Scarlet Hollow Draws a Picture of Success

About this episode

The episode discusses the journey of creating the indie video game Scarlet Hollow with its developers Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias.

Scarlet Hollow is a successful indie video game – and that’s no small feat. It’s been a long journey, and the game is made almost entirely by two people: Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias of Black Tabby Games. Along the way, they even took a break to make another hit game called Slay the Princess. I talk with Abby and Tony about how animating Abby’s drawings allowed them to build a game where the players have seemingly endless choices and romance options in a Southern Gothic town under threat from supernatural forces. After a three-year wait, chapter five of Scarlet Hollow is finally being released in February. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Eric Molinsky

Guests: Abby Howard, Tony Howard-Arias

Topics covered

• indie video games
• game development
• animation
• Southern Gothic
• supernatural
• romance options

Keywords

• Scarlet Hollow
• indie game
• Black Tabby Games
• game development
• animation
• supernatural forces
• romance options
• Southern Gothic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Black Tabby Games

Books & works: Scarlet Hollow, Slay the Princess

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