I've been to a lot of parties. It's still akward a lot for me because i still havent developed a lot of confidence. I try to talk too the people I know and introduce myself to people I don't know. Playing drinking games is pretty fun and it's easy because the focus isn't on you. Like, asking someone to play beer pong can be a good way to gret to know someone too. Honeslty, you can really do whatever you want at a party. But yeah, here are some things I keep in mind. If you talk to someone, don't answer any questions with yes or no answers. Try to make your responses more detailed and interesting. Look at them when you talk to them. Talk in a confident voice. Don't be too serious about what you're doing. And if the conversation goes bad, know that not every conversation for the rest of the night will be bad and almost everyone has bad conversations sometimes. For different reasons, a lot of people are socially receptive, not proactive. They won't talk to you unelss you talk to them first. It'll get easier the more you go to, unless you're just naturally good at socializing. Also, always have a comfort zone that you can go to if you start to feel bad while you're there. I wish I wasn't so depressed, I think I could do better talking if I wasn't. Sorry for the rambling.