We really appreciate you reaching out to us and sharing this information! Actually, we weren't aware that this was something we could do and that other developers were doing it.
Thanks to your comment, our team has been dedicating time to look into this option and has confirmed that it is possible for us to do!
So, we've been working on getting builds of House Party prepared and uploaded, and we're happy to announce that the female character first look is now available for testing on Itch.io!
Once again, we're sorry for ever making you feel second rate. We care so much about our players and that wasn't ever our intention; we honestly didn't know it was possible or common practice to host testing builds on Itch.io alongside stable builds.
Thanks so much for bringing it to our attention, though, and we hope you enjoy playing!