House Party 0.15.4 Stable Release

Leah’s time has come! It’s the official release of 0.15.4 and with it a whoooole bunch of additions to House Party. Seriously, we’re getting wild in this update. 

If you’ve been following this release, you know that Leah’s new story includes around 400 lines of new dialogue and some very new, very unique items. Leah’s story includes 2 major branches that play to the good and the evil that boils inside every asskicker. Which side will you lead her towards? 

And speaking of asskicking, combat is now a feature in House Party. From the moment you walk in the door, you can raise your fists and show Patri–I mean people what you’re made of. There are several items and activities that you can do around the house to increase your strength, stamina, and speed, but completing Leah’s story is the best way to ensure you’re the heavyweight of the house. 

If you’re finding yourself in need of some combat training, we’ve added a brand new story that takes place entirely in Compubrah’s VR space. There, you’ll be able to train in the dojo of a deranged fratboy AI, and honestly, there can’t be a better place to learn how to throw a punch. You’ll find this story in the drop down on the main menu.  

Other highlights of this update include directional sound, new models for Frank and Leah, and awesome new additions to the Custom Story Creator. If you’re a CSC user, you’ve got some incredible new tools at your disposal, so check them out! 

Check out our full changelog below, but more than anything, get in there and play this update. We’re really proud of it and we hope you enjoy how House Party has grown. 

Next update…oh yeah…I guess there were these two guys that won a contest to be in our game? Guess we’ll let them out of their cages now. 

Thanks!

-Eek Team

CHANGELOG

0.15.4

• Added a new “Combat Training” story
• Added Combat Instructions to F1 screen
• NPCs now have several new walking onset and avoidance animations
• NPCs now more readily avoid one another and get out of each others way when they have a destination
• Combat can no longer interrupt main dialogues unless the NPC is knocked out
• Blocking now takes 1 energy
• Running or continuous blocking now causes energy to regenerate at a slower rate
• Adjusted the duration of the player’s attack moves and stun durations
• Fixed an issue with translated background chatters not loading properly
• Standardized and finalized combat moves, damage dealt, and energy requirements for them
• “DoesNotFightBack” state now disallows the player to enter or exit combat mode
• NPCs no longer fidget when they are holding an item (prevents clipping)
• NPCs no longer play conversation animations when certain interactive items (that are marked internally) are being held (prevents clipping)
• Fixed a navigation issue where Patrick could get permanently stuck on the couch (until warped)
• Recalibrated the “drunk effect”.  I.E. The player is no longer a lightweight
• Fixed some issues with the speakers syncing up with each other.
• Changed the way all voice acting is loaded.  Should be faster and require less loading up front.
• Fixed an issue where you could quick-save on game over
• The Property, Personality, Roaming, State, and Value commands will not be flagged as ‘Cheated’ (i.e. will not disable Achievements) if they are used with the “list” subcommand. SEND US YOUR DEBUG INFO WITH PEACE OF MIND!
• The CharInfo command will no longer flag the Player as ‘Cheated’ (i.e. will not disable Achievements). GIVE US YOUR DATAZ
• You can now Add float values (as opposed to just integers) to a Character Value in the CSC, and the ModifyValue – Add event option will take floats into account
• The GameMsg console command will no flag the Player as “Cheating” (i.e. will no longer disable Achievements)
• Tweaks to Keychain itemfunctions to improve look of Keychain on Patrick’s manhood
• When using the Values command with the “list” subcommand, the output of values will now be sorted alphabetically
• The Charinfo console command will now also show what other characters can be seen by the specified/target character
• In the Original Story: fixed an issue that could cause Patrick’s “private keychain” to be misaligned in some circumstances
• In the Original Story: fixed an issue that could cause the entire Rachael-Patrick “Benedict Brahrnold” finale to break if the Player inspected Patrick’s “private keychain” before a Rachael dialogue appeared
• In the Original Story: the Player can now drink the El Escorpion Mezcal
• In the Original Story: Leah will now correctly react to the Player drinking any alcohol in front of her
• In the Original Story: fixed an issue that could cause Frank to beat up the Player prematurely, had the Player drank the Tampered Rum near him. Frank will now approach the Player to enjoy the rectal festivities
• In the Original Story: fixed an issue that could cause Leah to beat up the Player prematurely, had the Player drank the Tampered Rum near her. Leah will now approach the Player to enjoy the rectal festivities
• In the Original Story: tweaked the behavior of Derek stepping in to stop Frank from beating up the Player, if the Player unlocked Derek’s “Combat Perk” during The Muse: Derek will not step in if the Player has initiated content which occupies Derek, and Derek will not stop Running at inopportune times due to his “Combat Perk” dialogue
• In the Original Story: drinking the contents of the flask (after Rachael has filled it for you) now incurs the same benefits and repercussions as drinking any other alcohol
• In the Original Story: drinking Natty Lites will now have a minor effect on the Player’s “Sensitivity”, to give them another reason to be drank during the “Training Day” opportunity vs. the other alcoholic items in the game
• In the Original Story: drinking the Merlot will now have the same benefit to the Player’s “Sensitivity” for the “Training Day” opportunity as drinking any other alcoholic item would
• In the Original Story: drinking the Chardonnay will now have the same benefit to the Player’s “Sensitivity” for the “Training Day” opportunity as drinking any other alcoholic item would
• In the Original Story: completely overhauled the logic that awards the “Duck N’ Weave” Achievement. It is still earned in essentially the same way, but cannot be circumvented as easily, and does not arbitrarily lock out earning the Achievement during specific NPC fights
• In the Original Story: minor cleanup of Ashley and Vickie’s behaviors during and after the “Sibling Warfare” finale
• In the Original Story: fixed an issue that could cause Leah’s Roaming to be permanently off as part of the events leading up to “Screw Like a Bee…”
• In the Original Story: fixed an issue that would allow Rachael to use normal dialogue/greetings to the Player while in VR at certain times
• In the Original Story: fixed an issue that could cause Patrick/Rachael’s “Benedict Brahrnold” finale behaviors to break if the Player had saved in the middle of Patrick’s oral scene
• In the Original Story: slight tweaks to timing of Keychain/HangingKeys itemfunctions to improve look of Keychain/HangingKeys on Patrick’s manhood
• A Vickie vixen Valentine: added a response for Vickie that will have her step aside, should the Player somehow get stuck behind her while she is in Madison’s closet or Ashley’s bedroom
• Date Night With Brittney: fixed an issue that could cause redundant thought bubbles to appear when walking away from Patrick after speaking to him for the first time
• A Vickie vixen Valentine: fixed an issue that could cause duplicate door open events to occur when opening the door to Ashley’s room/Spare Room
• In the Original Story: Frank will no longer help Katherine with the downstairs locked door if he is Occupied with something else that is critical and Player-driven
• Date Night With Brittney: fixed an issue that was causing Opportunity icons to be blank
• Added voice acting for all new content
• Added male and player “talking on phone” animation
• Fixed an issue where the speakers would sometimes lose sync with each other
• Fixed an issue where objects would not regain their textures after being lost in the grass and being illuminated
• Fixed an issue where warp-locations to move targets could get corrupted on a reload or loaded saved game
• The stairs no longer use one very tall collider that blocks obvious line of sight for the first 8 steps or so. The angle of the stair railings and geometry is now followed…be careful there!
• Added new Vision Blockers around downstairs curtains to prevent obnoxious NPC sight checks when trying to hide
• Added a Vision Blocker to part of the kitchen sink window to prevent sight checks passing from around the Outside Move Target in through the front hallway(!)
• Added Vision Blocker that loosely follows the OUTER/firepit-side edge of the bushes outside the living room. This (and the curtain Blockers) will prevent NPCs looking in through the densest portions of the bushes AND through the window blinds to be unable to see other Characters, but will leave gaps on the widest viewing angles into the living room. It will also allow creepers to more effectively hide in the bushes away from Characters at the fire pit, etc.
• NPCs can now also see out the laundry room and art room windows if another Character is on the roof
• Standardized all height checks in the codebase to 1.8 units
• The TriggerBGC command will now close the console so that the user can see the specified NPC more clearly as well as any chatter text that might come up
• Added a global AddSmallForwardMomentum ItemFunction that can be used to throw many different items
• Made more small items “extra” visible if dropped outside in the grass
• Added a new event, WarpItemTo, that will allow CSC users to warp items (not chairs, beds, etc., just regular interactive items) to a movetarget or character. This will not work cleanly with all interactive items due to certain object or prefab structures, and is therefore a work in progress
• Added WarpItemTo subcommand for the Item console command
• Added a couple more sound effects that can be used with the InvisAudioPlayer via ItemFunction
• Re-added a sex spot to Compubrah VR bed that could cause issues when Characters tried to use it
• Fixed an issue that could potentially have caused the Dining Room TV’s screen to not update when the MP3 Player was used with the Aux Dock
• Added a GlobalizationManager (for future extension) and modified handling of certain time localization code to avoid exceptions being thrown for specific regions
• Fixed a hardcoded typo in SearchEditor that could prevent “Anybody”-targeted searches from functioning correctly in the CSC
• Fixed DisplayGameMessage events showing two “Delay” texts when configuring the event in the CSC
• Started adding some “auto cleanup” functionality within the CSC that will clear out event data that is not needed by a given event. For example, DisplayGameMessages do not need an e.Key (event Key), and leaving it populated can lead to confusing search functionality and bloat, or even user errors when making heavy use of the CSC’s copy-paste feature
• CSC users can now rearrange the order of Event Triggers within Character Stories
• CSC users will now get specific Interaction and Use With information when CSC Search results are found within the Main Story file
• CSC users will now be told when CSC Search results found within a Dialogue are tied to a Start Event, Close Event, or Response Event
• The pink dildo now has a collision sound. TOP PATCH NOTE RIGHT HERE
• Added collision sounds to a few more interactive items that matter way less than the dildo
• Fixed the way certain console commands (WarpTo, WalkTo, LookAt, and more) interpret DialogueOnly characters like Compubrah and PhoneCall. These will now be ignored in commands or as parameters for subcommands that should not or cannot make use of them
• Ashley’s Top, or as it is known colloquially, “Ashley’s Goddamn Motherfucking Upper-Shitpiece of a Left Mouse Gravity Well”, will no longer have its “Untie” option on the right, where “Talk” normally is for NPCs. Rejoice fam
• In the Original Story: added some minor protections against Katherine ending up outside the Downstairs Bathroom after Frank opens it for her and she closes that door
• In the Original Story: fixed an issue that could cause Rachael to be given more than one dare instruction at a time when loading a saved game
• In the Original Story: fixed an issue that could allow Rachael to attempt to execute the events of her…”self pleasure” dare twice
• In the Original Story: fixed an issue that could cause Ashley and Patrick’s inspect texts to break between the end of “Family Time” and the Player talking to Ashley
• In the Original Story: Steph will not “see” knockouts/fights (this precipitates some of her “Follow Your Calling” content) if she cannot actually see anyone else, and she will not count various temporary NPC or Player knockouts (which are not combat related)
• In the Original Story: Stephanie must also be conscious in order to “see” a knockout/fight
• In the Original Story: fixed an issue with Ashley’s NoUntieYet value handling that could cause inspecting her top to generate redundant inspect texts, and possibly prevent her top from being untied ever again after certain events in her stories
• In the Original Story: Frank will not overhear the Player admitting to Derek that he has feelings for him if Frank cannot see the Player
• In the Original Story: added Jump Up/Down events into existing moments when a couple characters leave the party via the yard
• In the Original Story: the Player can no longer use the Gutter to climb onto the roof when they are in Combat or ANY character has the Player as their CombatTarget
• In the Original Story: Added the following Achievements: “The Harder They Fall…Dood”, “The Bride”, “Ronin”, “Sucker Punch”, and “Money Shot”
• In the Original Story: added another Log Off option a bit earlier in Compubrah’s dialogue options
• In the Original Story: fixed a text-VA discrepancy in Leah’s line to Frank, after Leah is “Poppered” successfully by the Player during “Just in the Kick of Time”
• In the Original Story: fixed an issue that could allow the Player to access Lety VR rewards without meeting the prerequisites, which could lead to a break in Lety’s VR behavior
• In the Original Story: VR/Virtual Lety will no longer use non-VR Lety’s Orgasm events
• In the Original Story: the Player will now un-expose themselves before returning to the party after Lety VR intimacy, if they managed to have all their clothes on but still keep their tasty bits out

• Added more of Leah’s story
• Added bike lock + key
• Added color filters (grayscale + rage)
• Added smartphone flashlight
• Implemented Quick Save Feature (F9)
• Tweaked combat mechanics
• Added Dead Snake and updated wearable snake for Frank and Leah
• Made male player’s shoes and sleeves higher-poly and improved rig
• Updated interactive items and grabbable body parts with new player rig hand(s)
• Fixed player’s head and body skin tone not matching
• Phones and other small items now highlight when they are dropped in the grass so the player can easily find them again
• Fixed an issue where collision sounds are sometimes played when some items are in the player’s inventory
• Inventory and Opportunity buttons are now mappable in the control/controller map
• Fixed an issue with GameStart events not firing correctly sometimes
• Player.Sit and Player.Laydown events will now have the target bed/chair shown in the logs and in the CSC
• Added Throw Punch SendEvent option to the CSC
• Tweaked the dropdowns in the CSC for State Events and State Criteria to be alphabetically sorted, and the order of the dropdowns within the GUI element to be more in-line with the game event and criteria naming structure
• Gave Leah an Earpiece she can reach for. For security reasons
• Added the “PhoneBlindedMe” reaction event for CSC users. This will trigger when a Phone Light is visibly on and a Character enters a roughly character-sized capsule that extends outward from the Phone Light
• Added a new Move Target/Sex Spot in the garage, behind the ping pong table. Watch out…balls from above!
• DisplayGameMessage events will now have their GameMessageTypes option displayed in the CSC and when logged in the Debug Log
• Added a TriggerBGC console command
• Individual TriggerBGC events are now much more responsive under almost all circumstances
• DialogueOnly characters (Phone Call, Compubrah) can no longer be selected for an IKReach event
• Further standardization of Game Event naming and logging conventions with CSC dropdowns
• WalkToTargetOption “Cancel” will no longer show up in various places in the CSC where having a “Cancel” option was inappropriate
• Further standardization of Criteria naming and CSC dropdowns (against Game Events where appropriate), with exceptions for criteria such as “Distance”, “Vision” and “Is In Front Of”, etc. which are more readable with slightly different formatting. Decreased OCD variance matrix by -0.2207 chodivars
• Added missing dropdowns for the Criteria/CompareType when selecting IsCurrentlyUsing or IsCurrentlyBeingUsed
• Can no longer select the Player or DialogueOnly Characters (Phone Call, Compubrah) as the CharacterToReactTo in a ReachTarget Event Trigger, as this event is only handled by standard NPCs
• Moved the Initialization of certain variables and references in a few scripts that mount or use items in conjunction with character models to earlier in the loading process, and otherwise performed minor cleanup on similar scripts
• If the “None” criteria is selected in the CSC, the user will be able to select another criteria from the dropdown, instead of having to remove that criteria and choose a new one
• CSC users can now directly compare two values, whether they are “owned” by the same character, or two different characters
• Characters will no longer be able to attempt to warp to themselves via the WarpTo console command
• Important/TriggerBGC will now be shown even if an NPC is not within direct line of sight of the Player, or is a full floor above the Player
• DialogueOnly Characters like PhoneCall and Compubrah can no longer be set to receive GetsHitByProjectile event triggers in the CSC
• In the CSC, an Event Trigger can now call itself via a PerformEvent game event IF its Delay is greater than zero. Previously, this was restricted due to the possibility of recursively firing an infinite number of events with a delay of zero, which could freeze the game
• Various accuracy and reliability improvements to the GetsHitByProjectile event functionality
• In the Original Story: added a preventative check to ensure that Derek doesn’t permanently get his shirt back after he gives it to the Player during Amy’s “Scavenger Hunt” opportunity
• In the Original Story: giving Ashley an untampered soda while she is waiting for her clothes to be returned to her will result in the failure of the :Humiliate Ashley: opportunity
• In the Original Story: the Player can no longer skip through Madison’s conversational opening delay by giving her her phone and then selecting from global responses
• In the Original Story: fixed an issue with duplicate thoughtbubbles appearing when the Player tries to unsuccessfully sit in one of the Hot Tub seats
• In the Original Story: made changes to the radial options for Madison’s Phone to accommodate new mechanics and story content
• In the Original Story: minor tweaks to responses and events within a couple Patrick dialogues in the event that the Player failed his “Phonegate” opportunity
• In the Original Story: cleaned up and made corrections in the Help text for the Player Beer Pong Practice spot
• Added new player combat mechanic
• Upgraded Leah to have some kick-ass fighting animations
• Added Katana and Spray Paint Can interactive items
• Added Terrarium as a usable Interactive Item
• Added Red, Grayscale, and DisableAll visual filter Character Functions; will allow users to enable/disable red or gray (black and white) post processing filters mid-game
• Added bike lock and bike lock key as usable interactive items
• Fixed an issue that was causing beer pong to be unplayable, especially if the Player grabbed the “starter” ball first and then tried to Practice
• Fixed the alignment of the vibrator item when viewed in the Player’s inventory
• Fixed an issue that was preventing the Turn console command from turning characters toward a move target
• Added several new move targets around the outside fence, and further standardized height positioning of some outside move targets
• Aligned the Player’s hand and fingers to better grip the joint item. You know, for inhaling the leaves on most of the days
• Aligned the Player’s hand and fingers with the Box of Poppers/PopperBox item
• Aligned and adjusted a number of indoor colliders in order to better prevent niche cases of items falling through floors
• All bathroom floor types should use the same footstep sound
• Fixed an issue with the “Player” console command’s “inventory” subcommand that could also cause items to sometimes fall through certain floors
• For CSC users: implemented a new ‘zoning’ system that allows you to check if a character is in a room or ‘zone’ inside or outside of the house, OR fire an event trigger/reaction if a character enters a zone/room
• Adjusted the NoLoitering system so it will no longer try to fire whenever any and/or all of a character’s ragdoll colliders enter a NoLoiter/Redirect area; firing once per “character entry” now results in a more reliable NoLoitering changelocation
• All phone-type items now have access to default item functions as well as the new EnablePhoneLight and DisablePhoneLight itemfunctions, with cellphone-style “flash lights” aligned to their rear camera flashes
• All phone-type items now have a text message sound available as either their Sound Effect 1 or Sound Effect 2 sound, for more flexible usage in custom stories
• All phone-type items now have the same starting physics/Rigid Body settings
• All phone-type items now have the same sound effect when thrown or dropped
• All phone-type items now use the same interaction distance value
• All phone-type items have had their inventory positioning, carry/grab positioning, and rotations standardized
• All phone-type items have had RaisePhone and LowerPhone itemfunctions added so that the phone lights can be aimed in front of the player and have their position reset
• The charinfo console command will now show the specified character’s current zone
• The CSC can now trigger events based on who was attacked
• Re-adjusted all NPC combat stats
• In the Original Story: fixed an issue that could cause the Player to get stuck with a permanently increased “pleasure sensitivity” if they did Ashley’s “Sibling Warfare” and then Vickie’s content, and then followed up for more fun with Ashley afterwards
• In the Original Story: fixed an issue that could cause the Player to get stuck with a permanently increased “pleasure sensitivity” if they did Ashley’s “Sibling Warfare” and then Vickie’s content, and then followed up for more fun with Ashley afterwards
• In the Original Story: Ashley will not be as likely to use standard dialogue when in the closet during “Sibling Warfare” if the Player exposes themselves
• In the Original Story: Amy will be very, very considerate about stubbing her toe, and will not do so if the Player is in combat or has an intimacy partner. She will also miraculously avoid injuring herself if she is being spoken to, or if Stephanie is being spoken to. Thanks Amy!
• In the Original Story: Rachael will no longer confront Patrick and try to beat him up if the Player is already in combat. Who wouldn’t want to watch that?
• In the Original Story: the Player can skip through the Rachael-Patrick fight/confrontation more reliably. Yawwwwnnnn…amirite?
• In the Original Story: added new Opportunities for Leah: “Causing a Ruckus”, “Guiding Light”, and “Snake in the Grass”