House Party Reworked Romance Scenes Exclusive Preview
Hey guys!
We've been hush about this until today, but we've been listening to your feedback regarding the romance scenes in House Party, and we agree, they could really use an upgrade. We have also been listening to all of the requests for a third person camera view.
We've been thinking long and hard (no pun intended) about how to approach it, and we're proud to present to you our proof of concept, and the first of many cutscenes that will start appearing in the House Party game! Props to our art department who knocked this one out of the park!
This isn't the final result either. We have a few more surprises and polish before we call these scenes done, but as you can see, it is already looking and feeling great!
Another really cool aspect is that these scenes are not just movies we are adding to the game. They happen in real-time, and the game is still running around it, giving us the ability to still deliver all of the dynamic moments of House Party. Dialogues, background chatters, NPC reactions, and much more all still happen during these moments!
Not only that, but we have a new Alpha version of the game right around the corner in the coming weeks, and you will actually be able to see this scene and a possibly a few more in action for the first time, as we start sprinkling them into the game updates.
The old system isn't going anywhere, so you will still get to enjoy POV scenes, but most of the major content storyline "endings" are going to get replaced with a customized scene like this, and we will also be adding many other scenes that will be compatible with all the House Party characters, and also be fully customizable in the CSC!
We also have exciting plans for Vickie Vixen's epic ending, and will be heavily utilizing this new system for it. Subscribe to our Alpha level to get a sneak peek of this and a few other surprises as we make our way out of Early Access this year. Stay tuned!
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Sounds pretty good. You are quite intriguing about the new system. Keep your great work up!
How is getting busy with Ashley working currently? Can you do it with her in the bedroom now?
Although this cutscene is with Amy, it can be run with any of the House Party characters. It is all procedurally generated at runtime. So yeah, you could totally sub Ashley in for this in the CSC, but Ashley will be getting her own custom tailored scene as well.
I love some of the re-textures. But I do wonder why does it seems like the while back pelvic areas aren't textured to the same standard as the rest of the models?
We are looking into ways of dealing with it. It's a result of the texture's normal maps getting stretched out because of the position the character is in. As I mentioned in the post, we will be polishing this system up as best we can before release!
Feels more romantic.
Works for me
Cutscenes? Really? Is it so hard to peogram a free 3rd person camera?
Yes. This is not a third person game, and was never intended to be. The regression of doing what you say would scope the entire game and we would have to re-think most of our game mechanics. It's not as simple as just adding a third person camera and letting the player do whatever they want. The game's presentation and first-person perspective is not only the intended vision of the game, but also helps to set up the scene for the game-play in many cases. We would essentially have to re-write the entire game and the way its content is delivered to facilitate it. If it was as easy as adding the option and it didn't affect the game-play in any way, we would. But first person has been our vision from the start, and these scenes are a way to deliver something players have been asking for. These cutscenes also happen in real-time, and are not just movies, and we have not fully decided the extent of player interaction during them. We think you will be happy with the end result.