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The House Party – Murder Mystery Expansion Pack is Wishlistable Now!
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The House Party – Murder Mystery Expansion Pack is Wishlistable Now!

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The House Party – Murder Mystery Expansion Pack is Wishlistable Now!

A cosplayer, streaMer, and actress comes to the party this Summer in House Party’s next guest expansion pack, and she’s working with us to create some of House Party’s sexiest, silliest, and most surprising explicit content yet.

Help the new guest solve a grisly murDer mystery. Witness a shocking crime, track down cLues, catch the culprit, and maybe you’ll grow clXse enough for the new guest to absolutely rock your world.

(The guest is bringing a trunk full of exciting new items to the party! What do you think will be inside…?)

The DLC will add hours of jaw-droppIng content unlike Anything the party has seeN before. The lights Will go out, terror will break out, anD unsolved Mysteries Will come to light In a thrilling new branching OriJinal Story addition focuSed on and fully voice-acted by the exciting new guest!

The House Party – Murder Mystery Expansion Pack is wishlistable on Steam and GOG now, and it will launch on other major download websites this Summer 2023!

What does everyone know about the guest DLc so far?

We’ve shared four big teasers, and hid secret codes in our social media and Steam news posts. But, since you’re here, we decided to make thinqs a little easier – so we hid the code inside this blog post so you don’t haVe to go Rummaging around to find it!

Keep an Eye out for anything out of place and type in the code you find here to unlock a secret early bonus teaser!

(The first 50 partiers to crack the code will get access the early teaser! If you missed it, don’t worry – it’ll go live for all partiers at a later date!)

(Madison looks a little spooked when she opens the new House Party fridge! What do you think she saw inside?)

Miss any of our other guest DLC teasers? Click here to take a look at the new Bloody Knife Item coming to the party and watch the lights go out in our Breaker Panel Teaser Video!

Get hyped for the next DLC, partiers! It’s going to be like nothing the party’s ever seen before!

P.S. Don’t forget that the House Party – Halloween Holiday Pack and House Party – Winter Holiday Pack, will be releasing across all major platforms soon, too! We’re making good progress on getting these ready and can’t wait to share the permanent holidays with you soon!

Happy Valentine’s Day (And Guest Outfit Poll Info!)
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Happy Valentine’s Day (And Guest Outfit Poll Info!)

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Happy Valentine’s Day (And Guest Outfit Poll Info!)

Happy Valentine’s Day, doods!

We hope you had an awesome day and made time to cozy up with the party guest of your choice. If you didn’t, thankfully there’s still this weekend to relax and enjoy the post-holiday vibes!

(Speaking of, if you haven’t played “A Vickie Vixen Valentine,” this weekend is a great time to try to schmooze your favorite House Party adult star!)

So, partiers, who was your House Party Valentine this year?

And if you haven’t seen it already, we have exciting news!

On Monday, our artist created some awesome concept images for an upcoming outfit that House Party’s next DLC guest will wear in her expansion pack!

This will be for her in-game “Casual Outfit.”

Our guest chose two favorite “outfit styles,” but she wanted to let our Patrons pick which final style and color option appears in-game!

(There are three color choices for each of the two outfit styles – for six total outfit options to vote on – and twenty votes have been cast so far!)

It’s been a while since we’ve had the opportunity to give Patrons access to development polls, but we’re super excited and can’t wait to see what outfit is chosen!

It’s always difficult as a small team to create and incorporate fun and meaningful polls for Patreon supporters during the busy development process, but this is something we want to get better about – especially for House Party’s future DLCs and Office Party!

So, with that said, all players can expect to see us asking for more feedback as we move through House Party and Office Party’s future development.

Expect to see more surveys like the “Holiday Feedback Form” out and about, so you can help tell us what you love about House Party (or what you wish House Party had) so we can make sure we’re keeping your feedback close and creating games you doods feel passionate about playing.

We are also stoked that our next guest has been so passionate about the House Party community and cares about your opinions so much that she wanted to let you choose her final outfit in the game! Cheers to her brahsomeness! We can’t wait for her to officially introduce herself to you soon.

Want to cast your vote on the outfit? Click here and support us in either our “Alpha Testers With Benefits” or “The Whole Shebang” Patreon tier!

Cheers to the next guest DLC, partiers! We can’t wait to share it with you!

(P.S. Did you spot anything interesting in the new trunk teaser?)

Update 1.0.9 is live with Quality of Life changes and Custom Story Creator improvements!
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Update 1.0.9 is live with Quality of Life changes and Custom Story Creator improvements!

House Party, News

Update 1.0.9 is live with Quality of Life changes and Custom Story Creator improvements!

Create custom House Party stories easier with “CharacterGroups”, enjoy a new Spanish translation, and check out the new in-game teasers!

House Party Version 1.0.9 is out now! If you like getting creative with House Party, you’ll love the Custom Story Creator changes we made, doods and lady-doods.

Have you ever dreamed of making a party where everyone gets turned on as soon as you take off your shirt? Or where the whole party gangs up on Patrick? Or where all the guests meet up in the living room for a sweet no-pants-allowed dance party?

Yeah. You can do all that and much more way, way easier now, because we added an awesome new feature called “CharacterGroup” behaviors. These let you work faster and more effectively to create more complex stories than ever before.

How does it work? You can now create targeted groups of Characters and use GameEvent, Criteria, Event Trigger, and/or CriteriaGroup behaviors on them selectively or en masse. Not all GameEvents and Criteria are available for use with this system, but this should be super cool nonetheless!

If you’ve worked with the Custom Story Creator before, you already know how difficult it was to send mass instructions to characters – but you no longer have to send one-on-one instructions to them. This is huge, dudes!

Character groups should allow there to be more varied custom stories made by both new and experienced creators alike. We’re stoked to see how you guys use this sweet new story-crafting superpower.

Several previous issues regarding past updates breaking custom stories have also been fixed, so your current stories should work as intended again! We’ve made significant optimizations that will notably reduce the UI “lag” experienced when manipulating many CSC elements, dropdowns, text fields, and so on, too.

(Note: The new optimizations required minor changes to the CSC UI. Some functionalities like sorting/arranging elements are now controlled strictly through user-interactable elements like arrows, the copy/paste functions, and insert/remove.)

Update 1.0.9 also irons out some bugs (some of which were not just minor annoyances), adds some story and engine improvements, and includes a fresh new Spanish translation!

We’ve continued making progress on the user interface and functionality for selecting a holiday DLC pack, too. We still have more mechanics to work on before we can tie DLCs into the engine and bundle the Winter and Halloween holidays into individual downloadable packs, but we’re making good progress!

Plus, we added those two new objects around the party that will be used in our next guest expansion pack! If you want a sneak peek at what’s to come, explore the house and let us know what you think the new fixtures will be used for!

Have fun playing, party brahs! We can’t wait to see your custom stories.

P.S. Want an example of the fun and silly stories you can create with House Party’s Custom Story Creator? Check out this quick video taken from Peter980’s “Fiery Date” story! To learn more about the story or hang out for our House Party dev streams, join our Discord!

The party is getting darker this summer. Get ready, doods!
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The party is getting darker this summer. Get ready, doods!

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The party is getting darker this summer. Get ready, doods!

The sexy and hilarious party you know and love will flirt with a bit of blood and darkness this Summer. Are you ready, doods?

Our next guest will ramp up the party with the wildest explicit intimacy thus far and most jaw-dropping story yet!

Get ready for Summer 2023, partiers.

Not only that, but a new quality of life House Party update will be dropping soon, doods! We’re making good progress on some not-so-minor requested bug fixes as well as working on some major Custom Story improvements we hope you’ll love!

But there’s some neat little bonus easter eggs in the next update, too. While you run around Madison’s place during your typical night of shenanigans and debauchery, you’ll notice two new objects in the game.

Take a peek at one of them below. Wondering about the other one? Well, you’ll have to find it yourselves…

(Note: This is early teaser footage and does not fully reflect how the item appears in-game. Anyway, it looks like there might be some electrical issues in the next guest DLC, right? What do you think’s going on here?)

This new item will be put to use in the upcoming guest DLC arriving this Summer 2023.

We see many of you asking who the next guest will be. We’re not trying to keep any secrets (check out those leg tattoos!), but our special guest wants to introduce herself to you personally with a custom costume.

She’s working on it now, so we hope you’re stoked for the official announcement and title reveal in March!

In the meantime, don’t forget to wishlist the free Halloween and Winter Holiday Packs!

The packs will allow you to enjoy the Halloween and Winter seasonal events whenever you want year-round. We’re still working on getting the toggle on/off feature ready, making some tweaks, and packaging everything into organized DLCs. They’ll both be ready within the next few months (ETA of Q1 2023 for Halloween and Q2 2023 for Winter)!

We know these holiday packs are coming out at kind of odd times of the year now. We didn’t expect to prep them for permanency and add the toggle feature, but we hope you’re still glad we listened to your requests to toggle the content and for the limited-time events to come back permanently!

Wishlist the Winter Holiday Pack on Steam, the Epic Games Store, or GOG!

Wishlist the Halloween Holiday Pack on Steam, the Epic Games Store, or GOG!

Our free House Party – Winter Holiday Pack is available for wishlisting now!
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Our free House Party – Winter Holiday Pack is available for wishlisting now!

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Our free House Party – Winter Holiday Pack is available for wishlisting now!

House Party’s second seasonal DLC is ready for wishlisting now, and FREE for all players.

If you loved the Winter Update (or if you didn’t get the chance to play it while it was around during the holidays), be sure to grab this so you can enjoy the content year-round!

Just like Halloween, it’ll have a toggle on/off feature, so you can enjoy the holiday-themed party whenever you’re feeling the Christmas spirit.

Check out the trailer below, brahs:

Already played the update last holiday season? Don’t worry – there’s plenty more awesome stuff planned for both this and the Halloween Holiday Pack in the future!

In the meantime, your favorite holidays will be back soon. We’re still on track with getting the toggle on/off feature into internal beta testing within the next month or two and releasing the Halloween Holiday Pack permanently this Q1 2023.

The Winter Holiday Pack will follow closely behind on Santa Frank’s sleigh: releasing in Q2 2023!

What’s gonna be in the House Party – Winter Holiday Pack?

Festive seasonal decorations, like:

⭐ Ornaments

☃️ A Snowman

🎄 Pine Garlands

✨ Hanging Lights

🍬 Glowing Candy Canes

🌟 Star-Shaped Lights

❄️ Snowflake Window Decals

🌨️ Lightly Falling Snow Outside

👏 …And Many More To Come!

There will also be cheery Christmas outfits such as:

🎅 Santa & Elf Hats

👕 A Festive Sweater

🎁 …And Many More Costumes & Accessories On The Way!

Plus, you can throw snowballs at other partiers and explore a short seasonal Frank side-quest (with a special holiday achievement)!

Add the DLC to your wishlist, doods and lady-doods, and get ready to enjoy merry and bright decorations, festive outfits, and falling snow all year at the House Party!

Click here to wishlist the Winter Holiday Pack on Steam!

Click here to wishlist the Winter Holiday Pack on the Epic Games Store!

Click here to wishlist the Winter Holiday Pack on GOG!

P.S. If you play House Party on other download websites, (like Itch.io, GameJolt, Nutaku, etc.), no need to wishlist it! On those platforms, once the DLCs release, they will be added to your base game folder automatically. If you want to play the holiday content, all you’ll need to do is toggle on/off the seasonal DLC in your main menu!

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