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Scarlet Hollow: new indie game out now!
🕑 Added 2020-09-26 15:23:10 +0000 UTCPhew, I can FINALLY talk about what I've been working on all these months. My spouse and I founded a game studio, and the first episode of our first game was released for FREE on Steam and itchio yesterday!
Scarlet Hollow is a horror visual novel and adventure game where your choices deeply matter. Hand-drawn backgrounds and sprites work together with a complex relationship system to bring to life an immersive world of charming (and terrifying) characters. Who lives, who dies, and the fate of an entire town rests on your shoulders. Return to the town your mother tried to protect you from and unravel a mystery that spans generations in... Scarlet Hollow.
So that's why I've been drawing all those elaborate backgrounds lately, and why I haven't been able to post much more than that.
This is the first of seven episodes, and we'll be launching a Kickstarter next week to help fun the next few years of development. You can follow the Kickstarter's landing page to make sure you're updated as soon as it goes live so's you can hop on limited or time-sensitive tiers :O
I think that's it for now! Now I'm gonna go take a nap, as I am very tired in my bones. Thank you all so, so much for supporting me here. This wouldn't have been possible without you, and I appreciate it more than words can say.
-Abby
Comments
Kurt Refling
Abby, this is rad as h e l l. Congrats to both you and Toby; Chapter 1 is extremely cool, visually and narratively. Best of luck on your KS launch in October, and with the rest of the development process.
Robynne Blume
I downloaded yesterday from itchio, so if a patch went out today my version would still have the error. I'll re-download and see if any problems pop up again. :)
Abby Howard
Oh dear! There should have been a patch that went out today to fix that-- when did you download it, and which platform did you download from? (Also, thank you for playing!!)
Robynne Blume
I'm loving the game! I don't know if you're collecting info on bugs right now, but I just ran into "An exception has occurred" after choosing the "Why are you being such a jerk to me?" dialog option while talking to Tabitha in the foyer. I have the text from the error copied if there's a place you want me to send it.
Brittany B.
Wow!! This is so exciting! Congrats on founding a game studio, that's so fantastic! I can't wait to play the game and I'll definitely be there for the Kickstarter 😁💕🎃
Alistair Richelieu
Downloaded and started playing - it's fantastic!
Downloaded it, started it, loving it! Being able to dive into this atmosphere - it's just fantastic! Thank you Abby!
Omg! Just watched the trailer and immediately downloaded! It's beautiful! Can't wait to play!
