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LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT! It is perfect, love the characters, the graphics, the audio, sounds, music... And I love the chosing of traits at the beginning, you can play the game over and over with so many different options!! AMAZING JOB!!! ♥♥

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQtdyDRwgZI&t=3s&ab_channel=MolpethefirstSiren

I just finished the first episode and the game is really amazing so far, i'm definitely looking forward for the whole game

Amazing, Beautiful game. Ive been trying to fill the void that this game has left behind. The art is quite honestly my favorite part all hand drawn, beautiful.

I have been playing for like 40 minues and i love the story and the style amazing work

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Scarlet Hollow is a choice-driven horror adventure game and visual novel brought to life by critically acclaimed graphic novelist Abby Howard (The Last Halloween, The Crossroads at Midnight, Junior Scientist Power Hour, and others.)

Visiting the dying Appalachian coal town of Scarlet Hollow for the funeral of your long-lost aunt, you soon find yourself embroiled in a generations-long mystery that threatens an entire town. Who lives, who dies, and how the story ends is in your hands.

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Features

  • A heavily branching narrative where your choices matter. The relationships you forge and the decisions you make will dramatically alter your journey. 

  • Good jokes and good spooks.

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  • A complex relationship system that changes how characters act around you. Character's don't just like or dislike you. Become friendly rivals, bitter adversaries, best friends, or mild acquaintances based on how you approach the story.

  • Trait-based dialogue and role-playing. Scarlet Hollow's dialogue system is driven by role-playing elements that let you choose who you want to be. Are you quiet and observant? Hot and clueless? Over a dozen different character builds change how you interact with the world and how your story unfolds.

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  • Original monster designs. Every monster and supernatural being in the game is an original Abby Howard design— you won't find any predictable vampires or zombies here.

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  • Five romance options. Whether you're into goths, dads, plant-lovers, YouTubers, or skeletal boys, we've got all your bases covered.

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  • Dozens of meticulously hand-drawn and traditionally inked backgrounds. Every background in the game is meticulously drawn by hand and inked on massive 19x24 inch paper.

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  • Hundreds of hand-drawn, immersive sprites. Each major character has dozens to hundreds of hand-drawn sprites that interact with backgrounds and capture a full range of lighting and emotion.

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What people are saying

Scarlet Hollow is the horror visual novel I've been waiting for. The artwork is gorgeous and meticulously spooky, and I wish I could go Bigfoot hunting with these characters in real life. The rest of this game can't come soon enough.

--Trevor Henderson, horror artist and creator of Sirenhead (among others)

Scarlet Hollow is a chilling tale lifted by good jokes - PC Gamer

Twin Peaks Meets Gravity Falls and Life is Strange - PCGamesN

Tim Burton Meets Gravity Falls Meets Silent Hill - DreadXP

“A lovely slow burn of a horror tale that takes some unexpected turns.” - The Escapist

#horror #adventure #rpg #visualnovel #chooseyourownadventure #choicesmatter



mature
Intense Realistic Violence
Blood and Gore
Alcohol Reference
Mild Language
Crass Humor

New devlog looking at how we designed a dynamic relationship system for our indie horror game

https://blacktabbygames.medium.com/creating-a-dynamic-relationsh…

Work in progress on the first new background in Episode 2

New blog post about how we designed our trait system that also takes a dive into some user data.
https://blacktabbygames.medium.com/designing-scarlet-hollows-tra…

Talk to Animals Update Hotfix Notes:

• Fixed some minor bugs during phone call with Tabitha at the end of Stella's path.

Talk to Animals Patch Notes:

• Talk to Animals added as a seventh character trait
• New art assets
• Book Smart rewritten to be less pretentious and more fun
• Added conversations and character moments
• Secret Easter Egg added to the woods

Big update dropping next week:

• Talk to Animals added as a selectable trait at character creation

• Book Smart trait re-written to be less of a dick
• New art for exploration sections
• Achievements and cloud-saving added to Steam version

Vote for Scarlet Hollow in the AT&T Unlocked Awards! If we win the gamer's choice award, it comes with a big enough grant for us to hit our Kickstarter's very good Talk to Animals stretch goal!

attunlockedgames.com/vote

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Yo!!! Scarlet Hollow is a finalist in the A&TT Unlocked Games showcase! I'll be presenting the game Dec 2nd on the http://twitch.tv/eleague livestream with other women in gamedev~ Tune in and vote for us for gamer's choice after the stream!

Meet the cast of Scarlet Hollow: Gretchen

It's the last day to back Scarlet Hollow on Kickstarter to get a discounted key for the full game and exclusive merch! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1203079854/scarlet-hollow