- Fixed an issue that was causing crashes and hanging after the loading screen for some players.
- Fixed an issue that prevented controllers (affected Steam Deck controller as well) from accessing the full Graphics menu.

- Fixed an issue causing old saves to not open at all in the new build. (Old saves now open. Since they are from a different game version, content may not function as expected.)
- Fixed an issue causing custom stories to sometimes not save and load correctly.

- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the Liz Katz DLC to not work correctly.
- This also sometimes caused duplicate characters on the main menu and or plastic looking
characters on the loading screen.
- Music now changes correctly on the speakers.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused custom stories to not load correctly.
- Fixed a couple issues that sometimes caused crashes/hanging on the loading/menu screens.

Small hotfix that reduces memory footprint buy about 1gig and fixes an issue that was causing some graphics settings like shadows off on the Ultra preset to make the game look strange.

We know you've all been waiting for it and it's finally here! You can get the HDRP graphics engine upgrade and customization update now!

The longest ongoing house party in the history of the world just got better!

This new upgrade adds a TON of customizable options to your game and the game now looks better than ever before, rendered with High Definition Render Pipeline!

We made a new trailer featuring the new graphics and we've uploaded some new screenshots to our House Party store page as well!



We've Switched to Unity's High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP):

We're upgrading our engine to take advantage of HDRP's capabilities in Office Party, but we were also able to bring some HDRP enhancements to House Party too!  In House Party, you'll notice amazing new lighting and shadows as well as upgraded models and enhanced textures that can be seen in an overall visual upgrade to the house and all of the characters!

Character Customization:

Take House Party to the next level and customize all of the characters in the game including the male and female player characters. If you haven't seen it, also check out our character customization video:



The video shows off the ability to change clothing colors, patterns, decals, and even add effects like emboss and metallic to some clothing pieces. It also shows off the character options that include changing character skin tone, makeup, hair root and tip color, and inner and outer eye color. Since we released the video, we've also added the option to customize nail color and other.. uh.. fun stuff. There's also some clothing options that will be unlocked with achievements. Speaking of which, for the achievement hunters, we've added 1 new achievement to the Liz Katz DLC and 1 new achievement to the original story!  Check out some example outfits:













Engine and game upgrades:

On top of all of that, we've added a bunch of cool new features, including:

WAY faster saving and loading times
A spiffy new loading screen
All characters can now have sweat/wet effects and clothing can have blood effects
A new cutscene for a Liz Katz DLC freezer event, and a cutscene when the player reaches over a railing in the Original Story

This update has taken us a bit to pull together, possibly longer than any other update in the past, but the result is a refreshing new House Party feel that makes the game feel like a whole new game!

And last but not least, we finally changed the song that plays over and over again on loop! Just kidding. We would never do that. Enjoy the game!

Happy Holidays!

We can't wait to see what kinds of customizations you all come up with!

We'd love to see your designs in our discord!

NOTE: Because of the new super fast save/load system, old save files will not be compatible with the new version, but you will be able to play old saves by rolling back to the 1.2.2.1 version of the game by switching to that beta branch on Steam.

P.S. We will have official sharing support coming for the customization presets soon. In the meantime, if you really want to share a creation with a friend, you can by copying the files in your Documents\Eek\House Party\Customization\ folder and having your friend drop the files in their respective folders.

Hey guys!

We know you're all anticipating the customization update and we're working hard to get it out soon! It's taking a bit longer than we originally planned, but we're really excited about it and we keep expanding its capabilities! It really is coming very soon though - We are hoping to start our final round of testing next week, and it won't be long after that!

In our last update, we told you that you'd be able to customize clothing, hair color, and skin tone. We've improved on all of that with things like pattern size and rotation, and hair/tip color balance. We've also added support for eye color and make up customization, and we were even able to fit some characters' clothing onto other characters of similar body sizes! For example, you'll see in the video below, that Zigga puts Vickie's pants on Amy!



Check out the post on our website!
https://housepartygame.com/clothing-customization-video/

Hey guys!

A huge thanks to all of you who have been enjoying the Liz Katz Gritty Kitty Murder Mystery DLC.  The feedback has been very positive, and we are happy to have brought another chapter of House Party to you.

We know a lot of you are wondering what comes next, and although we are still working on one more DLC for House Party, we've been starting to shift our focus to Office Party as well!

We are optimizing and adding new capabilities to our engine to create a more robust foundation heading into Office Party.  This will help improve the game performance and allow for new features that Office Party will have, that House Party doesn’t.  A big one of those things is clothing customization!

Just because we are transitioning into working on the Office Party engine doesn’t mean that House Party can’t reap the benefits of some of the upgrades and optimizations that we are doing.  In the next release of the House Party base game we will be leveraging the groundwork we’ve been laying down for Office Party, to optimize House Party’s performance, and bring some new features to the mix this summer.


Character Customization:



The most exciting new feature that you'll see is character customization!  You'll be able to change colors, patterns, decals (on some characters), skin tone, hair root and tip color, and even add effects like emboss and metallic to some clothing pieces.  Check out more example outfits:










We're Switching to Unity's High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP):

We'll be taking even more advantage of HDRP's capabilities in Office Party, but we're enhancing House Party too!  In House Party, you'll notice amazing new lighting and shadows and visual upgrade to the house and all of the characters!  Take a look at some work in progress HDRP screenshots below:












Overall Engine Optimization:

We've made some major under-the-hood optimizations resulting in less of a memory footprint and improved CPU and GPU performance resulting in:

• Save file size reduced from ~35MB to ~1MB.
  
• Save/Load times greatly reduced.
  
• New game load time greatly reduced.

Check out the post on our website!
https://housepartygame.com/clothing-customization-hdrp-engine-optimization-coming-to-house-party-soon/

Check out our official trailer if you haven't seen it yet!



We released The House Party - Detective Liz Katz in a Gritty Kitty Murder Mystery Expansion Pack on May 26th and our players have been loving it! We've got a Very Positive review score on the DLC so far. Thanks to everyone who has picked it up and we're glad you're enjoying it! And, over the last few weeks we've been working to make it even better!

We've released a few patches (one as recent as today, Friday, June 23rd) fixing some minor bugs and improving the gameplay experience even more. If you haven't picked it up the DLC yet, check out the trailer and the reviews, and grab your copy!

You can see all the release notes detailing our fixes and enhancements here:
https://housepartygame.com/release-notes/

• House Party’s largest content expansion pack yet with hours of new Original Story content to explore
  
• New gameplay mechanics that expand the sandbox possibilities of interactive items, and enhance a variety of new puzzles and challenges to explore and solve
  
• A thrilling brand new murder mystery storyline starring Liz Katz - featuring hilarious, mysterious, shocking … and explicitly sexy … endings and side quests
  
• A hot-as-sin new “Liz Katz” character model added to the base House Party game
  
• Several unique explicit intimacy encounters with Liz Katz that even toy with the laws of gravity, and an extended intimacy scene with never before seen explicit actions
  
• Brand new scenes and stories with hundreds of lines of new dialogues voice acted by Liz Katz herself
  
• A new naughty, bubbly, and unexpected Drunk and Disorderly Opportunity
  
• The ability to use console commands on Liz Katz’s character

• Fixed some minor bugs
  
• Check the full release notes here for a full-er-ish list of fixes: https://housepartygame.com/release-notes/

• Updated hints and inspect text throughout the Liz Katz story to make things clearer for the player
  
• Fixed a bunch of small bugs
  
• Check the full release notes here for a full-er-ish list of fixes: https://housepartygame.com/release-notes/