https://blacktabbygames.com/blog daily 0.75 2022-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/1612279586401-QNBWZX4O94E9LQQQHFTD/Relationship+Polygon.png Blog - Creating a Dynamic Relationship System in Scarlet Hollow A look at Scarlet Hollow’s hidden relationship system works, and how we built it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/ff4decb6-f415-41eb-9bf0-20ed7e58503a/the+big+choice.png Blog - How to think about game balance as part of narrative design (and why you should care) A retrospective on Scarlet Hollow's design and balance philosophies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/f72bec03-88df-4b1f-9b15-3541f4f5bf43/wishlists.png Blog - How Slay the Princess Earned 25,000 Wishlists in Two Weeks An analysis of what did and didn’t work for Slay the Princess’ successful announcement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/ac2ae26e-5be7-423f-99d1-b9d38c1c0fcd/postmortem+thing.png Blog - How Early Access Can Work for Narrative Games Scarlet Hollow released 3 of its total 7 episodes at the time of this writing — an analysis on how Early Access can be used as a marketing tool for narrative games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/aeca9cff-7089-4750-b8b7-651fb32f0695/tommyknockers+pit+loom.png Blog - Marketing your first indie game — What we learned from releasing the same game twice What we learned from pivoting from a season pass model to early access. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/bacaddf5-29a9-4e57-9360-e24db4de1868/playthru+count.png Blog - Breaking down player choices in Scarlet Hollow Episode 2 Lessons learned from looking at Episode 2 player data. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/1611332721268-9YO5GGM9BTQDA0XLGEN9/Traits+Screenshot.png Blog - Designing Scarlet Hollow’s Trait Based Roleplaying System A dive into the process and user data behind Scarlet Hollow’s trait system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/1613401306641-JBFS0I9VV3I6UH241D6F/forbiddenopen.png Blog - 5 Rewrites that helped make Scarlet Hollow a better game Our editing process and some of the biggest changes we made pre-release. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/ff987319-fe65-4b51-ab69-c71568099adf/thetown.png Blog - Analyzing Player Choices in Episode 3 of Scarlet Hollow Data analysis on what choices players have been making in our game to date, as well as a breakdown on how those choices continue to inform our game design strategy. https://blacktabbygames.com/home daily 1.0 2023-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/2acdd718-6731-4244-85da-f3687c068b24/screenshot+tabitha+ghost.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/a5fdbbf7-3b72-46a8-8ccf-9c2359cdb473/screenshot+isekai.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/3a3fba3c-f878-40a2-9ff4-3afeacee992d/bg+scarlet+ballroom.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/dbeb392d-973f-4be0-8cc4-41d3f7708547/screenshot+dustin+talk.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/3beb61bb-4844-41ea-b3ce-01f8ee52bf1c/screenshot+reese.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/0b7ae750-4808-4ac5-96b4-012e8300f7d7/screenshot8.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/7e09aa4a-2772-43f9-9f3a-b6e9d6086bfb/screenshot17.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/aab00cf5-37e1-4034-b867-94469d80ee5b/screenshot27.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/79f0104d-a99e-474f-ba45-c459960c9c91/screenshot+ditchlings.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/ba896875-ef6a-4fe4-a78c-01b1fa206ccd/wayne+screenshot.jpg Home Every piece of art in our games is painstakingly hand-illustrated by Ignatz-winning graphic novelist Abby Howard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/83046bf2-22b2-4cab-81b6-6507462078e1/oldbackground2.jpg Home Take a scenic trip to breezy Scarlet Hollow today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/8e4c25c6-bd69-45cc-bdcf-60d12a934e57/screenshot2.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/12821d97-5c3f-4c09-bf04-02a339cb6408/prideimg.png Home Person carrying yoga mat. Runner in full sprint. https://blacktabbygames.com/about daily 0.75 2024-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/0beb9112-7a96-451b-83d1-d33c6333c782/familyportrait.png About - About Black Tabby Games Black Tabby Games is a two-person narrative studio founded by Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias. Their games tell stories at the crossroads of horror, romance, and humor with a signature style of hand-illustrated art and deep branching interactivity. In addition to her work in video games, Abby is the acclaimed cartoonist behind works like The Last Halloween, The Crossroads at Midnight, Junior Scientist Power Hour, The Earth Before Us, and many more. Before co-founding Black Tabby Games, Tony worked in technology and media, including audience acquisition for STAT — The Boston Globe’s life science publication — and several companies you’ve never heard of. It’s unclear how much this background contributed to his work at Black Tabby Games, if at all. Abby and Tony live in Toronto with Spoons the cat, Wednesday the snake, and Nubs the axolotl. https://blacktabbygames.com/press-sh daily 0.75 2024-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/1598392338520-0A9JEAJKNTBD0RSZ4S6U/Press+Kit.png Press Kit - Scarlet Hollow - Scarlet Hollow Fact Sheet Developer: Black Tabby Games Release Dates: September 28th 2020 (Episode 1), October 1st 2020 (Kickstarter), June 11th 2021 (Episode 2). March 7th 2022 (Episode 3). December 6th 2023 (Episode 4.) Episode 5 slated for 2025. Platforms: PC, Mac, and Linux. Website: blacktabbygames.com Availability: Digital download, Steam, GOG, and itch.io. Languages: English. File Size: ~4 GB (First 4 episodes) Press Contact: tony@blacktabbygames.com Full Asset/Media Kit here Description Coal mines sealed off after a deadly collapse. Strange creatures preying on livestock. Houses infested with vengeful spirits. The sleepy town of Scarlet Hollow has suddenly come alive with horrors, just in time for your arrival. This was supposed to be a quiet getaway in the rural mountains of North Carolina. All you had to do was finally meet your long-lost cousin and comfort her through her mother’s funeral. But now, each new day welcomes new nightmares. You only have to survive a week. But you may not make it to the end in one piece. Can you fix an already terrible relationship with your prickly cousin? Will you find love? Can you get to the bottom of what’s plaguing Scarlet Hollow before it’s too late? Scarlet Hollow is an immersive horror-mystery with sharp writing, impactful choices, and meticulously hand-drawn art from Ignatz-winning graphic novelist Abby Howard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/1631299164739-V11RQWN59J4Y02SI2524/tailypo.png Press Kit - Scarlet Hollow - History Black Tabby Games was founded in the Fall of 2019 by Abby Howard (she/her) and her soon-to-be spouse Tony Howard-Arias (they/them/he/him, then Arias.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/9c0bab38-d9f5-40ef-bb0b-840f33036ae9/prideimg.png Press Kit - Scarlet Hollow - The Team Abby Howard Writing and art Critically acclaimed graphic novelist behind The Last Halloween, Junior Scientist Power Hour, The Earth Before Us, and others Twitter Portfolio Tony Howard-Arias Writing, game design, programming, and business management Twitter, LinkedIn Brandon Boone Music Website Phil Michalski Sound design Website Lucia Retamales Animation Website https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/6a3b25b0-ee6f-4775-b330-13169bcb1d08/steam+box+art.png Press Kit - Scarlet Hollow - Press Coverage Game of the Year 2021 - Buried Treasure John Walker’s Top 10 Games of 2021 - Kotaku John Walker’s Top 10 Games of 2022 - Kotaku The Best Narrative Game of the Past Two Years Just Got Even Better - Kotaku 10 Best Horror Games of 2021 - Game Rant The 13 Best Indie Horror Games Ever Made - Happy Mag The Best Video Games of 2021 So Far - Kotaku This Horror Game Has One Of The Best Narratives In Years - Kotaku “Overall, Scarlet Hollow is nothing short of a fantastic start to what will hopefully be a defining Western horror visual novel experience” - RPGFan, 8.5/10 ”Scarlet Hollow is a short immersive debut for Abby Howard and Black Tabby Games, delivering chills with refreshing old-school mystery and special characters.” - CGMagazine, 8/10 Scarlet Hollow is a chilling tale lifted by good jokes - PC Gamer “Without question, the scariest game I’ve played all year” - Mobile Syrup Twin Peaks Meets Gravity Falls and Life is Strange - PCGamesN Tim Burton Meets Gravity Falls Meets Silent Hill - DreadXP Los mejores juegos independientes de 2021 - Noticiast.com “A lovely slow burn of a horror tale that takes some unexpected turns.” - The Escapist Tony Arias and partner Abby Howard launch video game studio - Boston Business Journal Play Episode One Of Hand-Drawn Horror ‘Scarlet Hollow’ For Free - Gamebyte https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/d41915e7-ebe1-4b4c-b602-ddcefd99133b/the+gang+screenshot.jpg Press Kit - Scarlet Hollow - Awards and Recognition Runner-up and Gamers’ Choice winners AT&T Unlocked Games (Scarlet Hollow) 2020 Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize Shortlist (Unhealthy by Abby Howard) Kirkus Starred Review (The Crossroads at Midnight by Abby Howard) Kirkus Starred Review (The Last Halloween Book 1 by Abby Howard) Publishers Weekly Starred Review (The Crossroads at Midnight by Abby Howard) Publishers Weekly Starred Review (The Last Halloween Book 1 by Abby Howard) 2013 Ghastly Awards— Best Web Comic (The Last Halloween by Abby Howard) Penny Arcade Strip Search Finalist (Abby Howard) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/1600869177278-BNTZM8H3P2TMZ8H3R9O5/ditchlings+truck.png Press Kit - Scarlet Hollow - Screenshots and Visual Assets You can download screenshots and visual assets through our Dropbox. We believe the assets provided within are fairly comprehensive for your needs, but if you’re missing anything, or if you’d like unique assets for your story, please feel free to reach out by emailing Tony at tony@blacktabbygames.com. https://blacktabbygames.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/1598374316718-R6X3DD4MBJLQK6U49OOU/deer+flashlight.png Contact CONTACT Abby Howard @abbyhoward abby@blacktabbygames.com Tony Howard-Arias @tonyhowardarias tony@blacktabbygames.com https://blacktabbygames.com/content-warnings-sh daily 0.75 2026-02-23 https://blacktabbygames.com/press-stp daily 0.75 2024-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/12436d3f-925a-4701-b5cd-07e9f79ac92b/tall+boi+press+kit.png Press Kit - Slay The Princess - Slay the Princess Fact Sheet Developer: Black Tabby Games Release Dates: October 23rd 2023 (Original release); Fall 2024 (The Pristine Cut/Definitive Edition) Platforms: PC, Mac, and Linux (original release); Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox (The Pristine Cut/Definitive Edition) Website: slaytheprincess.com Availability: Digital download, Steam, GOG, and itch.io. Languages: English File Size: 12 GB Price: $17.99 Press Contact: tony@blacktabbygames.com Twitter Steam Full Asset/Media Kit here Description You’re on a path in the woods. And at the end of that path is a cabin. And in the basement of that cabin is a Princess. You’re here to slay her. If you don’t, it will be the end of the world. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Slay the Princess is a fully-voiced, cheeky horror tragicomedy. In this fully-voiced roleplaying game, the player is tasked by a mysterious voice to kill a princess who has been imprisoned in a cabin hidden deep in the woods. If the player doesn’t fulfill their task, the voice alleges, the princess will bring about the end of the world. But can the voice be trusted? Can the Princess be trusted? Can anyone be trusted? Over the course of their journey, the player will die. A lot. And every time they die, the game starts over, only things are a little different. The cabin is different, the Princess is different, even the voices in the player’s head are different. And everyone, except for the narrator, remembers everything that’s happened.

At its core, Slay the Princess is a game about choice and the way our perceptions shape the world around us. Who the player chooses to believe and how they react to new information shifts the direction of the story in dramatic ways, including changing the Princess herself. The next time you see her, will she be an ordinary princess, or will she be a towering, 10-foot-tall demon? Or, will she be something straight out of your nightmares? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/3358be59-1710-403d-a6a9-d96d94cbab1e/replace1.png Press Kit - Slay The Princess - History Black Tabby Games was founded in the Fall of 2019 by Abby Howard (she/her) and her soon-to-be spouse Tony Howard-Arias (they/them/he/him, then Arias.) In October of 2020, they released the first Episode of Scarlet Hollow, their universally acclaimed visual novel and narrative roleplaying game. For Slay the Princess, Black Tabby Games is joined by voice actors Jonathan Sims (The Magnus Archives) and Nichole Goodnight (too many things to name), as well as Scarlet Hollow’s composer Brandon Boone and its sound designer Phil Michalski. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/7c23f789-8276-426c-927e-d5c445531f82/screenshot17.png Press Kit - Slay The Princess - The Team Tony Howard-Arias - Lead Writer, Game Designer, Creative Director, Co-Creator Twitter, LinkedIn Abby Howard - Lead (and Only) Artist, Editor, Co-Creator, Additional Writing Critically acclaimed graphic novelist behind The Last Halloween, Junior Scientist Power Hour, The Earth Before Us, and others Twitter Portfolio Brandon Boone - Composer Music Website Phil Michalski - Sound Designer Website Jonathan Sims - The Narrator and Other Voices in Your Head Website, Twitter Nichole Goodnight - The Princess Website, Twitter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4520c123b7f33688354b24/023b920b-16fd-416f-91cb-df0041e057cb/princess+tall.png Press Kit - Slay The Princess - Press Coverage Metacritic Must-Play This Horror Time Loop Game Stole PAX - Kotaku PC Invasion - 9.5/10 GameGrin - 10/10 Destructoid - 9/10 Slay the Princess: The Horror Visual Novel That Will Haunt You - Power Up Gaming Slay the Princess First Impressions: A Gripping Horror Story - Press Space to Jump Slay the Princess serves up a wild horror twist on The Stanley Parable - Inverse ‘Slay the Princess’ Demo Review – An Intriguing Blend of Horror and Humor - Bloody Disgusting Preview: Slay the Princess is a Haunting Head Trip - Gamespew ”[A] fantastic game with a very clever and intriguing premise, stunning hand-drawn artwork and superb voice acting.” - Alpha Beta Gamer Slay The Princess Or The World Ends - ManlyBadassHero Slay the Princess, Save the World - Gab Smolders Black Tabby Games Introduces Demo for ‘Slay the Princess’ - The Nerd Stash Slay Her? 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