#tpik

[thispartyiskiller]

This Party Is Killer DEMO on itch.io!

You, Ripley, have been worked to the bone in an effort to stay on the straight and narrow. Cooking, plating, rinsing, repeating. On your one day off, you decide to take your partner Iris and their camera to a planning party for your friend Erik’s future thesis film. But the footage Erik wants to capture is more than you or Iris bargained for.

CHECK THE VISUAL NOVEL OUT HERE

Still waiting on the reviewing process for the steam release but you can get the DEMO early on itch!

The demo contains over 80+ illustrations of hand drawn key art, point & click environments, and an original soundtrack. Solo developed over 5 months, this is the first game I have ever released.

I would love love love LOVE to hear any of your thoughts/opinions/feedback and hope you enjoy the party...

🔪FULL GAME STEAM PAGE -- 🔪DISCORD -- 🔪BLUESKY

[sweettoothtiger]

Concept art for my project, TPIK

(First image; Ripley & Iris)

(Second image; Erik, Lyndsey, Cleo, & Sean)

RIPLEY has been worked to the bone at a restaurant in a effort to stay on the straight and narrow. Cooking, sweating, rinsing, repeating. On his one day off, he decides to take his partner IRIS’s camera to a planning party for his friend ERIK’s future THESIS FILM. But the footage ERIK wants to capture is more than RIPLEY or IRIS bargained for. It's a narrative with queer love/characters, splatter-shot gore, and a cycle of violence that just keeps spinning.

It's going to have an original sound-track (already completed thank god) and multiple endings and I'm so so so EXCITED for it!! ;v; If anyone wants to talk about it or share I'd be more than appreciative

[thispartyiskiller]

Repeating This Party Is Killer pattern for your using pleasure... Needed something for the itch.io and steam pages :)

[thispartyiskiller]

New video trailer for the This Party Is Killer DEMO ! It's a horror visual novel with a queer cast I've been solo deving since October!

You can wishlist it now on STEAM or join the DISCORD to learn more

[thispartyiskiller]

New UPDATE for TPIK's Demo available!

Bug fixes, UI changes, and minor features added-- Available both on ITCH.IO and Steam

Patch Notes and devlog below the cut!

Hey everyone, I know it's been a long-ish time since my initial upload. I added some additional features and bug fixes since and finally got around to polishing them. These include:

A button to hide the UI so you can see the key art in its entirety

Better back and skip functionality

A new textbox background

New font for buttons and other UI

Minor bug fixes that, due to the long timespan, I cannot recall :(

If you have any issues due to or despite the update, please please please let me know and I will add them to my "To-Be-Fixed" list. I am still working on getting this project to its full release.

SPEAKING OF full release:

Multiple endings have been chosen and scripted (3 total so far)

All but one scene (that I am aware of/have planned) still requires scripting

Much of the music has been drafted-- though it will still need to be refined and reviewed

Demo's UI update was part of polishing for the full release

I have had my hands full with many other projects as well as burnout since the release of this demo, if I'm quite honest, so it has been slow going. However I am looking forward to turning my attention back to TPIK more frequently and invite you to experience all that there is currently, until I can show you more. Thank you everyone for the support and if you have any questions please feel free to reach out.

[thispartyiskiller]

DEV-LOG 1 (Posted to TPIK Discord 10/23/2024)

First dev-log update for TPIK!! I've been working on putting this demo together and planning it since late September so this will be my first public project and FASTEST turnaround project I've worked on. I am hoping to get the demo done by the 31st of October but we will see-- it really shouldn't take me much longer than that if I stick to my schedule.

Currently there's over 65+ illustrations, all of which are currently sketched out at the least with 5 interactable environments to explore throughout the demo. All of the backgrounds are watercolor too which I think is neat

There's also 18 songs on the soundtrack so far, all made from scratch but hopefully appropriate for the sections they play in… I've only had the game playtested so far by 2 people, waiting on the 3rd so that I can discuss the pacing/content/and sound design (if you're interested in seeing anything early just let me know ^_^) The trailer is also almost done, just waiting on finishing a few more pieces of key art to add in before it gets released, which is cool imo B)

Other than illustrating though there isn't much left that needs to be done. I just need to implement the gore censorship toggle (which might get delayed depending on how long everything takes me) and finish the save/load system that I'm about halfway done with and then it will just be a matter of plugging in all the art to their appropriate placeholder spots. Yayayayayay!

Hardest thing about this project is going to be marketing and getting the word out for sure, so if you know anyone who likes classic horror movies or visual novels consider sharing this game with them so they can enjoy it! I'm trying my best to spread the word as more content gets done but can use any help I can get!!

[sweettoothtiger]

Made a separate official blog for the TPIK project to post updates on. You can find it at @thispartyiskiller! :)

[thispartyiskiller]

Concept art for TPIK

(First image; Ripley & Iris)

(Second image; Erik, Lyndsey, Cleo, & Sean)

RIPLEY has been worked to the bone at a restaurant in a effort to stay on the straight and narrow. Cooking, sweating, rinsing, repeating. On his one day off, he decides to take his partner IRIS’s camera to a planning party for his friend ERIK’s future THESIS FILM. But the footage ERIK wants to capture is more than RIPLEY or IRIS bargained for. It's a narrative with queer love/characters, splatter-shot gore, and a cycle of violence that just keeps spinning.

Demo planned to be available on Halloween/November 1st