History VideoGame / Afterparty

* AntiClimax: Finding out how Lola and Milo died is a big mystery ... a mystery with the conclusion of [[spoiler:it was your average "Run over by a drunk" situation.]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: It's established early and repeatedly that you can end up in hell for everything from being a mass murderer to repeatedly misusing the express lane at the grocery store.

* BittersweetEnding: Both endings are this. [[spoiler:The Enabler ending does see Milo and Lola returned to Earth alive, but Lucifer is still stuck with his alcohol addiction. However, the Intervention ending falls a little bit more on the sweet side, as Lucifer realizes his drinking habit is destroying him, and while Milo and Lola are stuck in Hell forever, a time skip shows that Lola became Hell's first non-demon lawyer and is helping Apollyon take the first steps towards making Hell less of a terrible place.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Throwing the drinking contest means Milo and Lola are stuck in Hell. But doing so gets Satan to realize his drinking has become a big issue.]]

** You can get an achievement by having Milo and Lola slip hellcohol at least 400 times in one playthrough.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Wormhorn the Personal Demon, who's ''supposed'' to shadow Milo and Lola around to BreakThemByTalking... except (A) she's new, and (B) can't keep character to save her life, coming off as a GenkiGirl who really wants to impress her two new friends-er, victims.

* MeaningfulName: The title "Afterparty" can refer to "a party held after an event, especially a concert or another party", or as a combination of "afterlife" and "party", since much of the game is set in hell during Milo and Lola's afterlives.

* ProsceniumReveal: As soon as Lola concludes her pep talk with Milo, lighting strikes, everything goes dark and a couple of demons emerge. After they cheerfully tell them they are both dead and in hell, all of the "party" house walls are revealed to be cardboard props and fall aside.

** Satan's office has a painting of the golden fiddle from "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."

** One random Bicker post has someone realizing that the reason they're in Hell is because [[https://twitter.com/canyoupetthedog they had the gall to include a dog in the video game they made and not let you pet it.]] (For the record, you ''can'' pet Satan's dog in this game, and you get an achievement for doing so.)

** Courts in Hell are sponsored in part by "cupidity, racial fanaticism," and, "an unquenchable hunger for political power."

* VideoGameCaringPotential: Just because Milo and Lola are in Hell doesn't mean they can't go out of the way to do nice things. Optional acts of kindness include

* WeAreAsMayflies: Quite literally in the case of Personal Demons like Wormhorn, who only live for 24 hours before going poof.
* YankTheDogsChain: Wormhorn spends all game trying (And failing) to get inside Milo and Lola's heads. [[spoiler:She finally succeeds near the game's end... and is promptly kicked out of the party by Satan for being a) a lesser demon and b) nearing the end of her life-cycle.]]

''Afterparty'' is a 2019 supernatural indie game by [[VideoGame/{{Oxenfree}} Night School Studio]], available on UsefulNotes/PS4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and PC through the UsefulNotes/EpicGamesStore. It was released on Steam on October 22, 2020.

* CoolLoser: The Devil is a cool guy upon first look, with a killer pad, boss fashion sense and the voice of Creator/DaveFennoy. He's also a drunken mess slowly driving Hell into the dirt, and turns out to not have many actual friends.

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*** [[spoiler:Find a replacement band and win a dance-off against Valac to free Lynda Landon for the evening.]]

** You can do other, more minor deals with other demons, such as

* INeedAFreakingDrink:
** The demons are stated to be {{punch clock villain}}s who don't always enjoy their jobs torturing humans. Which is why they drink outside of work. And why Satan made Hellcohol free in Hell.

* {{Hell}}: Where our heroes are in.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: The game

** You can play Milo and Lola this way.

* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Downplayed. Milo's given name Sang Bong is brought up a few times in game, and Wormhorn even [[DiscussedTrope taunts]] him for the other Western nicknames he gave himself before he settled on Milo.

''Afterparty'' is a 2019 supernatural indie game by [[VideoGame/{{Oxenfree}} Night School Studio]], available on UsefulNotes/PS4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and PC through the Creator/EpicGames Store. It was released on Steam on October 22, 2020.

* Satan's office has a painting of the golden fiddle from "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."

* BittersweetEnding: Both endings are this. [[spoiler:The Enabler ending does see Milo and Lola returned to Earth alive, but Lucifer is still stuck with his alcohol addiction. However, the Intervention ending does make Lucifer realize his drinking habit is destroying him, but Milo and Lola are stuck in Hell.]]

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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z65oFzGEyQE Trailer]]


Now has a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/Afterparty character page]].

''Afterparty'' is a 2019 supernatural indie game by [[VideoGame/{{Oxenfree}} Night School Studio]], available on UsefulNotes/PS4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and PC through the Creator/EpicGames Store.

* CoolLoser: The Devil is a cool guy upon first look. With a killer pad, boss fashion sense and the voice of Creator/DaveFennoy. He's also a drunken mess slowly driving Hell into the dirt, and turns out to not have many actual friends.

* AlienGeometries: Hell indulges in some of this, particularly when Milo and Lola first meet Satan and follow him up a wall and into a private room that can only be accessed by walking on the ceilig.

* NoodleIncident: A possible conversation during the opening sequence has Milo walking up to a pair of unnamed "movie guys" and bringing up that they had apparently taken the same Advanced Frisbee class. Movie Guy 1 then remembers him as "the guy who had his wisdom teeth removed and threw up all over the admissions director." Lola swiftly cuts off the conversation with "[[BlatantLies have a great summer!]]".