Scarlet Hole Episode 5, which was initially set to debut in its entirety later this week, will as a substitute be releasing in two components, developer and writer Black Tabby Video games has introduced.
In a publish on Steam, the studio says that Episode 5’s first half will nonetheless be launching on Friday (which, appropriately sufficient, is the thirteenth of the month), however that the second half will now be arriving on February twentieth, one week later.
The cut up is going on as a result of “the artwork for the ending” of the fifth episode “has taken just a little bit longer than [Black Tabby has] anticipated”, based on the studio, and so relatively than dashing the climax or delaying your complete episode, the choice has been made to chop the fifth chapter in two.
In response to Black Tabby, the primary a part of Episode 5 “remains to be roughly the scale of all of Episode 4”, so if you’re nonetheless planning to dive into the fifth episode on Friday, there ought to nonetheless be a lot to maintain you occupied.
Black Tabby says the cut up launch can even have the additional advantage of permitting Scarlet Hole’s neighborhood to theorize and digest the occasions of the fifth episode, promising “twists and revelations” as a part of the chapter.
Simply in case you are unfamiliar with Scarlet Hole, it is a horror visible novel from Black Tabby Video games, the developer behind the breakout hit Slay the Princess.
Not like that recreation, Scarlet Hole is episodic, and never all of its episodes are out but; the sport is deliberate to span seven chapters, with 4 at the moment out there and the fifth now arriving throughout the following two weeks.
If you would like to get caught up with Scarlet Hole forward of the fifth episode’s launch on Friday (after which the climax’s arrival subsequent week), you’ll be able to decide the sport up proper now on PC through Steam. Keep tuned for extra.


