest Contribution]] listings into two columns for easier exploring: "Track Contributors" and "Track & Flash Contributors"
- added two new listings, for the new tags feature:
- [[site:list/tags/by-name|Tags - by Name]]
- [[site:list/tags/by-uses|Tags - by Uses]]
track pages
- made the index of the current track show next to the track name in the navbar
- made the start and end indexes of each group show next to group names in the sidebar
- divided the sidebar into groups for a bunch of albums (see data changes section)
bug fixes
- fixed a bug where chronology links (e.g "413th track by Toby Fox") for track artists weren't being displayed anymore
- fixed a bug where artists with zero contributions (e.g. only commentary) would display as "( c.)" instead of "(0 c.)" in artist listings
- fixed a bug where flash names would always have the dot at the end of the name removed, instead of only when punctuation follows
- fixed some bugs with release date code where the [[site:list/artists/by-latest/|Artists - by Latest]] listing would not count unique dates of cover art contributions (e.g. in anthology projects where fanart is added after the release of the album), and where the cover art release date displayed on album pages was ambiguous (previously it displayed the date of track art for the whole album; now it displays - or, if it is the same as album release, does not display - the date of cover art for the album itself)
- fixed a bug on artist pages where tracks that are featured in more than one flash would display flashes past the first feature as "1", "2", "3", etc, instead of the actual flash names
- fixed a bug on artist pages where co-artists of tracks (but not track art) weren't being displayed anymore
- fixed a bug where the random official album link in the [[site:list/random/|Random Pages]] listing would instead open a random track across the whole site
- made all the links on the [[site:list/random/|Random Pages]] listing behave more like regular links (ctrl-click works for example)
data changes
- five new albums archived: [[album:hiveswap-act-2-ost]], [[album:homestuck-for-the-holidays]], [[album:tomb-of-the-ancestors]], [[album:the-genesis-project-vol-1]], [[album:oceanfalls-vol-3]]; plus the track [[album:perfectly-generic-object]]
- grouped tracks in a bunch of releases: [[album:alternia]], [[album:squiddles]], [[album:strife]], [[album:alterniabound]], [[album:homestuck-vol-7]], [[album:the-wanderers]], [[album:homestuck-vol-1-4]], [[album:homestuck-vol-8]], [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a]], [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b]], [[album:homestuck-vol-9]], [[album:one-year-older]], [[album:genesis-frog]], [[album:sburb-ost]], [[album:lofam2]], [[album:lofam3]], [[album:beforus]], [[album:ancestral]], [[album:lofam4]], and [[album:hiveswap-act-1-ost]]
- a bunch of additions to [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a]] and various credited artists, working with help from [[artist:nuclear333]] and Bambosh:
- added bonus art by [[artist:astrom]] to [[track:olive-rogue]]
- added lyrics to [[track:iron-infidel]] and [[track:bronze-page]]
- added commentary to [[track:fuchsia-ruler]] and [[track:gold-mage]]
- added some remastered/remixed released of tracks: [[track:boy-skylark]], [[track:gold-mage-playtime-is-over-mix]], [[track:rags-of-rust]], [[track:teal-wings-and-scales]], and [[track:violet-sea-breeze]]
- fixed mis-double-crediting...
- [[artist:magnum]] for the track art of [[track:olive-scribe]] (it's actually by [[artist:wp]])
- [[artist:elisa-mccabe]] for the track art of [[track:emerald-terror]] (it's actually by [[artist:hamsterparade]])
- [[artist:tristan-scroggins]] for the track art of [[track:phantasmic-youngsters]] (it's actually by [[artist:ari-hunt]])
- updated the youtube link for [[track:purple-tyrant]] to be the official upload
- a bunch of tweaks and reference fixes thanks to an emailer:
- added to reference lists...
- [[track:crustacean]] and [[track:sunsetter]] (to [[track:the-broken-clock]])
- [[track:showtime-piano-refrain]] (to [[track:farewell]])
- [[track:sburban-jungle]] (to [[track:waiting-for-adventure]])
- [[track:skaian-skuffle]] (to [[track:skaian-shuffle]])
- [[track:terra]] (to [[track:terraform]])
- [[track:hawkeye]] (to [[track:davesprite]])
- [[track:janes-dragon]] (to [[track:jane-dargason]])
- [[track:before-before-the-beginning]] (to [[track:before-the-beginning-and-after-the-end]])
- [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew]] (to [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-post-punk-version]] - this was a typo fix in the data)
- added [[artist:tavia-morra]] to [[track:ocean-stars-falling]]'s contributor list (per M.J.B's commentary)
- added more commentary for [[track:eternity-served-cold]]
- fixed a typo in the commentary credits for [[track:flare-with-vocals]] (which left it missing on [[artist:horizon]]'s page)
- fixed some typos in the commentary for [[track:thought-and-flow]] and [[track:minihoofs-adventure]]
- attributed [[track:skaia-voyages]] to [[artist:seth-peelle]] instead of [[artist:clark-powell]], per Vol. 10 listening stream
- tweaked the [[album:unreleased-tracks]] album layout once again!
- before:
- Tracks featured in Homestuck
- Unreleased Homestuck tracks
- Tracks featured in Pesterquest
- Tracks originating outside of Homestuck
- after:
- Tracks featured in Homestuck
- Tracks featured in Hiveswap Friendsim
- Tracks featured in Pesterquest
- Other Homestuck tracks
- Other tracks originating outside of Homestuck
- a bunch of tweaks and updates for lyrics, working with emailer Niklink: [[track:dawn-of-man]], [[track:no-release]], [[track:fly]], [[track:lies-with-the-sea]], [[track:chain-of-prospit]], [[track:pumpkin-tide]], [[track:black]], [[track:octoroon-rangoon]], [[track:how-do-i-live-bunny-back-in-the-box-version]], [[track:dupliblaze-comagma]], [[track:miracles]], [[track:squiddles]], [[track:tentacles]], [[track:squiddles-in-paradise]], [[track:catchyegrabber-skipper-plumbthroats-song]], [[track:plumbthroat-gives-chase]], [[track:squiddles-the-movie-trailer-the-day-the-unicorns-couldnt-play]], [[track:carefree-princess-berryboo]], [[track:mister-bowman-tells-you-about-the-squiddles]], [[track:let-the-squiddles-sleep-end-theme]], [[track:friendship-aneurysm]], [[track:gamebro-original-1990-mix]], [[track:i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing]], [[track:gaia-queen]], [[track:nic-cage-song]], [[track:arisen-anew]], [[track:chaotic-strength]], [[track:the-blind-prophet]], [[track:cobalt-thief]], [[track:your-universe]], [[track:temporal-shenanigans]], [[track:squiddle-song]], [[track:battle-brotocol]], [[track:busting-makes-me-feel-good]], [[track:im-a-member-of-the-midnight-crew-post-punk-version]], [[track:frustracean]], [[track:creata]], [[track:you-killed-my-father-prepare-to-die]], [[track:ascend]], [[track:renewed-return]], [[track:broom-temperature]], [[track:frondly-warning]], [[track:exclusion-zone]], [[track:the-leaving]], and [[track:four-kids-and-a-game-they-played-together]]
- added the unlisted bonus track [[track:its-good-to-see-you-again]] to [[album:one-year-older]]!
- added commentary flavor texts based on original bandcamp pages (also courtesy Niklink) to these albums: [[album:mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido]], [[album:the-wanderers]], [[album:prospit-and-derse]], [[album:cherubim]], and [[album:hiveswap-friendsim]]
- added full commentary for [[track:rise-of-the-denizens]] from [[album:lofam2]]!
- added better resolution track art for [[track:vagabounce-remix]] (leaving [[album:the-wanderers]] with complete high-resolution track art!)
- added [[track:i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-aerosmith]] to the feature list of [[flash:338]]
- added tracks from [[album:hiveswap-act-1-ost]] and [[album:hiveswap-act-2-ost]] to the new flash pages [[flash:hiveswap-act1]] and [[flash:hiveswap-act2]], which also include contributor credits (art, animation, etc)
- changed the color of the [[album:hiveswap-friendsim]] album to match the Flashes & Games section for that game
- gave the Hiveswap Friendsim flash thumbnails a fresh coat of paint to match Pesterquest, and added unofficial track art for tracks featured in Pesterquest courtesy of nuclear333
- fixed the bandcamp link for [[album:hiveswap-act-1-ost]] and added the missing bandcamp link for [[album:homestuck-vol-10]]
- fixed the missing track art for [[track:the-mechanism]]
- fixed a bunch more typos in commentary, particularly for albums [[album:one-year-older]], [[album:lofam2]], and [[album:homestuck-vol-10]]
- fixed a typo which was keeping [[track:toccata-and-fugue-in-d-minor]] from showing up in the reference list of [[track:pipeorgankind]]
- fixed a typo which was keeping [[track:tfw-another-james-roach-track]] from showing up in the feature list of [[flash:fs-vol6]]
- fixed typos which were messing up the durations of [[track:elegy-for-a-thief-dreamscape-remix]] and [[track:i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing]]
- removed a duplicate youtube link for [[track:split-reality]]
- added credit links to these artists: [[artist:asiul]], [[artist:dallas-ross-hicks]], [[artist:david-decou]], [[artist:david-dycus]], [[artist:dawn-davis]], [[artist:digidigi66]], [[artist:dodostad]], [[artist:elanor-pam]], [[artist:erik-scheele]], [[artist:fenkko]], [[artist:first-turn-fold]], [[artist:gabe-stilez]], [[artist:hanni-brosh]], [[artist:ian-white]], [[artist:infiniteknife]], [[artist:james-roach]], [[artist:jn-wiedle]], [[artist:kevin-grant]], [[artist:kitsu]], [[artist:kurimja]], [[artist:koukouvayia]], [[artist:leslie-hung]], [[artist:lynnai-hicks]], [[artist:marcus-carline]], [[artist:mark-hadley]], [[artist:max-wright]], [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]], [[artist:molly-gur]], [[artist:plumegeist]], [[artist:rah-bop]], [[artist:seth-peelle]], [[artist:shannon]], [[artist:soju]], [[artist:sukka]], [[artist:tavia-morra]], [[artist:temmie-chang]], [[artist:tensei]], [[artist:the-everlasting-ash]], [[artist:thomas-ferkol]], [[artist:toastyglow]], [[artist:will-kommor]], [[artist:willow-ascenzo]], [[artist:viasatellite]], [[artist:vivian-ng]], [[artist:willow-ascenzo]], [[artist:zilon]], [[artist:zowerlemon]]
- added a bunch of new artist pages for those whose contributions are showing up on the wiki for the first time (e.g. several contributors to [[flash:hiveswap-act1]])
new features
- artist links will now have icons to jump directly to their personal websites most places they're linked
flash pages
- moved the "tracks featured in" section above the "contributors" section, since the contributor list gets quite long in some cases
- plus a variety of additions, see data changes section
data changes
- three new solo albums archived: [[album:Labyrinth's Heart]], [[album:I Am Writing Myself A Dream In A Letter]], [[album:Exceptis Excipiendis]]; plus the 2011 collaborative album [[album:jailbreak]]
- added track art for [[album:alternia]] and [[album:alterniabound]], brought over from the Alternia/Bound track art anthology projects!
- added album links to the index pages for [[album:Shortcuts]] and [[album:p-s]], since i forgot them last time (oops!)
- added bandcamp links to the rereleased album [[album:prospit-and-derse]], plus remastered track art for [[track:hallowed-halls]]!
- added thumbnail art for [[flash:pony2]]
- added a bunch of pages for artists/contributors that were previously left linkless
- added new flash pages for [[flash:7635]] and [[flash:2070]] (sorry, [S??????] ==> isn't getting the same treatment! :P)
- added missing durations on [[track:galaxy-hearts]], [[track:fighting-spirit]], [[track:joy-and-dreams-eternal]], [[track:master-of-puppets]], and Bill Bolin's removed tracks (thanks, foreverFlummoxed!)
- added better resolution track art for [[track:tomahawk-head]]
- copied flash art credits info from Homestuck's Art Credits page
- fixed [[flash:pq-vol9]] featuring [[Requiem]] (from [[album:Sburb]]) instead of [[track:requiem-labyrinths-heart]] (from [[album:Labyrinth's Heart]])
- fixed [[flash:644]] and [[flash:651]] featuring "John Sleeps - Skaian Magicant" instead of [[track:john-sleeps-skaian-magicant]]
- fixed contributor credits for [[track:minihoofs-adventure]] to correctly attribute vocals to [[artist:tavia-morra]] (was crediting "Tavio Morra")
- fixed contributor credits for [[track:renewed-return]] to correctly attribute percussion to [[artist:jamie-paige-stanley]] (was crediting "Jamie Paige Stanely")
- fixed contributor credits for [[track:spiders-eclipse]] to consistently capitalize [[artist:magnoliajades]]
- fixed missing track art credits on [[track:meta-choices]]
- fixed loads of typos made while transcribing commentary booklets for [[album:alterniabound]], [[album:lofam]], and [[album:homestuck-vol-10]], plus a few stray tracks throughout the rest of the discography (going to get to the rest of the albums too, but didn't have time before release!)
- renamed the track [[track:lavender-lullaby]] (it used to be spelled "Lullably")
- renamed the track [[track:additional-mayhem-universe-a]] (it used to be spelled "aditional")
- renamed the artist saffronScarf to [[artist:hanni-brosh]] and fixed their DeviantArt link
- renamed the artist Shad to [[artist:shad-andrews]]
- renamed the ambiguous artist "Kat" to [[artist:kato]] in [[track:the-obsidian-towers]], and to [[artist:nyanface]] in [[track:gilded-sands]], [[track:cumulating-dreams]], [[track:buy-NAK-sell-DOOF]], [[track:Nakkadile]], [[track:planet-in-shadow]], and [[track:paradoxical-meteor-shower]]
- added artist links for [[artist:bea]], [[artist:pride]], [[artist:kato]], and [[artist:shad-andrews]] (per credits in [[album:prospit-and-derse]] Bandcamp release)
new features
- two new albums archived, both from Casual Sunday (a group of the artists behind countless homestuck tracks): [[album:Shortcuts]] and [[album:p-s]]
- added durations to every track, and rough total sums to album and artist pages
- added keybindings (shift+N, shift+P, shift+R) for common navigation (respectively next, previous, random) on track, album, and flash pages
- six new listings:
- [[site:list/albums/by-duration/|Albums - by Duration]]
- [[site:list/artists/by-duration/|Artists - by Duration]]
- [[site:list/tracks/by-duration/|Tracks - by Duration]]
- [[site:list/tracks/by-duration-in-album/|Tracks - by Duration (in Album)]]
- [[site:list/tracks/in-flashes/by-album/|Tracks - in Flashes & Games (by Album)]]
- [[site:list/tracks/in-flashes/by-flash/|Tracks - in Flashes & Games (by First Feature)]]
- restructured the [[album:Unreleased Tracks]] album to be broken into four reorganized sections
data changes
- added the track [[Friendship Aneurysm]] to the [[album:Squiddles!]] album
- added some unreleased tracks by artists from the music team: [[Arisen Anew (Remaster)]], [[Cascade (Director's Cut)]]
- added a bunch of commentary for [[Narrative Command]]
- added lyrics for [[GameBro (Original 1990 Mix)]], [[GameGrl (Original 1993 Mix)]], [[Remember Me When I Am Gone Away]], [[Magical Hopalong Cassidy Station]], and [[An Apple Disaster!!]]
- renamed the track [[John Sleeps / Skaian Magicant]] (it used to contain a dash)
- renamed the track [[The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]] (there used to be a typo)
- added links to youtube pages for tracks, not just albums
- added playlist links for [[album:[S] Collide.]] and [[album:Prospit & Derse]]
- added contribution credits to [[Buy NAK Sell DOOF]]
- tweaked the reference data for [[FIDUSPAWN, GO!]], [[The Blind Prophet]], [[Highland Thunder]], [[Irrelevance Event Horizon]], [[Hero's Growth]], and [[The Brave and the Bronze]] to show more referenced tracks
- fixed the bandcamp link for [[Another Jungle]] (it was previously linking to Skaianet)
- fixed the commentary for [[Princess of Helium]] being attributed to Clark Powell instead of Tavia Morra
- fixed the commentary for [[Violet Mariner]] being attributed to... "Violet Mariner" instead of Willow Ascenzo
- fixed the commentary for [[Despot]] not showing up at all
- fixed the link formatting in [[album:One Year Older]] commentary, so that they are automatically color-coded
- fixed a typo in the commentary attribution for [[Another Chance]]
- fixed the flash [[flash:5308]] incorrectly referencing "G4M3BL0RG" instead of [[G4M38L0RG]]
- fixed the flash [[flash:5776]] incorrectly being named "[S] WHddddddEEEEE!" and referencing "A Very Trickster Mode Christmas (WHddddddEEEEE!)" instead of [[A Very Trickster Mode Christmas (WHEEEEEEEEEEE!)]]
- fixed the flash [[flash:7101]] incorrectly referencing [[Elevatorstuck]] and "with Meows" instead of [[Elevatorstuck, with Meows]]
- changed the playlist links for a few albums (to official or better organized playlists)
- changed existing youtube links to include the album playlist
- generally aimed to include links to as many official releases as possible, including making new playlists which include these and can be updated as more are found (feel free to drop [[static:feedback|a contact]]! much thanks to an emailer for helping out with this part of the update)
- changed the links of theese tracks to not be extended releases: [[108 Stars of Density]], [[Crab Waltz]], [[Darling Dolorosa]], [[Elevatorstuck, with Meows]], [[G4M38L0RG]], [[GameGlr]], [[Hero's Growth]], [[The Brave and the Bronze]]
- fixed the YouTube link for [[Trickster Mode (Blast Off)]] (it was linking to the video for [[Trickster Mode (Engage)]])
miscellaneous
- reworked the way pages are generated to fix random buttons not working
- changed the date format from "YYYY-MM-DD" (e.g. 2009-04-13) to "day, month name, year" (13 April 2009), as i meant to last update
- changed the "and more to be added soon" text at the bottom of the fandom album list to "and more to be added at your request", and linked it to the feedback page
- made track links on the changelog page color-coded
- made album links everywhere color-coded, too
- tweaked some margin styling so grouped lists should look better all around the site
later-in-day patch
- added two new flashes, both featuring [[Fear of the Heavens]]: [[flash:3952]] and [[flash:7086]]
- added another "flash", this one (indirectly) featuring [[Problem Sleuth Theme]]: [[flash:31]]
- added [[Nic Cage Romance]] to the list of tracks featured in [[flash:2792]]
- moved those last two tracks ([[Problem Sleuth Theme]], [[Nic Cage Romance]]) over to the "Tracks featured in Homestuck" section of [[album:Unreleased Tracks]]
- added a new track [[Onett Theme]] to the list of tracks referenced in [[Secret ROM]]
- hid [[album:Unreleased Tracks]] from the [[site:list/albums/by-date/|Albums - by Date]] and [[site:list/tracks/by-date/|Tracks - by Date]] listings
homepage
- a new [[static:changelog|Changelog]] page! you are probably reading it now.
- two new albums: [[album:Rust Apocalypse]] by Willow Ascenzo, and the follow-up to [[album:Beforus]], [[album:Ancestral]]!
flash pages
- flash pages now have links at which they can be listened, besides just on homestuck.com! most importantly: links to HD recordings, so they can be watched at good resolution on any device
track pages
- previously, all tracks required a URL to be added to the wiki; now, for tracks which don't have any links to be listened at online (but are still referenced by other tracks), they have been added alongside a message saying there aren't any listening links
- as such, another full pass through NSND has been completed, and many tracks which weren't present on the wiki before have been added to the newly reorganized [[album:Unreleased Tracks]] album!
listings
- the [[site:list/all-commentary/|All Commentary]] listing page has been tweaked so that links in commentary will follow the color of the album the commentary is from
- the [[site:list/|listing index]] shows its list in the main content area now too, for when the sidebar is collapsed (see below!)
miscellaneous
- a new navigation header added to every album, track, flash, and listing page, making the site considerably more usable on any device
- the header has links to the previous and next (or random) track/flash, and chronology links have been moved into the header too, so you don't need to scroll to the bottom of the page to access them
- on top of redoing the sidebar-header layout, changes to styling (collapsing the sidebar when the screen isn't very wide, for example) have made the site usable on mobile devices now!
- also, some changes to the way pages are generated, to make the site usable from hit command-line web browser Lynx
- thanks to the folx who contributed art to and organized the Beyond Canon Track Art Anthology, the [[album:Beyond Canon]] album now has track art!
- this anthology also came with a commentary booklet, and that (alongside the sketches contained!) has been transcribed into the wiki!
homepage
- another four new fandom albums! [[album:Sburb OST]], [[album:Beforus]], [[album:Strife 2]], [[album:Perfectly Generic Album]]
- the entire homepage has been restructured, placing official albums from the music team for Homestuck^2: Beyond Canon front and center, and generally adding flare to the rest of the page too
- a <meta> tag has been added to the homepage, so hsmusic's search result that comes up when you look up "homestuck music wiki" is a lot prettier
album pages
- links to listen to the full album have finally been added to album pages, including bandcamp as well as youtube links (both full album and playlist) wherever available
- chronology links now contain credits for cover artists, so they'll show up on album pages too
track pages
- chronology links for contributors to tracks as well as the main musicians! check out [[You Killed My Father (Prepare To Die)]] by team dogfight, for example
flash pages
- chronology links have been added to flash pages too!
artist pages
- artist pages - both musicians and cover artists - now have links to explore their work outside of homestuck
- many, many artists whose names are either typo'd or out of date or otherwise duplicate have been updated, making artist pages a considerably more reliable resource than they were before
- behind the scenes, lots of code changes to make accidentally typo'd or duplicate artist names much more difficult
- "chronology links" have been added to the bottom of the sidebar on track pages
- these let you follow through the history of an artist's contributions without having to navigate back and forth between their own artist page
- the new official album [[album:Beyond Canon]] has been transcribed! pretty minimal commentary and no track art, as yet.
- pages for the routes of Hiveswap: Friendsim and Pesterquest were added to the [[site:flash/|Flashes]] page!
- the new "flash" pages contain full credits for their authors and asset artists, and these can be explored like any other link
- per foreverFlummoxed's excellent page-checking, a bunch of typos and missing track art around the site have been fixed!
- the [[album:Sburb]] solo album was rereleased by its artist, so Bandcamp links have been copied to its track pages, as have the new commentary released with it
homepage
- four new albums archived (and their booklets transcribed): [[album:Land of Fans and Music]], [[album:Land of Fans and Music 2]], [[album:Land of Fans and Music 3]], and [[album:Land of Fans and Music 4]]
- (the commentary booklets transcribed here are hilarious and very insightful and there are a bunch of easter eggs - check them out!)
- another new "album", [[album:Unreleased Tracks]], containing tracks which were never released but were either referenced in released tracks or included in flash animations
- the text of the link to the feedback page has been changed from "Feedback" to "Feedback & Suggestions"
listings
- two new listings: [[site:list/tracks/by-times-referenced/|Tracks - by Times Referenced]] and [[site:list/random/|Random Pages]]
- if you're bored and don't know here to start exploring, the Random Pages listing has a bunch of links that will decide for you! (it does require JavaScript, though)
album/track pages
- these got their share of randomness too, in the form of a new "Random Track" link at the bottom of the sidebar
- cover art can now have a distinct release date from the album, which is the case for anthology projects that organize art for an album after it has been released
artist pages
- track credit listings already showed collaborators in contribution lines; now cover art credits do too, e.g. the page for [[artist:mika-b]].
miscellaneous
- the Homestuck Vol. 5 Anthology has been mirrored in the [[album:Homestuck Vol. 5]] album page
- a new feature acknowledgements section has been added to the [[static:about|About & Credits]] page
- a bunch of code changes to make expanding the wiki a fair bit less difficult
homepage
- the homepage is now split into two sections: "Fandom" and "Official"
- only one fandom album now, [[album:Diverging Delicacies]], but more to come soon
- the official album grid listing was changed to sort the newest releases closest to the top of the page, as bandcamp orders releases, to keep consistent with the fandom grid listing (where we want new releases to stand out right away)
track pages
- the "tracks that referenced" list is now grouped into two sections: official and fandom
flashes
- a CSS change targeting the homepage inadvertently made the headings on the flash index look very fancy, and i kept this because it looks cool
homepage
- link to the new [[site:flash/|Flashes]] index page
flash pages
- an individual page for each flash, and a new grid-style index (like the homepage) to collect them all, grouped by act
- each flash gets its own unique thumbnail (except A6I4 flashes, please forgive me troll clown jegus)
- every flash page has a link to play the flash on homestuck.com, its page number, release date, and a list of the tracks featured in it
- the code to generate sidebar was absolute hell to write
- jadevris
track pages
- a track's page will list the flashes in which it's been referenced, e.g. [[Elevatorstuck]]
artist pages
- within the list of tracks an artist has contributed music to, if that track has been featured in any flashes, those will be listed on the track's contribution line
miscellaneous
- switched a couple artist names around, for consistency with credits in the latest release ([[album:Homestuck Vol. 10]])
- added a new [[static:feedback|Feedback]] page, with links to contact me; this is also linked from the homepage
- copied commentary for the [[album:Sburb]] album, per descriptions of the YouTube videos
- copied commentary from James Roach on twitter about his contributions to the [[album:[S] Collide.]] album
- copied over official commentary booklets for three official albums - [[album:AlterniaBound]], [[album:One Year Older]], [[album:Homestuck Vol. 10]] - beginning a long tale of booklet transcription going forward
- added a new section to track pages for lyrics, e.g. on [[Temporal Shenanigans]]
- added two new listing pages: [[site:list/tracks/with-lyrics/|Tracks - with Lyrics]] and [[site:list/all-commentary/|All Commentary]]
homepage / "About & Credits"
- moved the intro message to a new [[static:about|About & Credits]] page
- structured the site credits list more nicely there
- added a new "Explore the site!" box on the homepage, linking to the about page as well as the new [[site:list/|listings index]]
listings
- completely new pages for exploring the wiki in completely new ways; they serve as an alternative to writing a dynamic search engine, because github doesn't let us write a custom backend and client-side javascript sucks
- all linked from [[site:list/|listings index]], accessible through the sidebar
- there are nine of these but if you doubt i'm going to list them all, you're wrong
- [[site:list/albums/by-name/|Albums - by Name]]: every album, sorted alphabetically
- [[site:list/albums/by-date/|Albums - by Date]]: every album, sorted chronologically (at the time this was no different than the homepage grid listing's sort, but today it contains fandom albums interweaved with official ones)
- [[site:list/albums/by-tracks/|Albums - by Tracks]]: every album, sorted by number of tracks
- [[site:list/artists/by-name/|Artists - by Name]]: every artist, sorted by name (this also shows the number of contributions each artist has made next to their name)
- [[site:list/artists/by-commentary/|Artists - by Commentary]]: every artist, sorted by number of commentary entries
- [[site:list/artists/by-contribs/|Artists - by Contributions]]: every artist, sorted by number of contributions (times credited as a contributor, to music or art, on any track or album)
- [[site:list/tracks/by-name/|Tracks - by Name]]: every track, sorted alphabetically
- [[site:list/tracks/by-album/|Tracks - by Album]]: every track, grouped by album
- [[site:list/tracks/by-date/|Tracks - by Date]]: every track, grouped by release date
- artist page credit listings have been sigificantly restructured ([[root:media/misc/changelog/old-artist-page.png|before]], [[root:media/misc/changelog/new-artist-page.png|after]])
- contributions are now grouped by album (or more specifically, by release date, which is noteworthy in the case of [[album:Homestuck Vol. 1-4]], which was originally released over a period of four distinct dates, plus one for the final compiled album release)
- because it's easy to see where tracks are referenced now, dim contribution lines (showing tracks which reference a track by the specific artist, but were not otherwise contributed to by them) have been removed
- the lists aren't numbered anymore because, with this grouping, it was sort of ambiguous whether that referred to a track's position in the album or if it was a continuous counter of the artist's contributions (it was the latter); both such counters can now be displayed by holding still the cursor over a contribution line for a moment
- removed a few referenced-track contributions i'd missed switching to the new format (distinct reference lists) earlier
- copied cover art from this archive, which was originally compiled by clicking each cover art off the bandcamp to get a higher-resolution cover art (it is intentionally still less than the resolution gotten in purchased album downloads, for particularly high-res art)
- commentary for [[album:Hiveswap Act 1 OST]]
homepage
- got rid of the twitter link on my name and added two links in its place - my twitter and reddit accounts - as well as a note that suggestions and feedback are welcome
track pages
- track references show up in a dedicated list now
- forward-facing reference links: track pages list not just the tracks they reference, but the tracks which reference them
- reference data is from NSND (credited on the homepage)
- "listen on" links show up before the contributor list instead of after; reference list after contributor list
- at the very bottom, a new section for artist commentary, largely copied from this pastebin
artist pages
- added a message describing dim contribution lines: "Dim tracks are tracks that this artist contributed only a based-upon song to."
- for tracks with multiple contributors, those are listed as well, e.g. "(with Michael Guy Bowman)"
- note that this doesn't include "contributors" who only provided a referenced track, since those are now stored in a list separate from the contributors list
- a new section for commentary
- a "jump to" paragraph at the top, to quickly scroll to any of the track/art/commentary sections
initial release of the website
- published on github with code under the GPL; hosted on hsmusic.github.io
- advertised exclusively on reddit
- (and maybe twitter but my account has long been deleted)
homepage
- an intro message which has since been moved to [[static:about|About & Credits]]
- a grid listing for the albums: all official releases, from [[album:Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead]] through [[album:Hiveswap Friendsim]]
album pages
- album name, release date, track listing, cover art & art credits
- solo albums also show their artist
track pages
- track name, release date, artists (musicians), cover art & art credits
- links to listen to the track too (and code to convert URLs into human-readable site names, e.g. "YouTube" or "Bandcamp" or "(External)")
- rudimentary leitmotif reference credits in the form of "Contributors" list
- contributors list also contains credited collaborators on the track, e.g. producers, vocalists
artist pages
- name, track and art credits
- artist pages look quite different from today but serve the same purpose of listing their contributions
- [[root:media/misc/changelog/old-artist-page.png|here's an example]]
- credits are all in one numbered list; most are just the name of the track contributed to and the album it's from
- for tracks where an artist made a specific contribution, that's mentioned too, e.g. "Sburban Countdown (arrangement)"
- if a musician's contribution is simply a track which was referenced, the line for that contribution is slightly dim (it still contributes to the counter)
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