[Game] The House of Derek

🧸 The House of Derek – Early Access v0.029

🛠️ Support the development of an independent NSFW macro/tiny game.
⚠️ This version is mostly a way to support me financially.

By purchasing this, you're getting early access to a work-in-progress version of the game, with experimental content, potential bugs, and major changes still to come.

✅ Your support helps me continue development more peacefully and steadily.
❌ This payment does NOT grant access to future versions, which will be released later on a separate Itch.io page.

👉 If you prefer to pay only once for the final version, you can wait until the full release.

💻 Minimum System Requirements

I'm adding this section because 2-3 players (❤️ thanks!) reported issues launching the game, often due to older Windows versions (like Windows 7) or missing dedicated graphics cards (only integrated GPUs).
To help everyone enjoy the game, here are the recommended minimum specs!

The game is built with Unreal Engine 5, but don’t worry, it’s well optimized and doesn’t use demanding features like Nanite or Lumen.
The only possibly intensive parts are real-time reflections on a glass surface and some high-poly environments, but overall performance is reasonable.

Recommended minimum specs for smooth gameplay:

• OS: Windows 10 or later

• Processor: Intel Core i5 (quad-core) or AMD equivalent

• Memory: 8 GB RAM

• Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD RX 580 or better (with at least 4 GB VRAM)

• DirectX: Version 11 or 12

• Storage: Around 1 GB of free space

⚠️ Having trouble launching the game?

If the game won’t start or crashes immediately:

• Make sure you’re running Windows 10 or later (64-bit)

• Update your graphics drivers to the latest version (NVIDIA / AMD)

• Ensure your system has a dedicated GPU (integrated graphics may not be enough)

• Try launching the game as administrator or in Windows compatibility mode if needed

If it still doesn't work, feel free to send me a message with your setup. I’ll do my best to help. 💌

🎮 Overview

In this NSFW third-person (with optional first-person view) game, you play as a tiny character exploring a small backyard area where a sleeping giant, Derek, is resting. Climb, explore, interact… but be careful not to disturb him too much. Or maybe… do?

🔥 Current Features (Early Access v0.029)

🧍 Derek the Giant

• Derek is lying on a sunbed, fully animated even while asleep.

• He can wake up depending on your actions, triggering a custom wake-up animation and a dialogue system.

• When awake, he may observe or grab you in certain situations.

🧗 Exploration & Interactions

• Small 3D backyard zone to explore at tiny scale.

• Climbing system: climb props, terrain, and even Derek’s animated body.

• Stamina system affects running and climbing.

• Contextual reactions when climbing specific parts of Derek (e.g., his foot).

Interactive zones on Derek during his sleep:

• His left foot

• His left hand

• His mouth

• His genitals

• A small quest begins: find Derek’s phone.

🎥 Camera & Gameplay

• Free camera to observe scenes and animations during interactions.

• Fatal fall: falling from too high leads to a game over. Press 9 to reload your last saved game, or 0 to restart from the beginning.

• Orb collection system (scoring only for now. Bonuses planned in future updates).

• Checkpoint-based saving system. Press 9 to load your last save.

🛠 Patch Notes – v0.036

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a rare bug where the camera would drift uncontrollably into the distance after being swallowed by Derek.
• Fixed an issue where the player would fly into the air and crash to the ground after being caught by Derek.
• Fixed orb behavior: they no longer float too high or sink below the ground over time.
• Fixed a crash when reading Derek’s text messages on his phone.

Quality of Life Improvements:

• Added a “Press F to skip” prompt for looping cutscenes during interactions.

Gameplay Balance:

• Fall damage was too punishing. This has now been adjusted:
  • Introduced a health bar.
  • Added healing orbs to recover lost health.
  • Fall damage is now scaled based on height, rather than always lethal.

📌 Important Notes

This is a solo-developed experimental NSFW indie game.
Your feedback is extremely valuable to help improve the gameplay, fix bugs, and shape upcoming content.

💬 Please join my Discord and use the game forum section to share your thoughts, ideas, bug reports, and suggestions:
👉 https://discord.gg/nJeNRPGX9W

⚠️ Elements in this version may change or be removed in future builds.
A new version with original content is already planned for release in a few months, on a new Itch.io page (also paid).

🔮 I plan to expand the garden with new areas and interactions, and rebuild Derek’s house to make at least part of it explorable. One of the new giants teased on Derek’s phone will likely appear too!

❤️ Once again: this version exists mainly to support me. If you decide to contribute, thank you so much!

💻 Technical Info

• 🖥️ Platform: Windows only for now.

• 🧩 On first launch, the game might ask you to install Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime.
  👉 Just click “Yes” to install it automatically.

• 🛡️ Some antivirus software may block the game. If this happens, try disabling the antivirus temporarily or adding the game as an exception.

• 🌍 Language: English only.

• ⏱️ Estimated playtime: around 10 to 20 minutes, or longer if you enjoy taking your time exploring and climbing all over Derek.

🧩 Stuck? Here's how to wake up Derek and start the phone quest (⚠️ Spoilers below!)

I highly recommend exploring freely first and discovering things on your own.
But if you're stuck and want a bit of guidance, here's how to trigger the phone quest:

At the very beginning, you start on a garden table. To avoid dying from fall damage, jump onto the chair nearby, then leap towards the table leg to grab onto it and safely descend into the grass.

From there, you can reach Derek by climbing the base of the sunbed. He’s lying down and asleep.
Currently, there are two ways to wake him up:

• Climbing on his left foot

• Or resting in the palm of his hand

If you climb his left foot, Derek will wake up and raise his legs. You can then either:

• Drop gently on the sunbed around his heel to avoid fall damage,

• Or jump from his knee toward his torso.

When you move to the far end of the sunbed (opposite side of Derek), he will try to grab you. Let him do so, this will trigger a dialogue scene.
Alternatively, if you rested in his hand, the dialogue will happen right away.

After the conversation, your objective is to retrieve his phone on the garden table.

You can go back by climbing down Derek’s leg or carefully using the sunbed (press 3 to move close to edges for climbing).

Follow the orbs leading to a chair leg you can climb to reach the table.

Once there, you’ll find the phone nearby. You can either try to bring it back to him...
Or snoop through Derek’s personal messages. 👀

That’s where this Early Access demo ends.

Trailer :

X : https://x.com/Chibi_Petiman/status/1940107214162702582

Thisvid : https://thisvid.com/videos/the-house-of-derek-nsfw-macro-tiny-game/