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Homestuck mod (Part 1)
Adds eight Homestuck characters to the game
Created 10 years ago
THIS MOD IS NOT PLANNED TO BE UPDATED TO AFTERBIRTH
I've been busy working on a mod called The Binding of Undertale and haven't had much time to spend on this mod. I may eventually update it but not for quite a while.

This mod is broken down into two parts.
1: Homestuck Characters
2: Homestuck Music

As a whole, this mod adds eight characters from Homestuck (John, Rose, Dave, Jade, Jane, Dirk, Jake and Roxy) and also replaces the entire game soundtrack with songs from the webcomic (Song list can be found in the music folder)

Part 2: http://www.moddingofisaac.com/mod/385/homestuckmodpart2

Character starting items:
John: Breath of Life, Lil Casey (Lil Chad retextured)
Rose: Crystal Ball, Whore of Babylon
Dave: Dead Bird, Hourglass, Odd Mushroom (Large)
Jade: Teleport, Compass
Jane: Dad's Key, Wooden Spoon
Dirk: Mom's Knife
Jake: 20/20 (this is an overpowered starting item as is right now so feel free to suggest nerfs)
Roxy: BFF, Serenity/Twinkly Herberts (Smart Fly)

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- Adds Roxy Lalonde and thus completing the the main characters for this mod.

- Adds Jake English

- Minor graphical changes

- Added Dirk Strider

- Gave Jane Dad's Key

- Slight graphic changes. (Thanks to tentaclecuddles for their colored zodiac symbols)

- (there may be a few bugs)

- Added Jane Crocker

- Jade's items nerfed

awh, sad this doesnt work for afterbirth ::::/ still a really cool mod though!!!!!!!!
idk if i did something wrong but when i play as john i dont have casey
sad that it will not be more updates
Maaan it'd be amazing to see this updated to afterbirth Plus and combined with a few other Homestuck mods around, if only I knew how to mod haha
If you want to nerf Jake just a little bit you could change their damage to 3.000, below the standard damage for Isaac by 0.500

Overall, good sprite work and designs
Hello. I would like to ask if i can (with credit to you of course) add on to my afterbirth mod with your sprites for the kids. They will be in their own set, but all in one afterbirth package (alongside my troll roster). If you are ok with this, please let me know. Thank you! If not, it is perfectly ok. I will edit clothes onto the sprites if you agree to this.
Go ahead.
I'd love to see this mod go to use again even though I haven't had time to update it.
someone needs to update this, someone who is really good at mods. I was thinking that in afterbirth+, the different save files could be disc one, two, and the expansion cartridge. if possible, the first disk would have characters from acts 1-4, disc two would be the trolls, and 3 would be post scratch stuff. the seperate disks would have different things for modded stuff as well. for example, in disk two, mega satan would be the black king, in disk 3, he would be lorg english, and in disk 1, he would be one of the jacks maybe? this would take some extreme programming and re-coding of the entire game, but someone HAS to do it someday.
Binding of Undertale is made already :T, but hey, maybe it could still get the seal of approval
I know it's already made. I'm one of the people who made it.
oh ok! :P I didn't know, anyway nice job helping!
Yo, Opscat. Since you aren't going to be updating/porting this to afterbirth, can i do it for you?
Sure. Go for it. Sorry for the late response.
John, Stop messing with the troll who got you killed.
-Rose
OOPS SRRY 1TS GR34T! 1M NOT GOOD 4T LOG1C
I think Dirk needs to start with the guillotine. Why? Because he god damn lost his head for the second time.
There's no other option. You're going to have to decapitate me.
You should re-skin mom to look like Lord English, like have the foot be a peg n' stuff like that.
Unfortunately, I currently have no plans to update this mod. Or at the very least, until Afterbirth+ comes out so that I will have a lot more freedom with what I add and change.
Dose This mod work for Afterbirth???
I really like this mod. I like how you fitted the characters in the game's art style.
Oh! Maybe you could reskin the skull you get from Death's Touch to look like one of the cherub heads? And you could change the colors of the body from Caffeine Pill too! The closest you can get to a Callie transformation, I guess?
Damn, ok. But thanks anyway. I was searching around for a mod loader, and I did find one of interest, so I will...heart this? XD Thanks for the awesome mod. Seeya!
My only problem with this mod, is that it directly replaces characters that already exist. Idk if this is just a normal thing, with The Binding Of Isaac mods, or if there are mods out there that genuinelly ADD new characters, but that is the only thing stopping me from liking this. If it is something you cant work around I completely understand. Something that would rescind that like apart from ADDING vs REPLACING is if there was some form of Launcher that you could control multiple instances of TBoI, that all still read from the same Steam achievements, but that could have different mods. (So on one instance, I could have The Binding Of Isaac Godmode, another I could have this mod, ectcetera. If that DOES exist and I'm just being slow, please let me know. =3 Thank you,
It's impossible to add new characters without overriding old ones due to the fact that all the characters are hardcoded and I actually have very little access to their base code. There might be a mod loader to choose what characters get added but I'm not currently aware of one. If someone were adequately skilled with programming though I don't think it would be too hard seeing as how all the program would have to do is take parts of certain XML files and merge them together.

Long story short: It is not possible to add characters without replacing old ones; and I am unaware of a character modloader but it could exist.
All the characters are hard-coded into the game so I can make characters over them but I can completely make new characters; and there are not enough character slots to add more that just a few trolls. Even if I added a few they would be stuck with the basic mechanics of the characters they were based on (i.e. the lost dying in one hit) I am planning on attempting some work arounds once afterbirth comes out so you can probably expect to see a Terezi then
this is the future talking, hopefully afterbirth+ will help (:B
if you heard of it, good job on being alive
I have a suggestion. If at all possible, you should make the zodiac items give visual effects based on the sign. I actually already (successfully) experimented with this by replacing the bow obtained from grabbing Virgo with Kanaya's horns! I can send it if at all possible and desired!
When you learn to edit the lost, make the lost ghost Vriska, and make her start out with fate, ceremonial robes, several items that are useless to the lost, and the D4. Also make ceremonial robes look like Vriska's God Tier and make the fate wings her wings.
You should make the fortune telling machines say "Obey" "Cease Reproduction" "Die" etc.
I was wondering if a Homestuck mod existed today, and I just stumbled across this. I have to download this.
this is the best thing ever! but, im terrible at installing these things so im still figuring out how to work it.
Jane should start with isaacs fork, and it should be named crockers fork!
Thats a good idea! I currently don't know how to make characters start with trinkets but it might be possible so I'll try to add that if I can.
dirk should probably get crickets body + soy milk or something
crickets body is a range down you know
The textures for the characters load in, but none of their items come with them
I just checked the files and everything seems to be working correctly for me. Are you sure you put the players.xml file in the right location?
maybe, the instructions were a bit vague, but i got the basic idea, where should the go?
all the downloaded files within the original zip should go in your resources folder next to the Packed folder
http://i.imgur.com/JoEe9bi.png
It should look something like this (even if you're on a PC)
Dad's Key, Hive Mind, Thunder Thighs (according to Caliborn at least), Tech .5, and The Empress card all come up as item ideas for Jane. Also come to think of it Jake would probably have Treasure Map, Fanny Pack, and at least one spider item. You're doing a great job with this, keep up the good work!
all I know as of now is that jake will have 20/20 *double pistols and a wink* Dad's key would be perfect! I'm not really sure where you're getting hive mind from, and I might do thunder thighs but that's a maybe.
Oh! So I'm planning on doing character graphics for more characters tonight (hopefully I'll be able to do all the ones that I want to) And I have a question for you. Do you have any idea of enemies I could retexture or customize to fit this mod?
Hilariously, I had the same logic for 20/20 but I wasn't sure if I was making the right call suggesting that item or not since its a powerful one. I get Hive Mind from the Betty Crocker brainwashing, even if this means that at first it has no direct meaning when you start as Jane.
Larry Jr./The Hollow could be the Basilisk
Liches could be Babies/Angelic Babies
the various Isaac-shaped enemies could be different types of Imps
Gemini/Steven could be Insane Clown Posse
there are skeleton designs for various enemies for the Bonies
Dark One could be the Lich Queen
Bec Noir can be at least one phase of Satan (come to think of it I wouldn't be surprised if Brimstone was made green to accommodate green sun powers)
Spiders could be Titachnids (I think thats what they're called?)
Fatty might be Ogres?
Sorry for the laundry list but those ones came to mind comparing the isaac and homestuck enemy rosters
Thanks! Your suggestions are a big help!
I'm agree 20/20 is overpowered but I can make it so he can only pick up soul hearts to balance that out. I was going to make it so that Dirk can only pick up soul hearts because he's going to start with mom's knife (his katana) but unfortunately I couldn't do his hair style without a hair layer (because blue baby doesn't have hair) so I had to just roll with using judas as his base character instead. I'm not sure if I want to make it so jake can only get soul hearts though =P but I'm not sure what would be a good way to balance it out.
Maybe Satan could be the Black King, The Lamb could be Bec Noir, Mega Satan could be a giant Lord English head (or Lil'Cal's head lol) and the babies (brother Bobby, sister maggy, Harlequin baby, etc...) could be Sprites (Nannasprite, ARquiusprite,etc...)!!
I see Dirk as being fast and strong, not necessarily tough, so Judas is an sensible call. If you want to tone down the katana you can use soymilk, but from experience I can say thats a lousy starting setup. How about Sacrificial Dagger? It is an unbreakable katana after all, so I could believe it being used as a defensive measure. If Sac Dagger is implemented then use can use other items as well, for which I recommend Champion's Belt (given one of his later suits and his penchant for taking on bigger enemies), My Little Unicorn, My Reflection, and Robo Baby/2.0 as some idea. Also, use a dead character for ???'s slot. Roboradia for example can have tech items/spoon bender if you don't think thats overpowered. You have more than 8 character slots anyways so if you want to go for a full roster you'll have to consider who the extra slots belong to.
The only problem is that I have very little control over characters like The Lost, Azazel and Especially Eden. I thought about sacrificial dagger but I've done some play testing with Dirk using Mom's Knife and .5 soul hearts and I feel it's adequate at the very least so I'm going to post it like that for now. I'll probably boost his health to a single red heart and give him soy milk but If I do I'll do that in a little while because I already have the mod packed to upload/update
Fair enough. Eden could probably be a variety of Dreambubble characters, since they can be completely random by their nature. I can imagine a Green Sun character modeled off Azazel (Bec Blanche? She would make sense as a hero for you to play as thats sensibly overpowered) but you can also try giving the character zero health and Judas' Shadow to set them to default, if not much stronger, tears. As for the lost, Davesprite exists as a tangible ghost guy who can fight and is on the brim of death because of his fate
That would work. I've been recommended Sollux for Azazel but I still can't change the fact that Azazel can fly. There has also been some talk about Eden having a bunch of fan troll hairs and such. The recommendation of giving a character no health and making them revive as Judas's Shadow is great! I didn't think about that and honestly it's a great idea! Dave Sprite is a good idea for The Lost also.
Sollux is a psion, so he can naturally fly;
Azazel is a good fit for him.
I might also recommend Strange Attractor (magnetic tears) to represent his telekinesis, and if possible, he should start with a single red heart container and a soul heart.
Furthermore, to make him more balanced, you should give Jake something like Dead Onion or some other serious range down.
Alternatively, Soy Milk would probably be a good choice as well, given how massively it nerfs damage; in addition to that (or instead of, your mod, not mine) you could drop his damage to about half of what it should be, so he's doing approximately the same amount of damage with each shot. That way, it leaves you open to give him other items as well.
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Does it only change the look of them, or do they come with new stats/items?
it changes their starting items to suit the characters. I'll create a list of what each character starts with later today.
I just added an Item list for the characters.
I've always wanted to play as naked Homestuck characters... Wait what?
Why isn't their skin snow white?
Because I was trying to replicate the Homestuck characters in the style of Binding of Isaac and not Binding of Isaac characters in the style of Homestuck.
April 10, 2022 - 3 years ago
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