8/17/2023 0 Comments Stella scarlet hollow![]() The relationships you forge and the decisions you make will dramatically alter your journey. A heavily branching narrative where your choices matter.Who lives, who dies, and the fate of an entire town rests on your shoulders. Hand-drawn backgrounds and sprites work together with a complex relationship system to bring to life an immersive world of charming (and terrifying) characters. Trapped in the dying Appalachian mining town of Scarlet Hollow for the funeral of your estranged aunt, you quickly find yourself at the center of a dark mystery that threatens your life.įrom award-winning graphic novelist Abby Howard, Scarlet Hollow is a horror visual novel and adventure game where your choices deeply matter. If you'd like to check out or purchase the rest of the game, it's hosted on a separate itch page: Saves from this demo should automatically carry over to the full game. This demo contains the entirety of Episode 1, which takes between an hour and an hour and a half for a single playthrough. There are 7 Episodes planned, of which the first three are currently released. In Scarlet Hollow, the horror is personal.This is the free demo to our episodic horror visual novel. I know in my heart that’s not true, but will that prove to be the case in Scarlet Hollow? That I’m not attractive past a certain age. Okay, for real -as a gay man in my 30s, I am constantly told that age matters in our community. But I’m mostly scared that my hotness has decreased. I should be devastated that my family committed atrocities against innocents for generations. I should be worried about this clearly cursed town. ![]() That sacrifice? Scarlet Hollow’s third chapter reaches a terrifying end. I learn that to absolve some of those sins, I have to make a sacrifice. The Scarlets, my family, are a group of sinners, coming by their wealth through ill-gotten gains. I am confronted by Wayne, the missing miner, and learn he’s trying to help me. As soon as the hatch is opened, all my friends - Stella, Oscar, Kaneeka, Avery - are contorted, the world around me warps and everyone starts acting out a terrifying scene from the past. What could be down there? I find out too late. Scarlet Hollow’s third chapter leads to a crescendo of terror when we head to Oscar’s house to go ghost-hunting. The flirtation is short-lived when Reese gets sick and Dr. ![]() ![]() I have a moment of flirtation with Reese when I offer to pose for him sometime for his art and feel guilty. I meet Reese, who is the very portrait of a tortured young artist, and learn that his condition doesn’t have a diagnosis - he can’t keep his food down, he feels like his skin is crawling at all times and he constantly feels sick. Kelly isn’t happy we’re there, as Reese, her son, is ill. Things take a slightly darker turn when I get to the Kelly household for dinner with Kaneeka and Stella. Avery, the nonbinary waiter, seems to be accepted by the community, Kaneeka and her family are people of color and not treated diffderently (so far). Everyone’s friendly, aside from the monsters in the woods, and it seems like being queer isn’t necessarily frowned upon. I talk with the dog (remember, I can speak to animals) and begin to feel more at home in Scarlet Hollow. In a moment of small town levity, I meet the mayor of the titular town and am shocked to learn he’s a dog! All small towns have their quirks, but this is a welcome surprise. We talk and I tell him he’s a good father, and we begin to bond past talks of haunted houses and tragedy. Oscar is rushing to prepare his home for his daughter, whose foot had to be amputated, and he’s a sweaty mess in his tank top. To start my next day in Scarlet Hollow, I meet up with Oscar, the hunky teddy bear of a librarian whose daughter was injured the night before in a mining collapse. For now, though, it’s time for another trip down the terrifying paths of Scarlet Hollow… Traveling Down the Dark Paths of Scarlet Hollow from a Queer Point-of-View: Part 3Ī moment of bonding, an awkward dinner party, and a terrifying supernatural encounter cap off our coverage of Scarlet Hollow - for now! The next chapter is tentatively slated for a late 2022 release, and we’ll be returning to this dark and compelling piece of interactive fiction as it releases.
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