
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
You are one of the top Friendship Sleuths in the city. Solicitations for your acquaintance are numerous in quantity. Compensation, immaculate. It is a balmy summer evening.
You are feeling particularly amicable tonight.

Walking into a city on an alien planet you've never been to before isn't a good way of getting your memories back, though. But maybe all your new yet strangely familiar friends can help with that...?
Befriendus: A Beforus Befriending Adventure is our answer to Homestuck's lack of alpha troll content as of late. Chat it up with some familiar faces from before you knew them! Learn things about them previously unseen and unexplored! Do you have a higher purpose in life than making friends with a bunch of obscure and forgotten Homestuck characters? Hell if anyone knows, but that's what's happening so buckle up, folks.




(This is a Homestuck fangame, heavily inspired byHiveswap: Friendship Simulator andPesterquest. Please support the creators of the original works!)
*I'm not saying there's a secret volume hidden somewhere but
Starting with Upd8 2, Befriendus connects to the internet to periodically check for updates and track how certain features are used. No personal data is ever collected, but you can disable these features in the settings menu if you'd like (set "Updates & Stats" to false).
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | Windows,macOS,Linux |
| Rating | Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars (63 total ratings) |
| Author | SpritersBlock |
| Genre | Visual Novel |
| Made with | Ren'Py |
| Tags | friendsim,hiveswap,homestuck,pesterquest,Ren'Py |
| Average session | About an hour |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard,Mouse |
| Links | Twitter/X,Blog,CuriousCat,Discord |
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Will you have the reader stumble upon Cal and the remains of Aradiabot? Technically speaking (unless I'm misunderstanding how the defense portals are supposed to work in conjunction with a Scratch- maybe it's only the kids? It's left a bit unclear), there should/could be a scratch duplicate on Beforus from here:https://www.homestuck.com/story/3578
I don't know if it'd accomplish anything, but it'd be a cool reference.
(SPOILER ALERT)Thanks so much Befriendus team for making me discover my new OTP, MSPAR ❤ Maplehoof.Ok fr tho, this has literally higher quality than the official games themselves in every aspect I can possibly think of. This is literally a love letter to the Homestuck community, so thank you all so much for making this ^w^I’ll be more than excited waiting for whenever the next update comes (especially for Damara’s ngl :33)
I have returned! Sorry to say that it took me until now to reinstall the program and take a look at Intermission 2 and the chapter of the journal afterward. Wonderful stuff, kudos on the messager look for I-2's conversation especially! After clearing out some space on my computer, the program that is used to update the game seems to be working too. I hope this project is still going strong and that I can see another installment in the foreseeable future!
Even now, I dip back in and out when I can - been wondering about the possibility of a Steam release?
Couldn't help but think about it, since I was able to add other Homestuck fan games like the Genesis Project, FriendSim 2, and Felt Mansion to my library, and it seems a shame that Befriendus seems separated in a way. Though of course I realize more substantial upd8s would be a higher priority.
Something seems to be wrong. After a day and a BSoD(oof) I opened Befriendus to finish it but... the game window immediately closed itself and the .exe wouldn't launch, suggesting it has been misplaced from the lib, though even after placing it in the right folder it would not open. After a redownload the file now instead deleted itself no matter which I launch, the one in the main folder or in the lib. Help? What is happening?
Edit: the problem seems to have solved itself when I deleted the update folder
hi honestly i really love this game so much and i was wondering if you needed any extra artists or writers to make talk sprites or write dialog for up coming chapters? If so id be happy to do so (obviously free of charge) id just love to be part of this game creation. if you do want an extra helper just shoot me an email at jupiters.starchild@gmail.com
I don't want to go into too much detail here in the comments but I have compiled a guide in ourGoogle Doc that you can check out for more explicit details (spoiler warning, obviously).
Sorry it took so long to look here and get back to this, but in the end I suppose that was only to my own detriment, lol. I appreciate the guide and that you couldn't get too detailed.Turns out I didn't notice the thing was clickable because I thought it was a truck or something in the scenery. The secret clickables!Thanks, and have a great holiday
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the art and writing in this game are amazing!! spectacular work!! im really enjoying this so far and OOMGH i love all the sprites...esp mitunas sprite....muah gorgeous chefs kiss
amazing job to all the people who contributed to this game!! its amazing and u are all doing a phenomenal job! i adore this soooo much if only i could spam heart emojis