Hello, Jesper from Catalope Games here. Here is a little sale on Skeletal Dance Party to help you hide from the sun. Enjoy the summer!
Stay comfy and safe inside and play video games!

[ 2020-06-25 18:01:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, Jesper from Catalope Games here. I hope that you are safe in these troubled times. At the time of writing this we do not have that much restrictions put in place in Sweden but that could change in the near future. To help brighten the world's mood and spread some love we put Skeletal Dance Party on sale. Even if future looks bleak it is always time to party. Stay comfy and safe inside and play video games. Jesper

[ 2020-03-23 18:00:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, Jesper from Catalope Games here. I hope that you are having a very comfy time indoor waiting for the snow to arrive. Here is a tiny update to Skeletal Dance Party adding some new Winter themed items. In additions to that the Skelepals have been busy decorating the entire dungeon. You can now find Christmas Trees with presents under them all over the place!

New features Skeletal Dance Party 1.7.3

In addition to all other items from last Winter the following items can now be found in the dungeon.

• Frost Wand - Magical wand usable by Reva that casts a bolt of ice dealing area of effect magical damage.
• Frost Staff - Magical staff usable by minions that casts a bolt of ice dealing area of effect magical damage.
• Hot Chocolate - Warm milk based drink that heals Reva and minions.

[ 2019-12-08 17:21:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, Jesper here with a quick little update. But first some news!
Here is the winner to the art competition we arranged at Sweden Game Festival! It was incredible hard to find the best skeleton and we got a whole binder full of them now! I just had to include some of the runner ups as well. Incredible awesome work! Skeletal Dance Party 1.7.2: Halloween Quickfix

• Quick fix allowing accessing Afterparty quest with a save created with a version earlier than 1.7.0

[ 2019-10-31 20:24:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, Jesper from Catalope Games here. I am really happy to finally tell you that the Afterparty update to Skeletal Dance Party is out! It took a little while longer then expected but I hope that you will find it worth the wait. Grab it during the Halloween Steam sale at -25%!

Afterparty

The Afterparty storyline takes place after the main story in Skeletal Dance Party. After defeating the Temple of Righteous Light and hosting a huge undead dance party in their former temple the foxgirl protagonist Reva faces her next challenge...

Clerie

A new evil threatens the land - the necromancer Clerie (voiced by Anairis Quiones). She is a new face in the underground, an interloper bent on taking over Revas territory with her own brand of necromancy: whereas Reva specializes in raising party-mad skeletons for minions, Clerie raises mindless, flesh-hungry zombie warriors (voiced by P.M. Seymour). Fiery, driven, unwavering, sharp. She holds an iron-clad set of traditional beliefs about how magic should be used, and the destiny of witches and wizards to rule the world; she is personally offended by Revas misuse of magic and sets out to claim Revas territory for herself. Shes determined, daring, deadly, and worst of all, she hates partying.

Afterparty New features

New missions Afterparty adds 4 new fully voiced missions talking taking place after the true ending to Skeletal Dance Party. Some big spoilers are in it so playing through the entire Skeletal Dance Party first is recommended.
New enemies Clerie has an army of powerful Zombies and even worse raised some of her own Pumpkings! The Temple of Righteous Light has also send out some of their most powerful warriors to fight the hordes of undead marching in the underground.
Churches Places blessed by the light. In these areas the forces of light hold their stance against the undead hordes. If you happen to find yourself marching into these areas you will be faced against very powerful enemies, but also the possibility of finding very powerful items.
Exploding barrels, radioactive urns and bagpipes New regulations means that the catacombs can now be used by the Temple for storing all kinds of dangerous materials. Explosive barrels, urns of magical waste products and possessed bagpipes can now be found. Be careful to not get to close to them. Best usage of them is to throw them at the enemies! I hope that you enjoy the update. Let us know in the forum if you find any bugs or issues. Kind regards on behalf of the Skeletal Dance Party team, Jesper

[ 2019-10-28 18:03:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, Jesper from Catalope Games here. I'd like to tell you what the Skeletal Dance Party team have been working on. A huge Halloween and story update!

Afterparty

The Afterparty storyline takes place after the main story in Skeletal Dance Party. After defeating the Temple of Righteous Light and hosting a huge undead dance party in their former temple the foxgirl protagonist Reva faces her next challenge...

Clerie

A new evil threatens the land - the necromancer Clerie. She is a new face in the underground, an interloper bent on taking over Revas territory with her own brand of necromancy: whereas Reva specialises in raising party-mad skeletons for minions, Clerie raises mindless, flesh-hungry zombie warriors. Fiery, driven, unwavering, sharp. She holds an iron-clad set of traditional beliefs about how magic should be used, and the destiny of witches and wizards to rule the world; she is personally offended by Revas misuse of magic and sets out to claim Revas territory for herself. Shes determined, daring, deadly, and worst of all, she hates partying.

IndieCator

In other news Skeletal Dance Party was accepted into Sweden Game Conference's IndieCator selection. That means I'll be there and showcase the game 16-19 October.
The Afterparty update will be released during October. Keep an eye on Catalope Games twitter feed or join our discord for updates!


Kind regards, Jesper

[ 2019-09-27 13:39:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, Here is a tiny patch that reworks how the puzzles works. The new telekinesis mechanic introduced in the Midsummer Update made it really hard to solve the puzzles. I changed the looks of them, making it much more easy to select which part to rotate. It also makes so you can see what statues that are rotated correctly or incorrectly by the light ray above them; red for incorrect and green for correct.

Skeletal Dance Party 1.5.11: Midsummer Hungover update

• Replaced puzzles with rotating gear towers with skeleton statues.
• Added rays above puzzle statues showcasing if statue is rotated correctly.

Let me know if you have found any other bugs in the forums! Kind regards, Jesper

[ 2019-07-03 16:14:11 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, Jesper from Catalope Games here. I hope that you have wonderful summer and will soon have vacation. So far my summer is going quite good, but has been a bit to much rain and thunder. Here is an update focusing on making the physics more fun and adding some special things for Midsummer!

Telekinesis

Reva has studied really hard and mastered the art of telekinesis! She can now now pick up several items at once. The effect is also much more pretty and contains magical stars, this makes it much more powerful somehow.

Midsummer

It is midsummer and thus Maypole can be found all over the dungeon. Grab your skeletal friends, dance around them and pretend to be tiny frogs! You can also find Swedish Viking Helmets on top of the poles, so push all of them down!

More fixes

• D-Pad rotates camera in correct horizontal direction.
• Books props have be picked up and deal damage when thrown.
• Spotlight can be picked up and deal damage when thrown.
• Eggs and baskets deal damage when thrown.
• Improved particle system performances.

If you find any more bugs let me know in the forums or any other social media, have a wonderful party!

[ 2019-06-20 21:57:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

Last week Reva and her skeleton gang visited Casual Connect in London. Sadly she did not win the large Indie Prize but she found lots of new friends over there (and turned some into Skeletons using deadly Swedish candy)! We also released a tiny patch fixing some minor issues with the Scythe weapon and cutscenes ingame.

Skeletal Dance Party 1.5.8:

• Fixed bug causing minions and enemies stand still after doing one attack with Scythe.
• Cutscenes should no longer trigger twice, causing scrambled text.

If you find any more bugs let me know in the forums or any of our other social media, have a wonderful party!


Kind regards / Jesper

[ 2019-06-08 13:18:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, Jesper here, I run Catalope Games. During the last days I visited Nordic Game and showcased Skeletal Dance Party. It was really fun and I saw lots of familiar faces, and several new ones.
One thing that made me specially happy is that several people said "Oh, so you are the one handing out those really cute stickers" upon meeting me.
Next week I'll be attending Casual Connect in London because Skeletal Dance Party is one of the finalist for the Indie Price! If you are also attending give me a poke.

[ 2019-05-25 18:32:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hippity hopp! It is Easter and that means a patch with eggs, bunnies and dancing skeletons! Time to go and steal some eggs from the Bunnymancer!
First for some awesome piece of news. Skeletal Dance Party is one of the finalists for Indie Prize 2019. That means we will be at Casual Connect in London May 28-30. If you are also there make sure to drop by and say hi to us!

Easter content

New quest: Hoppity Halls A surreal stretch of territory, these well-hidden catacombs echo with the chittering of long-eared burrowing creatures. It is said that a powerful wizard known as Bunnymancer the Bunnymancer (and Not Very Creative) dwells here, harvesting magical eggs and turning any hapless intruders into puffy-tailed, carrot-loving bunnybones! Unlocked after Gucha's optional Spook-ey Hole quest. New Reva item: Hat of the Bunnymancer A dark ritual has cursed this hat to smell like carrots. Transform a fallen corpse into a bunny skeletal pal. Bunny skeletons have increased life and a charge attack. Can be found at the end of the Hoppity Halls quest. Easter Decoration The catacombs have been filled with easter eggs.

New loot

New Reva item: Sickle Wheat's worst nemesis. New item: Party Soundtrack 7 tracks to shake your bones to. New item: Scythe Goes great with a black robe and hourglass.

Bugfixes

• Milky and kitty skeletons have correct voice.
• Milky skeletons has unique texture.
• Improved some of the rooms and spawn locations of loot.
• Fix door physics, you will not longer be damaged by running into doors.
• Fixed bug causing certain not droppable items to be dropped.
• Fixed bug causing question marks to appear in hubworld for quests already discovered.
• Update Unity to 2018.3.13f1.

I hope you enjoy the update and have a wonderful Easter!

[ 2019-04-20 10:21:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

The knights of the Temple of Light are tired of loosing the battle thus theyve opened up their armory and called in reinforcements! You will now face not only knights but also wizards and bard while exploring the dungeon. All armed with new equipment!

Enemies

Each class of enemy now has a different model. In addition each level have a different skin. This gives a total of 15 different enemies to face in the dungeon.

New items

Some old items are replaced with new items with unique models. In addition all spell books have a new unique model and their stats balanced.

• Fools Hat Really silly hat.
• Magical Pole Arm Filled with magical energy.
• Music Theory for Tone-deaf A book about how to make music. Not very good music.
• Horn Honking results in a 350 gold coins penalty.
• Magicians Hat An entire rabbit family lives inside this fancy hat.
• Red Wizard Hat Filled with magic.
• Blue Wizard Hat For some reason more strong than the Red Wizard Hat.

• Wooden Staff Powered by special effects from holy wood.
• Circlet of Infinity Contains infinite knowledge about universe and rabbits.
• Squires Helmet Made out of paper.
• Viking Helmet Smells of mead.
• Royal Knights Helmet Really fancy helmet only given to the most brave paladins.
• Crusader Helmet Helmet dedicated to smiting evil. As long as you can see out.
• Steel Shield Protects against everything except angry magnets.
• Sacred Shield Blessed by the temple of light.
• Sneaky Knife Small knife made for stabbing.
• Knights Targe When offense is more important than protection.

Misc

• Every party needs a place to dance. Thus dance floors are added to the dungeon.
• More dynamic loot system allowing high level items to spawn at maps, giving more variety.
• Add floor fences to some places in the world.
• Updated Unity to 2018.3.7f1.
• Fixed door frame collision.
• Better door collision.

I hope you enjoy the update. If you find any bugs let me know in the forum.

[ 2019-03-08 19:07:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello, I hope that you are still having a wonderful and comfy winter. I found some spare time to continue to work on Skeletal Dance Party. Thus I present Skeletal Dance Party 1.3.0: Cute Dungeon Update! It comes with new environment, jump pads, destructible walls and one of the most requested features; a minimap.

Minimap

Lost in the dungeon? You can now view the minimap using Tab, or select if playing with a gamepad.

Jump pad

Every good party needs bounce - and nothing gives more bounce than jumping pads. These nifty things can now be found in the dungeon and allows your skeletons to attack enemies from above! It also allows Reva to access some hard to reach places.

Destructible walls

Some of the walls in the dungeon are quite old and weak. Running into them will surely destroy them and reveal hidden areas!

More new things

• Added Spotlights, Large statues and small coffins props.
• Better item placement in dungeon.
• Better decorated dungeon.
• Added more props to hub world.

Fixes

• Improved Steam Gamepad support.
• Updated engine to Unity 2018.

Please let me know what you think of the new features and if you find any bugs let me know in the forums.

[ 2019-01-21 18:26:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

I hope everyone have had a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year. Reva's skelepals partied so hard that they forgot to clean up some Christmas items in the dungeon. This patch fixes that. Skeletal Dance Party 1.2.1:

• Seasonal items no longer spawns out of season.

[ 2019-01-03 18:12:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Winter is upon us and Reva's skeletal party has begun decorating the catacombs for Christmas. Take extra care to look underneath the Christmas trees while exploring, you might find something there!
We are doing a holiday themes art contest with chances to win keys to Skeletal Dance Party. To participate draw a Skeletal Dance party character or characters in a holiday-themed scene or outfit and post to either our Amino, on Twitter, on Tumblr, Facebook or Instagram and use both #HauntedHolidays and #SkeletalDanceParty tags so we can find it. Reference art for all characters can be found here, more fan art can be found in our Amino. Terms:

• All entries must be original and drawn between now and the stroke of January 1st (GMT).
• Any entries in the SDP Amino must be tagged #HauntedHolidays.
• Any entries on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or Tumblr must be tagged both #HauntedHolidays AND #SkeletalDanceParty.
• Keep it SFW.

Skeletal Dance Party 1.2.0 Changelog:

New Features

• Added Christmas decorations. - Added Morgues to levels containing fresh bodies.
• Added more variation to level generator.
• Added Christmas items for minions; Snowball, Candy Cane and Santa Hat.
• Added more skeletal jokes.

Fixes

• Fixed bug allowing secondary minions to drop items.
• Magic Shield no longer rotates with body.
• Fixed Floating Skull AI so it does not get stuck.
• Fixed some materials glowing with white color.
• Added text hint for how to drop items.
• Fixed Soul Torch attachment flame size.
• Fixed unassigned Voxels in Knight model.
• Reva walks up stairs better.

[ 2018-12-18 21:54:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Here is a new patch 1.1.4 and some news for Skeletal Dance Party. The patch is mostly fixes and adds things we have received feedback on and went "Why didn't we think of this before launch!?".

Dreamhack

Skeletal Dance Party is in the for best Action/Adventure selection at Dreamhack Winter Indie Playground! That means we'll be at Dreamhack Winter Sweden this month. If you are going to visit it be sure to pay our booth a visit.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for Skeletal Dance Party has been released standalone. You can find it on Spotify , Bandcamp and lots of other places. If you have already bought Skeletal Dance Party you can download it for free from the store where you got it from. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH6BRXAokgo

Amino

We now have a Skeletal Dance Party Amino! If you are into fan art pay it a visit! Art by Artist Kit.

Interviews

We had two Interviews about the release of Skeletal Dance Party. First one is with IGDB, the Indie Game Data Base. The not so spooky skeletonsa talk about the new game Skeletal Dance Party Second one is for Game*Spark, a Japanese game website. The interview can be found here. As the title suggests it is in Japanese. ADVSkeletal Dance Party

New features in 1.1.4

- Add Options menu to in game. - Unique models for Reva's Right, left and hats. Some of the items have been changed name and description. - Can click to finish dialoge line. - Add low poly LOD models to more enviroment models, improving performance.

Fixes in 1.1.4

- Gucha's level are not selected per default. - Reworked Zap Staff skill. - Rebalance Reva's equipment resistances. - Faster dialoge speed. - Sound when changing equipment. - Clicking Eek triggers cutscene in Eek's level. - Do not display command minions options on hovering over items when no minions are spawned. - Fixed tutorial and eek's level having multiple objectives of same kind. - Text box remains on screen between dialoge fixes, making cutscenes faster. - Seperate ones of Reva's lines in true ending into several smaller parts. - Fixes bug causing Bethany's boss battle tile to sometimes intersect other tiles in Eek's level causing lots of problems. - Magic walls no longer have huge invisible walls above them. - Remove "impossible to destroy" text on magic walls after destroying them. - Made 6 statues puzzle more clear to solve. - Fixed sound issue with Spooky Teddy. - Removed text from locked door indicating that a key might be found somewhere. - Balanced Revas Left hand spells.

[ 2018-11-20 22:05:50 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello and Happy Halloween! Here is a music themed update to Skeletal Dance Party. Skeletal Dance Party v 1.1.1 features the soundtrack, new scenario, new achievement, new skelepals, new items and lots of fixes!

Soundtrack

Get the soundtrack for Skeletal Dance Party when you buy it. Can be downloaded from Steam and found under Library -> Music tab. https://store.steampowered.com/app/972360/Skeletal_Dance_Party__Soundtrack/

Musical Mortuary

Help Sybil form a band. Unlocked after Sybil's Dumping Grounds scenarios. Features five new skeletal musicans you can bring to the hubworld. Will give achievement upon completion.
The final resting place for the Temple of Righteous Light''s most cherished musical legends; laureates, bard minstrels, and even a legendary polka player are buried somewhere here. But to a necromancer, it's the perfect place to scout for Sybil's new band!'

New items

To celebrate the soundtrack several music themed items have been added. These can be found on all scenarios in the game. In total 3 new hats, 3 new weapons and 2 new offhand items are added!

Skeletons

• 3 completely new voice sets for skeletal minions.
• Skeletons in hubworld have more puns to tell.

Bug fixes:

• Items dropped by lootify spell depends on target's level. More high leveled enemies will drop more high leveled items.
• Skeletons should be more clever with how they equip items.
• If an item is dropped by a skeleton other skeletons will not pick it up unless you ask them to. This makes it easier to customize skeletons to your liking.
• Shorten attack sound of enemy bards.
• Fix sound issue in scene 5 for Reva
• Skeletons now want to grab big milk jugs automatically.

We hope that you like the update, if you found any issues let us know in the forum. See you at the party~

[ 2018-10-29 20:22:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

Here is a patch fixing issues we noticed people had in the released version. It is mostly things related to playing with gamepads. And changing texts around. - Steam Trading cards now drops (it is not reflected in store page for some reason however). - Improved description of many items. - Fixed incorrectly placed block at Gucha's ending. - Can reconfigure controls from in game menu. - More clear on item popup is Reva can use item or if minions can use item. - Right Trigger is default key for telekinesis on gamepad and right stick is default key for commanding minions. - Puppet should not be able to equip items they can not equip. - Items used for internal purpose should no longer show up in hub world. - Correct font in options menu. - Do not show cursor in menus when using gamepad.

[ 2018-10-24 21:09:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

I am super happy to tell you that Skeletal Dance Party is now officially released!
Plot: You are a necromancer and you are hosting a dance party for your skeletons. Get it below. https://store.steampowered.com/app/599160/Skeletal_Dance_Party/ If you find any bugs or similar post a thread in the forum and I will fix it.

[ 2018-10-22 11:18:14 CET ] [ Original post ]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26gD2YafPy0 Hello skeletons I am incredible happy to share the release trailer of Skeletal Dance Party with you. The full game will be released on 22nd October this Halloween! Look forward to it! heart https://store.steampowered.com/app/599160/Skeletal_Dance_Party/

[ 2018-10-15 22:05:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Our artist is doing some more art livestream of our Succubus popstar Sybil. Watch drawstream: https://www.twitch.tv/chocomikuu We also pushed out patch 0.7.1 to the demo. It fixes the following issues.

• Added explanation of Ravestones,
• Added more light effects showcasing what skeletons to raise and where to exit the dungeon.
• Show key binds during loading screen.
• Improved tutorial cutscenes.

Test out demo on itch: https://catalopegames.itch.io/skeletal-dance-party Test out demo on Gamejolt: https://gamejolt.com/games/SkeletalDanceParty/335013 Discord: https://discord.gg/KdJ6z7r Full launch date is set to Halloween . Get hype and make sure to add to wishlist!

[ 2018-09-11 11:30:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

Our artist is doing some more art livestream of our Succubus popstar Sybil. Watch drawstream: https://www.twitch.tv/chocomikuu We are also working on a minor patch to the demo that will be out within a little while. If you want to help give it a try then let us know what you think, either here or on our Discord server. Test out demo on itch: https://catalopegames.itch.io/skeletal-dance-party Test out demo on Gamejolt: https://gamejolt.com/games/SkeletalDanceParty/335013 Discord: https://discord.gg/KdJ6z7r Full launch date is set to Halloween . Get hype and make sure to add to wishlist!

[ 2018-09-10 15:23:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

After some time of radio silence here are some nice news. First up we are doing another draw stream of Syil - a Succubus popstar. Go there and watch now! Watch drawstream: https://www.twitch.tv/chocomikuu
We have also released a tiny sneak peak demo to make sure eveything works before Halloween. If you want to help give it a try then let us know what you think, either here or on our Discord server. Test out demo: https://catalopegames.itch.io/skeletal-dance-party Discord: https://discord.gg/KdJ6z7r Full launch date is set to Halloween . Get hype and make sure to add to wishlist!

[ 2018-09-07 13:13:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Quick! Get in here - we are drawing a Rave zombie for Skeletal Dance Party! https://www.twitch.tv/chocomikuu

[ 2018-08-14 12:07:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are doing some more Skeletal Dance Party drawing! This time we are drawing a rave zombie. https://www.twitch.tv/chocomikuu

[ 2018-08-07 15:22:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are doing another draw stream for Skeletal Dance Party today. This time we are doing one for Frankie - a raving zombie. https://www.twitch.tv/chocomikuu

[ 2018-07-25 14:28:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

The cast for Skeletal Dance Party is revealed! Head over to the video below to see who will voice act in the game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nle6t9y9wA
Today we are doing yet another draw stream, this time a Rave Zombie will be created. As usual head over to our artist's twitch and watch. https://www.twitch.tv/chocomikuu

[ 2018-07-24 12:40:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Today we are continuing to draw on Eek - a very spooky boy ghost. Grab a cup of tea and join out draw stream: https://www.twitch.tv/chocomikuu

[ 2018-07-17 11:45:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Today we are drawing a very spooky boy, head over to the livestream to check out: https://www.twitch.tv/chocomikuu

[ 2018-07-12 12:34:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

Time to grab a cup of team and join another draw stream, this time it is Gucha - our foodcrazy slimegirl friend that will get some color. Watch here: https://www.twitch.tv/chocomikuu

[ 2018-07-10 12:14:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are doing yet another draw stream today, today we will draw on one of our necromancer's friends - a cute slimegirl that loves food. Watch here: https://www.twitch.tv/chocomikuu

[ 2018-07-09 11:06:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are doing another drawstream for our paladin antagonist Bethany. Join us fox maximum comfyness, chill music and supercute art on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/chocomikuu

[ 2018-07-06 11:11:48 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are doing another livestream on twitch today drawing Skeletal Dance Party characters. Today the artist will work on our paladin antagonist Bethany. Watch here: https://www.twitch.tv/chocomikuu

[ 2018-07-05 11:43:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are doing another live stream of our artists drawing Bethany - our games’ antagonist. Watch here: Twitch

[ 2018-07-04 10:36:41 CET ] [ Original post ]