Hey everybody, we've got a small update for the base game, the Doja Cat DLC, and the addition of an updated French translation for the Original Story and Doja Cat DLC. Oh, and there's a teensy new thing to find and unlock. ... Rawr?

The bugs that were fixed included some big ones that uh...someone...should totally get a spanking for letting through. One such example: being unable to progress with the Doja DLC content once Katherine needed to get involved. We also addressed some minor things like some silly ol' nails and other pesky items being left behind after the party at Madison's in A Vickie Vixen Valentine. A similar fix was added to prevent said items from somehow mysteriously migrating over to Brittney's house in Date Night with Brittney.

Other fixes include addressing an issue that would cause Amala to be unintentionally censored at times, even though she was clearly wearing a beautiful, leafy ensemble, as well as inconsistencies with the new "meet everybody!" Opportunities that were recently introduced. Finally, on top of all this we added a slew of general stability improvements, increased the amount of cloud saves you could store via Steam, and added a few QOL tweaks. Check out the full release notes for all the details.

And one more thing! For those of you still waiting on localization of the Doja Cat DLC for your language, we're working on them. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

As always thanks for your ongoing support, and we'll have some even juicier morsels for you in the coming weeks.

-The Eek! Team

CHANGE LOG:

https://housepartygame.com/release-notes/

Note: Custom stories may no longer function as intended, until updated by their owner/author.

The House Party - Doja Cat Expansion Pack is out now, and we're super thankful to everyone who has played the DLC and left us feedback!

It’s a blast bringing new, real-world personalities and audiences to our game, and working with the Game Grumps, LetyDoesStuff, and Doja Cat have all been incredible experiences. We've been asked by players for more crossovers, and these partnerships bring great value to our studio, which in turn gives us the resources to bring to life much of what you, our fans and customers, ask for.

We see the feedback from players who have felt that the lack of explicit content in the Doja Cat DLC and our communication surrounding it was disappointing. We hear you. We know that this type of feedback is coming from people who care deeply about our game and our content, and we appreciate your feedback. We’ll make it a priority to remedy this going forward.

We have a growing, diverse player base, some of which enjoy the game without ever purchasing the explicit content DLC. Previously added guests like the Game Grumps focused on the comedy and wild antics of the game without adding nudity or explicit content. This type of content adds to the fun of the House Party experience. Our intent with the character of Doja Cat was to add both comedy and sexiness to the party with her unique charisma and talents to complement new stories while also introducing fresh gameplay.

This does not mean we don’t have more explicit content coming down the pipeline!

In fact, now is a good time to share some exciting news! We've been keeping this under wraps while we focused on the Doja Cat DLC, but we’re excited to share what we’ve been planning for our next House Party Expansion Pack!

We're beginning work on our next DLC which will bring another real-life guest to the party. But this special someone is not only open to a wild party experience but also very excited to work together with us to create some steamy explicit content for their expansion pack!



Do you have any guesses who it might be? We'll share more details soon…

In the meantime, thank you to all the House Party fans! We love all of you! Keep on partying!

The real-life AMA and Grammy award-winning global superstar shakes up the original party, and Shit. Just. Got. Real.



You now have an invitation to help the renowned pop artist get into the party and uncover the secret identity of Dinolicious, a costumed online dancing sensation that Doja Cat wants to feature in her upcoming music video. But don’t say we didn’t warn you: making a music video with this band of drunk or disorderly partygoers won’t be easy. You’ll need to make the right choices and be resourceful to help it go viral.

You can watch her react to events around the party, overhear fresh new background conversations from your favorite NPCs, and maybe even spark a bit of romance with Doja Cat herself. And you just know Frank has something to say about this new guest, too. Hmm … wonder how that will turn out?

This DLC also showcases three of Doja Cat's hit songs by tying them into the gameplay and integrating them into the story. Other highlights include:

• Hours of content, scenes, and stories featuring Doja Cat
  
• Multiple endings and side quests
  
• Two stunning “Amala” and “Doja Cat” NPC models
  
• Hundreds of lines of new dialogues voiced by Doja Cat herself
  
• Interactions with the Original Story and base game NPCs

All of your favorite partiers are still at the party. And now Doja Cat is there. But the party can’t start without you! So let’s gooooo!!!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1648810/House_Party__Doja_Cat_Expansion_Pack/

September 30th is almost here, and we can't wait for Doja Cat to crash the party! She'll be here by the end of the week, partiers!

To prep for her exciting release, we're dropping another quick update. Other than a couple of minor bug fixes and Female Playthrough tweaks, this won't affect any current gameplay - it's just a pre-patch to make sure everything is in place for Friday!

Want to read about the changes in more detail? Check out our patch notes below!


CHANGE LOG:

https://housepartygame.com/release-notes

Note: Custom stories may no longer function as intended, until updated by their owner/author. The 1.0.1 CSC and/or manual editing should be able to address any issues. The next CSC update will be released just after the Doja Cat DLC and House Party 1.0.2.2 drop.


Note: All other platforms that House Party is available on will be updated to 1.0.2.2 at the same time the Doja DLC is released.

We're hard at work putting the finishing touches on the Doja Cat Expansion to release it for all you partiers on September 30th! In the meantime, get a first look at gameplay with this Kubz Scouts early playthrough of the House Party - Doja Cat Expansion Pack. But beware of spoilers!



Mark the date on your calendar and get excited:

The Doja Cat House Party Expansion Pack is planned to release this September 30th, 2022!

Don't forget to add the Doja Cat DLC to your wishlist!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1648810/House_Party__Doja_Cat_Expansion_Pack/

September 30th is fast approaching, and we can't wait for Doja Cat to crash the party!

To prepare for the expansion pack's release, we're dropping a quick patch for the base game.

This update won’t noticeably change your current gameplay experience. Some bug fixes were squeezed in, but for the most part it’s a pre-patch in preparation of the new Doja Cat content before it’s made available. As always, see the release notes link below for more info.

This should help us ensure a smoother DLC launch for everyone before the expansion pack goes live at the end of the month!

Get ready, everyone…it's almost time to party with Doja Cat!


CHANGE LOG:

https://housepartygame.com/release-notes

Note: Custom stories may no longer function as intended, until updated by their owner/author. The 1.0.1 CSC and/or manual editing should be able to address any issues. The next CSC update will be released just after the Doja Cat DLC and House Party 1.0.2.2 drop.

Note: All other platforms that House Party is available on will be updated to 1.0.2.2 at the same time the Doja DLC is released.

The real-life Grammy and American Music Award-winning star arrive at the House Party in style!



She brings an amazingly realistic in-game character and wild new gameplay to the Original Story! Explore a hysterical new branching adventure in your favorite comedy game and help Doja Cat create her next music video - for better or worse!

There's a major celebrity joining the House Party! We've teamed up with the hit pop star Doja Cat to deliver a wild all-new side-story to the party that's packed with unforgettable adventure, comedy, and mystery!

In the DLC, you can navigate through an unpredictable night filled with outrageous partygoers as they help Doja Cat carry out a master plan to track down a mysterious masked dancing sensation taking the online world by storm.

You can interact with Doja Cat in several ways. Get her to the party. Befriend her. Maybe even flirt and fall in love!



If you've ever wanted to party with Doja Cat, this is your chance! Not only is her character as close to her real-life appearance as we could make it, but all of her lines are also voice acted by Doja Cat herself (and even ad-libbed for extra personality).

You'll also be able to see her in-game wearing three outfits that were hand-selected by Doja herself; a casual black dress, awesome music video performance attire, and a steamy hot tub bikini.

Throughout her story, Doja will react to the craziness that ensues during the party, showcase custom dances and performances, and create her next music video with your assistance - and how it turns out depends entirely on your in-game choices!

Mark the date on your calendar and get excited:

The Doja Cat House Party Expansion Pack is planned to release this September 30th, 2022!

Don't forget to add the Doja Cat DLC to your wishlist!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1648810/House_Party__Doja_Cat_Expansion_Pack/

We’re stoked that a bunch of you are enjoying House Party running smoothly without crashes on the Steam Deck now that the new 1.0.1 update is out! Thanks for giving us such great feedback!



We’re kicking off the next update with tweaks to the CutScene system, like better allowing Player and non-Player cutscenes to co-exist, and making sure Achievement Pop-Ups aren't interrupting those nice cinematic moments you worked so hard to unlock!

And we still have more fixes we'd like to add as we work on update 1.0.2, too! Please keep in mind that these changes are not live yet, but they will arrive in our next stable release.



We’re putting the finishing touches on the highly anticipated Doja Cat DLC, and we have an exciting announcement coming very soon: her official DLC release date!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1648810/House_Party__Doja_Cat_Expansion_Pack/



We also announced our winners for the House Party Community Content Giveaway!

Thanks a ton to everyone who participated! We're having a blast handing out cool merch prizes to the winners, and we hope you all enjoyed the contest.

Let us know in the comments below if you want us to do another giveaway someday!



Speaking of merch, have you seen the black-and-gray version of our new Ashley t-shirt design?

Go check it out in our merch store and let us know which version you like best! And tell us if you prefer the Frank chibi style or the hand-drawn style of the Ashley shirt!



Before you go, check out this fun let's play on YouTube featuring Barefoot Tasha!

No shoes allowed. Go watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnRfkfhZVK8

Hey everyone! The Chinese translation is now available!

Please restart your game client to download it. If you use Steam, Epic, etc. and run into any additional problems, try verifying your game files.

We will continue making improvements and additions to the translation over time. For best viewing of this translation, we suggest using the "Montserrat" font in the Gameplay Settings.

Work still continues on the other translations. We know that the delay, and seeing other languages completed first, can be frustrating. Everyone associated with our localization efforts is working very hard, and we hope to have the remaining languages completed in the coming weeks.

Enjoy, and thanks for your support!

After-Party Bug Fixes & Performance Updates Arrive In House Party Stable Release 1.0.1!



The exciting post-release after-party is here, doods and lady-doods!

If you've been watching our updates lately, you know that the Doja Cat DLC is coming along awesomely, and we're still working super hard on improving the base game, too! Also, we're proud to announce that House Party's Stable Release 1.0.1 is available to all players now!

What's in this fancy new release? Well, before House Party left Early Access, we added some of the biggest graphical improvements that the party had seen thus far, and we also added some pretty graphically intense cutscenes. In this update, we worked hard to account for these graphical upgrades by adding a ton of optimization improvements!

We have also significantly reduced the memory that House Party uses, increased the frame rate of the game, improved frame drop and game lag issues in the yard (which were reported by multiple partiers), and fixed several crashing and stability problems. The game should be a much smoother and consistent experience for everyone going forward!

Thanks to these changes, House Party also runs smoother on the Steam Deck! You should find that the game now plays great on Ultra settings.

Of course, a handful of bug fixes and other changes to existing content were added in this update, too! It should be much harder for characters to accidentally fall outside the game world (total party foul right?), new translation components were added to the "hard coded" English text so translators can make more progress on localization, and we improved some sight check/culling check settings.

You can also now grab more items around the house, and keen-eyed players might spot a few mysterious, spoilery items hanging out and about in the game world!

Want to see a full list of the changes? Read our patch notes below.

-Eek! Team

CHANGE LOG:

https://housepartygame.com/release-notes

Note: Custom stories may no longer function as intended, until updated by their owner/author.