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Hey guys,

Before I get into the details of today's release, I'd like to take a minute and thank the following YouTubers;  

Kubz ScoutsTurkVanGogH GameZChaditosWayTeleVidyaTiggyTime

In the past week, they've all done YouTube videos showcasing the House Party game, and have done wonders in getting the word out about this game.  Go check out their channels and their videos.  They are all really cool guys, and did an awesome job with their videos.

We also now have a Discord Channel set up where you guys can come and chat about the game and the latest happenings with Eek! Games, and also collaborate or talk about your custom stories.

As far as details about today's release, it's mostly a fine tuning of 0.4.3.1 that came out to top tier supporters at the top of the month which includes a major story update with Katherine's character.  There's also a new tutorial segment that happens the first time you load the game.  You can additionally reset it at anytime if you'd like to go through it again.  Be sure to check the House Party Version History  to see exactly what changed since the last version you've played!

Here are the download links:

House Party 0.4.4 Windows 64 BitHouse Party 0.4.4 Windows 32 BitHouse Party 0.4.4 OSXHouse Party 0.4.4 Linux 

Comments

Girth Brooks

For some reason whenever I pull up inventory there are no arrows to scroll through the different items. This limits my ability to get to madisons phone.

eekgames

What operating system are you on?

Girth Brooks

Newest windows with updates. On a new Dell Gaming Laptop

Timothy J Abeyta

I'm having the same issue, windows 10 pro here

eekgames

What resolution do you have selected?

eekgames

What resolution do you have selected?

Davonte Bonwell

no one spawns in the game when i start it up. im running on win10 with a nividia GEforce 940mx graphics card.

eekgames

Try re-downloading the game and running it fresh. Also, make sure the game has access to the internet. The latest story file is downloaded from the server.

Thanny

The movement mapping doesn't quite work. Specifically, mapping to ESDF leaves forward ('E') not working. The other three work.

eekgames

Yes, I got this one reported early on. It will be fixed for next build.

Thrash

the download is super slow, downloading at 50kb/s :(

eekgames

Yes, there is a super high demand for the game right now. Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot I can do about it right now. It should subside soon.

Kai

seem to not work on linux good

eekgames

There looks to be a bug with Linux in the latest version. I am working on a fix for this.

joshua

When ever I try to download , it will start, but its very slow. Over 10 hrs for small download. Issues with servers ?

eekgames

The issue is that the game is in extremely high demand today due to some of the most popular YouTubers doing videos playing the game. The traffic should (hopefully) ease up soon.

joshua

hahah go figure, so many pervs

GrooveDaddy

Ugh, nothing can be done about the sluggish download? :( Its taking foreeeevverr lol

eekgames

Good news about the downloads guys. Itch.io reached out to me and they are letting me upload the game onto their servers, so the mass rush to get the game will start being redirected there, and the downloads from my server should be restored to their usual speeds.

eekgames

Check out my latest comment. A solution has just been implemented.

Aaron Taylor

I'm experiencing an issue where Katherine is locked in the corner of the kitchen unable to move (or be "pushed"). This issue prevents completion of her questline. I've tried redownloading the game but to no avail. Nevertheless, great work so far on the game!

Thanny

So movement is very jittery in this version. Far more jittery than one would expect for the frame rate (~45-60 depending on the lighting, while it should be pegged at 60 with my hardware). I didn't see this problem with the last version. I mentioned this in the forums, but will repeat it here. The idea of matching custom stories to a specific version is a non-starter. I can't access the specific versions for two stories I downloaded to try. That alone is another problem. I've given $125 in total, which is more than twice what a complete AAA game would cost, and I can't download previous versions? Regarding the Katherine story line, how are you supposed to clear the area sensibly? The only way I've found is to herd Stephanie into the bathroom and lock the door, then do the same with as many other people as possible in the other bathrooms. Then just wait until the rest wander off, or until the right ones wander off and you send Madison after them (either Ashley or Patrick). This seems a tedious way of doing it.

Thanny

I should clarify that by movement, I mean panning of any kind, or even character animations.

eekgames

She's standing there for a reason. That's where she gets the best cell phone service. You need to find a way to move her.

eekgames

You may want to play around with your quality settings and your in-game options. Have you tried different settings? As time moves on, the stories will maintain compatibility, but because I am making so many changes to the engine right now, I am needing them to be specific. If I put out a new version, and no changes are made to the story file formats, the old stories will work fine with the new version, but if there are structure changes (which I try to avoid if possible, it won't work). I will be able to handle this better and better moving forward because less changes will be happening. For Katherine, she's standing there because it's the only place she gets cell service. You can find a creative way to move her in the garage.

eekgames

Also, when you said you can't download older versions, did you mean of House Party? Or the Story Creator? I have all versions for both downloadable through the website. <a href="http://games.eekllc.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://games.eekllc.com</a>

eekgames

Thinking about this comment more, I am going to put the HPSCSC import engine into the game, so that when a new version of the game is put out, the game will still load older custom stories and attempt to import them into an updated story.

Thanny

There are no download links for the relevant versions. They are hidden in Patreon posts that I cannot access.

eekgames

Oh I see what you mean. Are you trying to access 0.4.3.1? I will handle this better going forward. Like I said, I will make future versions try to import older stories. In the meantime, send me a private message, and I will get you a link to whatever version you need. You've been an awesome supporter.

evgenios apostolides

sorrry but i dont have the question about who knows vickie viksen

eekgames

That storyline isn't implemented yet.

Kieve

Every download from your website has been extremely slow. My broadband can hit upwards of 3.3mbs, but it has never peaked above 110kbs when attempting to download from eekllc.com. This applies to the 0.4.0 public build, 0.4.4, and two versions of story creator. Please consider mirroring on some other host - Mega, Dropbox, Google Drive, or whatever else you prefer. The 2hr download for each new version has so far been my only actual complaint with this game.

eekgames

I will put up some mega links in the morning. I thought the rush to get the game was over but we had another spike today.

Thrash

maybe you need to retexture the players smartphone, on top there is the Google search bar i personally have no plan if this can cause trouble with google but i think they dont like this

eekgames

Yes, I've actually taken the player's phone out of 0.5.0 for now since it's not actually used for anything yet, and is confusing. I had to re-brand the Jack Daniel's bottle as well.

Morten Wivelsted

Hello Eek! The 0.4.4 keeps failing when downloading. The only one i can get is 0.4.2.1 from itch.io. But since i pledged, it would be great to get the newest edition :)

eekgames

Sorry! Pewdiepie's video has completely choked my servers. I am trying to get some mega links up. Once the onslaught dies down, download times should go back to normal!

Lee

still in slow download yet >< i am so sorry to report , my speed still in 20kb to 50kb max

eekgames

I'm currently seeing a 4 minute download from the server. It's possible something else is causing the slowness in your case?

Lee

perhaps country problem .....i m at SEA

Lars Heinen

hey could you give me some information when the 0.5 patch will come for the 5$ backers ?