What is Party of Sin?

Party of Sin is a coopetitive puzzle-platformer for 1-4 players to be released on PC. Each player will inhabit one of the Seven Deadly Sins, Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Pride, Sloth, or Wrath, and will try to fight/puzzle their way out of hell and into heaven. For more information, check out the About page.

Who is developing Party of Sin?

Party of Sin is an independent game developed by independent people. Daniel Menard, the project lead, developed the award-winning Half-Life 2 mod Eternal Silence. The rest of the team consists of Eternal Silence artists Daniel Williams and Tobias Frank. New to the team are artist Liz Hollerman, gameplay programmer Vincent Hippoman, and Public Relations  chum Alfred Goodrich. A full list can be found on our Contact page.

How can I contribute?

Our Kickstarter page is the best place to contribute; you can pre-order the game and get a free wallpaper + a mention in the game’s credit roll. For an extra $10 we’ll throw in the game’s digital soundtrack with all world music and  Sins’ theme-song. We really need this funding. We would use it to show the game to fans at conferences, purchase development tools, and compensate our dev team which has been working voluntarily for the past 3 years.

We host public forums where we invite everyone to discuss the game. We host democratic polls and discussion regarding development issues such as Envy’s Super Power, which we haven’t decided on yet.

What are the Seven Deadly Sins?

In religious mythology, there are seven deadly sins:

1. Envy -”You shall not covet your neighbour’s house; you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
2. Gluttony -”You shall not eat too soon, eat too expensively, eat too much, eat too eagerly, eat too daintily or eat widely”
3. Greed -”You shall not pursue wealth, status or power in excess”
4. Lust -”You shall not commit adultery or become self-indulgent in character”
5. Pride -”You shall not desire to be more important than others, more attractive than others, fail to acknowledge other’s successes or be in excessive love for thyself”
6. Sloth -”You shall not fail to utilize your talents and gifts”
7. Wrath -”You shall not have uncontrolled feelings of hatred or anger”

The Seven Deadly Sins are believed to destroy the life of grace and lead to eternal damnation. In Party of Sin, we allow you to do so comfortably from your sofa.

Where can I download Party of Sin?

Party of Sin will be released on PC via digital download. Originally we planned to release on Xbox Live as well, but several limitations prevented us from doing so. Primarily, they require a low game file size that would require us to spend critical development hours optimizing the game and reducing its size instead of making it more fun. Secondly, the game is currently built in XNA, which has a heavy performance cost on the Xbox. However, if we get sufficient funding on our Kickstarter page, we will consider tackling this obstacle after the game is released on PC. This will probably involve porting the game to C++.

Is Party of Sin free?

The game will be sold online, so no, it won’t be free. Developers need to eat too! You can expect Party of Sin to sell for a very reasonable price. More details to come.

When is Party of Sin coming out?

Party of Sin will be available some time in 2012.

Will there be multiplayer?

Yes and no. Party of Sin will not feature any online multiplayer. However, Party of Sin can be played cooperatively with up to four players. Get some friends together, bust open some beers (if you’re legal) and start kicking some angel ass.

Why no online multiplayer?

We don’t feel the game mechanics of Party of Sin lend themselves well to online multiplayer. Griefing is somewhat part of Party of Sin, and griefing in real life can be really funny (since you’re with people you know). Griefing online can be a real pain though, because people get stupid when they’re anonymous.

If you have more questions, please feel free to contact us via our Contact page.