Scarlet Hollow News

Small patch:

Biggest change is adding some range to Kaneeka's reactions to you calling Tabitha in Episode 2 based on your relationship values with her.

Assorted tiny fixes.

When we originally redesigned Stella between Episode 1 and Episode 2, there were a couple of sprites in Episode 1 we'd never gotten around to replacing (notably when she calls the police in certain paths) Those sprites have finally been replaced w/ new ones that more accurately reflect her final design.

We've also included a handful of small bug and typo fixes.

Hi everyone!

Did hardcore mode get you down? Do you really, more than anything else in the world, just want to go to beach with your favorite scarlet hollow pals?

That might be easier said than done, but did you know that right now, you can bring the beach with you to your very own wall in your very own room? We're doing a mini-crowdfund for an AU scarlet hollow poster, and the first 100 backers get a free bonus sticker sheet. The crowdfund ends on April 21st, so get yours while you have the chance!



We're going to be doing a new thing where we post monthly AU posters like this for the "first look" tier on our patreon, and folks at that tier will also be able to download 4k HD wallpapers of these posters (and a lot of other scarlet hollow and slay the princess art as well!) In fact, the patrons-only early preview of that second poster is already live!

As always, thank you so much for your continued support — we can't wait 'till we can share the next piece of Scarlet Hollow with you!

Best,
Tony and Abby

The monkey’s paw curls!


For years you've asked us to give you a third trait in Scarlet Hollow, and today that wish is granted, though at a heavy price.


Introducing HARDCORE MODE.

Normally, each trait in Scarlet Hollow allows you to bypass a game and character altering sacrifice. In HARDCORE MODE, while you have three traits, you'll be unable to use any of them in these end-of-episode scenarios, allowing you to explore more dialogue, but without making the game too chipper!

So please, enjoy your new dialogue options, but know the suffering your hubris brings.


To unlock HARDCORE MODE, just finish the first four Episodes of the game. If you've already finished Episode 4, loading a save at the ending screen and clicking through to the credits will also unlock HARDCORE MODE. Once it's unlocked, there'll be an option to start a new HARDCORE run from the main menu.

Also, in case you were wondering, yes, there are new achievements for hardcore mode, so all of you completionists out there are going to have to run the misery gauntlet.



Enjoy at your own peril,
Tony and Abby

p.s. I know what you're thinking — "Is this an elaborate April Fool's joke?" And the answer is yes, but only in that we went ahead and actually made this patch.

Hi everyone!

Wanted to share a couple of quick updates.

Slay the Princess was accepted into the PAX Rising showcase, which is a special spot on the show floor for exciting new indie games — we've been demoing it there since Thursday, and will also be there today and tomorrow, so if you're headed to PAX, please come say hi!

As part of the showcase, we put together a vastly expanded the Slay the Princess demo, adding entirely new chapter 2 branches, tons of art, and hundreds of lines of brand spanking new VA from Nichole Goodnight and Jonathan Sims. While you can play this demo at PAX, you can also play it on Steam right now! All-in-all, there's about 2.5-3 hours of content total!

Look how popping this booth is!

On top of progress with Slay the Princess, we continue to be hard at work on Episode 5 of Scarlet Hollow — we're still plugging away at the script right now (Episode 5 is going to be our biggest yet by a wide margin [how surprising!]), but in the meantime, we've been cooking up a brand new game mode that'll give you an entirely new way to play the game. Keep your eyes peeled for an update at the beginning of next month!

If you want early access to this new mode (and want an early reveal) that build is available to the alpha tester tier on our Patreon right now!

As always, thank you so much for your continued patience and support! Running a two-person studio building these kinds of projects is incredibly challenging work, and all of you are the reason we're able to remain independent and free to make our games the way we've envisioned them.

~Tony and Abby