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!
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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:
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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.
