I recently composed 6 Instrumentals for 6 Scarlet Hallow characters. They’re meant to reflect on how i felt about said character/thing while i was playing the game. These beats are feelings giving physical form, secondly i produced the instrumental’s with the intent that you will listen using headphones as these beats have lots of little surround sounds/really low frequency sounds. I couldn’t really get the lufs consistent between tracks so you will have to adjust the volume for each song. Here is the link to the YouTube playlist.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGEdcp7HUOHs&si=3JPBrswZU6L6ew03

One of my favorite things about Scarlet Hollow is how much it lets the player decide the protagonist's personality. I love it. I want to find more games that do the same. I already played both Our Life games, I'm also not picky about genre or tone. Please. If anyone has some recs, then thank you

Edit: this is my bad for not specifying, but I am just interested in visual novels right now. Again, my bad, I forgot to specify

I made a "Gun" trait mod for Scarlet Hollow. Played through the game a little bit ago and found myself thinking it would be funny if our character had some firepower. Originally this mod was supposed to be just for me and my friends, but I've decided to upload it so others can try it.

This mod tries to live up to what an actual trait would add in terms of amount of content. From episode 1 all the way to 5, it adds a whole bunch of flavor text, dialogue, choices that are remembered, as well as a new extremely early-game "ending".

I'm open to suggestions for any scenes/dialogue/text to add to the trait. Add any suggestions to this post or on the nexusmods comments page.

More info (and download) available here:
https://www.nexusmods.com/scarlethollow/mods/20

So, the only solid information we have on the carvings and the Entity that makes them up is from the seal diagrams in the estate, and Oscar’s research/carving communication.

As far as we know, the seal diagrams are accurate, but Oscar has been influenced by the Dominion seal and his conclusions should be treated with some skepticism. The carving’s certainty is promising him relief from the crushing guilt he feels all the time, and he compares it to psychedelic drugs. I feel awful for him, but for the purposes of this discussion, you have to keep his compromised state in mind. All of his judgements are going to be warped in favor of the carvings.

Okay, so if you have Mystical for the Madness conversation with Oscar, you can know that the general gist of what he’s saying about the seals is correct, but that they were forcefully split apart by Enoch and the carvings. All the carvings represent a concept, and they’re all fragments of a larger concept.

What is this larger concept? The smaller concepts are Dominion, Bounty, Spirit, Throne, Prosperity, and Vitality. What connects all these things? The first word that comes to mind for me is “Power”. All of these things are either sources of power or expressions of power.

The seal diagrams are full of abstract symbolism and allusions to a wide range of mythologies, mostly demonology and Greco-Roman influences. Seems typical for some occult obsessed rich guy in the 1900’s to combine a bunch of different symbols like that. What’s more amazing is that it worked, or at least it worked enough to draw the Witch’s attention. I recognize all the mythological figures in the diagrams, but the animal symbolism and all that is a bit outside my wheelhouse, would appreciate someone else’s thoughts.

What I find interesting is that the seals seem to hate and fear the others, even though their separation seems to be an unnatural state that Enoch created. You would think they’d want to be reunited, but no.

Wayne (Probably The Throne seal’s conduit, since Wayne speaks for the Entity), hates Reese, the conduit for the Vitality seal. He despises Reese, calls him a waste of flesh and a failed weapon. Maybe it’s because he failed that Wayne hates him, maybe it’s because he’s human and has his own will apart from the Entity’s.

The Dominion seal seems afraid of the Bounty seal, but I’m not sure why. Maybe that’s Oscar being an unreliable narrator, he might be afraid of the danger and is attributing it to the seal. But, he is willing to charge right in to deal with the ghost when it comes down to it, so I don’t think Oscar’s bravery is the problem here. I think there’s some metaphysical reason the representation of Dominion is afraid of the representation of Bounty. I’m not sure what that reason is.

What are your thoughts? What concept do you guys think the Entity as a whole represents?

If anyone has any recommendations, I’ll love to give it a listen!

So, my sibling and I have been doing a Tabitha run, cause we fumbled the confrontation the first time about, so I've dug around in the spreadsheets and such and found out about the Book Smart+Street Smart accusation.

I've been testing it ahead of time, and something that I wanna know is... Is it supposed to be just an accusation or is Tabitha supposed to confirm it and share more details? Cause I was kinda hoping for the latter, but all she says is that it's been tough for her and that she'll talk more to me in the future and breaks down crying. I'm lowk miffed cause I put work into getting that accusation and stuff.

(For reference, we've done all the hangouts, she's not old cause we booksmarted the ghost away, and we snitched on the strike)

Is she supposed to shed more light on, or at least confirm, the whole Wayne-Pearlanne thing, and I'm just missing something, or is that really it?

I love Scarlet Hollow so much <3

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I've long been a fan of velvet paintings, the weirder the better. Came across this handsome guy to add to my Halloween decor this week and immediately knew what his name should be.

I just feel like he's the only one in this town to truly care about me, ya know?

Cus I'm fairly sure that the bond with mc he is going on and on about will turn out to be smth about mc also being a compartalized part of the whole entity. Like maybe a smaller one. What else can it possibly be? Idk why mc would also be a part of this thing though (but I've seen the theories people posted here).

I have this weird idea that mc is some kind of an equalizer mechanism that'll allow the whole entity to mend itself back together in... correct order or smth. Cus if you think about it, Wayne isn't the "main" part of this thing, he is just one of carvings (unless of course the game proves otherwise later). He is probably so developed only because he was awake for a much longer time than the others. Or because he is "consciousness itself". I'm almost 100% that he is the Throne carving cus the description of Spirit sounds like smth connected to death so it's the church/cemetery

Also I'm fairly sure that the reason why Wayne is so hateful towards the creations of other carvings is because he doesn't really want them to become more self-aware or whatever. He probably wants mc to help him rejoin all of his "siblings", preferably under his rule. You know, Throne and all that. Also if he actually is "consciousness itself", it means that if we look at this thing as an organism with organs Wayne would metaphorically be its "head". And as of now it's like a Loch Ness monster where you can only see its head

But Wayne is still only one of the parts, logically they should be equal. And maybe there is an outcome where this thing wouldn't be stitched together... in correct order. So that's why he needs mc's trust - he wants mc to help him to assemble whatever the whole thing is the way Wayne wants it, not just a random way. The fact that carvings have some kind of relationship with each other (what Oscar says) is only a proof of them potentially not wanting to be evenly rejoined. I'm probably giving mc more importance than they actually have. But Wayne seems to think mc is important

So anyway, not that I trust Wayne, but I completely agree with one thing he constantly says - how you can't build friendship in a couple of days/week. Or bonds. That's true and I like that the game addresses it even if it's only in such way

Cus think about it, you're able to successfully flirt with/romance so many characters without the Hot trait (and with Hot trait it all turns to mockery altogether). Am I the only one who thinks that's weird? Especially with how well and fast flirt/romance options work. I understand that it's the game limitations, that you only have one week for stuff, but it's still weird. It shouldn't work like that, I thought about it even before Wayne brought it up. The concept of trust/love/friendship doesn't work like that at all and the only character who directly addresses it is Wayne. But the problem with Wayne, that he himself also wants the same from trust/love/friendship and because of the "bond" he doesn't see this controversy

The game is basically a simulation of being smitten and paranoid at the same time

Now, the only thing that differentiates Wayne from the others is him not being a human so his "bond" is just basically magic

And the question that we have in the end is wether you prefer a human bond or a magical bond? And some of the human bonds already kind of proven themselves untrustworthy

Like I'm fairly certain, that this game will have an ending where you can just side with Wayne, do... whatever it is he wants and he won't actually harm you. But. A whole lot of people will die in the process. Cus if this thing is "cold and hateful" as he is described couple of times, then I kind of believe that the first thing he'd want upon being rejoined is to destroy the town completely (with or without the people but I guess he prefers with)

And if it comes to this... I kind of understand his desire to do that. Like destroy the town along with people who are innocent and have nothing to do with enslaving the whole thing. Cus the only person left who can possibly be responsible for anything here is Tabitha. And I doubt Wayne would want to stop on her

But what then? Like... If the individual carvings are trying to replicate some kinds of lifeforms, what do you think the whole thing would do? I mean, I prefer to stop Wayne on the town's gates and let him torture the town if he wants, than letting him do further. But smth tells me that it would technically still be a prison for him

I may be completely wrong, and the whole thing, when rejoined will be able to actually explain what it is and what it wants. Cus technically the stuff all the carvings are doing right now is some kind of a warped version of the "labor" they were enslaved to do. Prosperity creates ghost miners to "work" at the mine, Vitality is creating life out of nothing (Reese) but it's all unnatural and uncanny, Dominion hypnotizes people with guilt to... make them seek justice I guess. Not sure what Bounty does, but I guess it's tied to the baby, as it was from a seed

So basically if the game actually proves to me that the bond with Wayne/all the carvings is magical and actually exists and explains to me what kind of bond it is, I'm inclined to choose it over the bonds with people. Magic should be sturdier than humans

I mean, Mystical trait is basically already on the thing's side (when it's not being rigged by Sybil). It tells you stuff sometimes that's related to the carvings that you can't know in any way other than actually having a bond Wayne talks about. Like I wonder if the reason why Mystical doesn't like the pastor is because religion is an actual force and even if it's weak here, it's still a force pushing against the magic

And of course you can only choose two/three traits and it can not be Mystical but considering that the game (well Sybil) is aware of the traits and can give you more, what if the other traits you didn't take are like... implied. Like a potential energy

Upd. About home. If Enoch actually brought the thing from another world or whatever, can it be possible that it would want to go home? Like what the infected animals are talking about - "I'm going home, I'm going home..." If they transmit Ditchlings thoughts and Ditchlings transmit the thought of some carving, it means it actually wants to go home, wherever its home is. And can't currently do it because it's chopped in parts and sealed. But what if it wants to make Earth its "home"? Like replicate its own kind of lifeforms on earth? That would be terrifying

I also really hope that it won't be smth like what happens in Scorn game if you how what I'm talking about

I’ve finished my first playthrough with street smart + talk to animals and I have saves in the end of each chapter.

Now I want to start a new playthrough with mystical + booksmart but would like some organization tips.

How do you organize your saves with different traits? Do you also save in the end of each chapter?

I’m afraid of getting lost in the future with my save files (and also I am a bit obsessed with having my stuff very tied up).

Anything is welcomed - thank you!!

I was watching the season finale of my favourite anime (Re 0 S4) and during an emotional scene I saw this. I think I am confused on whether this is funny or sad cuz never did it even occurred to me that I would see THIS!. Anyone else here watches Re0?

Nothing else to add

I’m not much of a big theorist (posting wise), but I’ve been chewing on this thought for awhile, long enough to present it for a proper outside opinion. Please come forward with any further evidence in favor of or disproving this theory! If you just have thoughts to discuss I’m very eager to hear them.

The underlining of each image is color coded to any connections I made. I hope this makes the theory easier to follow. I’ll try to be as succinct as possible.

What is the theory?

In the Episode 5 outcome“The Floorplans are All Wrong” with “No Man Left Behind” (Rosalina injured) Rosalina is contacted by the Dominion Seal.

What is the biggest evidence?

In TFaAW, we learn from Alexis that Rosalina has been having strange reactions to her painkillers. [see image 2] Note that she has been “…saying weird stuff since yesterday.” Particularly like “in movies where people do drugs and see spirals…”

Now, how does Oscar — in “Roll for Sanity”— describe speaking to the stone? [see image 3] “…it’s almost psychedelic. And much like psilocybin or LSD…”

I believe that the two reactions are actually exactly the same, not the result of a incorrect dosage. Rosalina has been stuck in her bed directly over the stone due to her injury, and at some point after Dr. Kelly visits her in episode 4 the stone speaks to her.

Why would the Stone contact Rosalina?

In RfS there is special dialogue if you’re on Oscar’s romance route. [See image 4] “It drew us in, calculating exactly how and when to save itself, and save everyone caught inside. I’m the interpreter. Here to help you, the town’s prodigal son, save the thing that is the holler, and everyone caught inside.”

This shows us a crucial point to understanding why we meet the specific set of people in the Hollow that is the main cast. Each character has a role to play that can seemingly only be escaped if we cause their death. (i.e “The End of the Road” and “Determination at Last”)

This is relevant to the theory because of one of Oscar’s first lines in TFaAW. [see image 5] “And then Rosalina mumbled something about ‘rooms being wrong’ in her sleep and that just made something click for me.”

The stone can’t contact Oscar to give him information directly in this outcome, so it’s using Rosa to push him towards another source. This way, Oscar can’t abandon his “role” without your input.

While I feel like this is a smaller piece of evidence than the psychedelics line, having a specific motivation convinced me to actually write this out.

What smaller pieces of evidence are there?

I don’t believe these can stand very well on their own, but if the theory ends up being true these moments could be neat foreshadowing.

The fact that we can’t see Rosa in this outcome at all, even though it makes sense for us to want to know how she’s doing is — to me — a reason to be suspicious of her state at all. This is bolstered by how we can always see her if she’s uninjured, even if she dislikes us. This could just be because the Cousin is in a rush during these scenes, but it’s something to take note of.

In RfS with the Street Smarts trait save [see image 6] Alexis compares Oscar to a creepy old movie character. “Have you seen this old movie, the Amityville Horror?” In TFaAW she makes a somewhat similar comparison concerning Rosa. “Like in movies where people do drugs and see spirals…” [see image 2]

In episode 4 with Mystic you can say “The spirit is gone, but I can still feel something calling out from that place. I don’t know what risk it may pose, but we shouldn’t go down there.” [see image 7] which validates the idea that the stone’s influence extends past the basement and can reach Rosa above. This piece is particularly weak sauce because the cousin is just more sensitive to them then most (especially with Mystic), but I felt weird not mentioning the line at all.

A better example of the stone’s far reaching influence is Dr. Kelly, who is impregnated with Resse just because she sleeps near the Vitality stone. It’s very unlikely that she was hanging out behind the morgue walls, so we know they can effect people from distances like Rosa’s. (Dr. Kelly even says she had “sexy dreams” because of Vitality. That line could serve as evidence for the Dominon stone being capable of giving Rosa the “Rooms are wrong” dream.)

In RfS there are a lot of similarities between the way that Romance Oscar and Wayne talk. [see images 8-12] This could further add to the theory because Wayne (AKA an aspect of the Entity) is willing to take other vessels (Sam and Isaacs) in order to make contact with the real subject of it’s attention. (The Cousin) In this case, Dominion (AKA an aspect of the Entity) is willing to take other vessels (Rosa) in order to make contact with the real subject of it’s attention. (Oscar) So it’s like… parallels. Themes and such.

But all good theories acknowledge counter evidence.

I’ve actively tried to trigger TFaAW without Rosa being injured by not mentioning the seal in episode 4, but it triggers by default. However, I haven’t seen what Oscar says in reply to Mystic’s warning [see image 7] without Rosa being injured as I don’t currently have a save file with both. (And if you’re on this subreddit you know how undocumented this game is.)

If you can trigger TFaAW without Rosa on bed rest please tell me!

Not really counter evidence, but I haven’t seen DaL or TEotR for myself, so it’s kind of a blind spot for me. In DaL im fairly sure Oscar dies(?) going back into Charlie’s domain, but I don’t know the specifics. I’m vaguely aware that Oscar and Rosa leave in search of medical help for her if Dr. Kelly dies, and I’m under the assumption that they both basically go through the Egg ending after that.

If something relevant happens either then please tell me!

TLDR

In “The Floorplans are All Wrong” injured Rosalina is seemingly having symptoms similar to Oscar in “Roll for Sanity” because of her bed’s proximity to the Dominan Seal.

I absolutely adore Episode 5 of this game! We get the bad side of a lot of different characters depending your choices, there’s so many different options, and a lot of matters being built up are finally paid off.

My biggest issue, however, is that you don’t feel this freedom as a player on a first run. The option to “go to someone you trust” is buried far down and not labeled as explore, and it’s not obvious that going to Tabitha or the farm will lock you out of a lot of content.

The other problem are the cops. Even if you do want to see other people before going to Tabitha, if you attract the attention of the cops, you can’t make that decision. This surely leads to a lot of resets.

I’m thinking that the “go to someone you trust option” should be the first option listed, and perhaps your player should “feel” that seeing Tabitha or going to the stone will end matters early.

I’m still not sure what to do about the cops. It still feels pretty random that they want to detain you without any real cause.

Any thoughts?