Scarlet Hollow News

Hey everyone!

Sorry there was a bit of a gap before these fixes went out, it's been a really busy month!

Fixes include:

- Typos
- Avery disappearing for a single frame near the end of episode 3
- A few instances of broken game logic, including for runs where you see Isaacs (missing flag for your post Isaacs hangout choice leading to some weird interactions with Tabitha) and a line of questioning shunting players on a "leave" path at the end of episode 3 to a dialogue tree for the book smart path. The latter should have no impact on your save, though the issue with Isaacs might have minor cascading impacts on the rest of that run. Our deepest apologies for missing that until now! Hopefully, the fact that it took so long to catch this bug means that its long-term issues are minimal.

What's next?

We're hard at work on Episode 4 - the script is somewhere around halfway done, though it's always hard to estimate these things when you're in the middle of it.

We're also working on a content patch for the first three episodes that we're hoping to have out some time in June that'll add some of the following:

• More flirting options, both for the hot trait and for non hot players.
  
• Fleshing out some dialogue menus that feel like they could use more varied responses.
  
• Even more trait specific dialogue, as well as some added trait-specific narration.
  
• Updating some old art assets to be more consistent with the rest of the game.
  

Thanks so much for your continued support! And if you'd like to chat with other fans and theorize on what's to come, don't forget to join the Discord!

Assorted fixes for bugs that have been caught over the past couple of weeks - sorry this one took a bit, taxes + GDC needed all of my attention for a bit!

High level:

Fixed some typos/missing punctuation.
Removed some inconsistencies present in rare decision combinations.
Updated Tabitha's default left hand sprites to reflect the update to her default right hand sprites.

Thank you all so much for the overwhelming mass of fan art submissions! As our special way of saying thanks, we'll be doing a full, live, marathon playthrough of the first three episodes of Scarlet Hollow on Saturday, 4/16.



We'll be simulcasting to our Twitch, our YouTube, and our store page here on Steam (where it looks live we've finally fixed our streaming issues!) Twitch is usually where we see the most activity, so if you want to be in the biggest chat, that's probably the best one to check out!

Follow us on Twitch to get that extra notification when we go live!

And if you want the best access to Scarlet Hollow related news and events, our Discord and Twitter are great ways to plug into the community.

Hey folks! Quite a few exciting things in the works lately — we're so happy to finally share them here:

1. Hidden relationship values removed in favor of a visible + hearts - hearts system.
   
2. Tabitha added as a romance option.
   
3. You can now select five traits at character creation. To balance this out, we've also increased our trait pool by adding another FIVE, which all have secret conditions to unlock. Will you master the Kamehameha wave? Or maybe you'll wear a fursuit to your aunt's funeral. The possibilities are endless.
   
4. New minigames! Whenever Wayne shows up, the game switches from visual novel mode to Hyper Realism First Person mode — you'll have to find a good hiding spot before he gets ya!
   
5. Added 253
6. bad* endings! Better be careful about what choices you make, because some of them are bad and they'll make you start the whole game over!
   
7. You've asked for voice acting, and we've heard you! Added Ditchy the Ditchling as a new talking companion. Enjoy over 5,000 lines of fully voiced commentary.
   
8. Added a new story branch, where you sit in the estate and do nothing all week.
   
9. Added a difficulty slider at character creation to determine how mean Tabitha is to you. Do you want the nicest cousin in the world, or, do you want her to be even MEANER? It is up to you.
   

Hey everyone!

Popping in with a quick update on how the Fan Art competition is going — we've already smashed through our second goal! We've been absolutely blown away by the response, and have loved all of the art, memes, music, and fanfic we've been seeing! If you want to make sure you're seeing all of the best Scarlet Hollow fan content, make sure you're:

• Following us on Twitter
  
• A member of our Discord
• Subscribed to /r/scarlethollow

To celebrate hitting our 25 entry goal, we'll be doing an art request livestream this Thursday at 5pm Eastern on our twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/black_tabby_games

We'll also be simulcasting to Steam (and maybe youtube!) if that's easier for you, but the bulk of our chat is probably going to be on Twitch, so if you've gotta pick one, that's probably the place to be.

We'll be taking art requests for:

1. Monsters, ghosts, and ghouls!
   
2. Anything Scarlet Hollow related (within reason)
   

Can't wait to see you there!