Sackbird Studios announces school multiplayer party game Hijinks High for consoles, PC
Schoolyard mischief, pranks, and mayhem.
Sackbird Studios, founded by former leads and key contributors from The Elder Scrolls Online development team following the cancelation of Project Blackbird, has announced Hijinks High, a multiplayer party game about “causing chaos and turning a school upside down with your friends.” It will be available for unspecified consoles and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. A release date was not announced.
“My job is to make sure this team gets to keep making exactly what they want to make,” said Sackbird Studios CEO Adam Hafez in a press release. “Hijinks High has the kind of personality you only get from people making something purely because they love it. This is just the beginning, and we’re in it for the long haul.”
Here is an overview of the game, via Sackbird Studios:
About
Hijinks High plays out over a single school day, but don’t expect a normal schedule. Every period is its own kind of organized chaos, and behaving is never on the lesson plan.
The whole school is your playground, and nothing in it is safe from you. It’s you and your friends against the school, out to cause as much chaos as possible. Grab it, place it, hurl it. Lockers, dodgeballs, jetpacks. If it isn’t nailed down, it’s part of your arsenal. And that’s before your own bodily functions join the fun! You’re all on the same side, technically, which is exactly what makes turning on each other so tempting. The only rule that matters is the one you’re breaking: cause maximum chaos, and don’t let the teachers catch you doing it.
Of course, staying conscious is its own event. Crush pizza, slam sodas, chug milk, and inhale every questionable snack you can find to stack up buffs and keep your energy from bottoming out. But your body keeps the receipts. Overdo it and you’re fighting a screaming bladder, rolling nausea, and a very real chance of passing out cold before the day’s even half over.
Then the bell rings, and there’s only one way out: the bus. Grab your friends, make a run for it, and try to get home in one piece.
Key Features
- Online Multiplayer Mayhem – Grab up to five friends and transform an ordinary school day into a playground of chaos.
- The School Is Your Sandbox – Explore a fully interactive school packed with objects, gadgets, and opportunities for mischief around every corner.
- Fuel Your Shenanigans – Eat, drink, and power up with a range of food and beverages that provide gameplay buffs while introducing unpredictable side effects.
- Survive the Day – Manage your energy, stomach, bladder, and overall wellbeing as you attempt to make it to the final bell in one piece.
- Pranks, Props, and Pandemonium – Pick up, throw, move, and experiment with countless objects throughout the school. From lockers and lunch trays to dodgeballs and jetpacks, every prop has the potential to create unforgettable chaos.
- Endless Emergent Chaos – Combine physics, player creativity, and environmental interactions to ensure every match tells its own story.
Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.