Tag: Hollow

Make Me as a Hollow Reed

I have heard the “Hollow Reed” song many times, used in devotional groups. The first two lines, or so, are often used as a prayer. Each time someone asks for the source of the lines, it seems apparent that its source and author is “The Book of Hearsay.” Be that as it may, ...

Why Kingdom Hearts Peaked at Hollow Bastion.

Through my most recent playthrough of Kingdom Hearts, I’m discovering something that sets it apart from the rest of the game — if not the rest of the series. When I played through Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMIX several years ago, I quickly realized why this wasn’t “one of the be...

Creating a dynamic relationship system in Scarlet Hollow

In our first run at figuring out the relationship system for Scarlet Hollow (play Episode 1 for free on Steam), we tried a kind of Dragon Age-style approval system — some actions and dialogue choices would give the player a quantity of “yes, good” points with an NPC, while oth...