This same area also depicts a series of five hearts, representing Scarlet’s health. A meter in one corner of the screen dwindles when sprinting or dodging attacks from LeFaba’s minions. At least, she can run while her stamina lasts. Designed with a game controller in mind, but also playable via keyboard and mouse, Scarlet can walk left and right or can also run by holding a button. The tutorial is much needed, as the controls and interface do take a little getting used to. It’s here that the game truly begins, with everything that comes before serving to introduce the world, characters, and game controls. This allows her to survive certain fatal incidents, but at the cost of having to relive the same day over and over again. Talking to the various Munchkins and a rather put-out fairy named Pippa, who can speak with Scarlet’s furry four-legged familiar Brer Fox, the singer learns that she’s under the influence of a recursion hex. Scarlet reawakens to find herself once more at the caravan’s earlier campsite. Of course, it’s hard to keep a good witch down.
Ambushing the caravan, she has one of her chief minions, Mama Do, kill Scarlet! The group set out from their little campsite intent on reaching the coronation in time, but naturally LeFaba has other plans. Scarlet joins the others, who believe that she, with her magical powers, will be able to protect them from the evil forces of the Black Witch, LeFaba, on their journey through the Wicked Woods. As Scarlet meets the rest of Puck’s band of diminutive Munchkins, a performing troupe headed to Castle Royalton for Prince Lir’s coronation and lead by the ridiculously high-crowned, top-hatted Miss Dixie, she learns that’s she’s not just a musician anymore but has assumed the mantle of the Ruby Witch, the old one having not been seen in four years’ time. It’s all a bit much for the befuddled singer, and suddenly becomes even more so when she’s mystically bequeathed with a red hood, Wompin’ Stick, and a single red slipper. Scarlet awakens in a cave filled with assorted witch paraphernalia, an excitable Munchkin mechanic named Puck, and a small fox that seems to be guiding her onwards. Before Scarlet can properly process everything that’s happened, a tornado coalesces and whisks her away. Complications ensue and Scarlet’s friends abandon her at the side of the road, feeling betrayed that she wouldn’t immediately turn down the offer. But it’s all downhill afterwards when Scarlet meets Savannah from Wicked Records, who is only interested in Scarlet as a singer and has no use for her three pals. Things start out well, as the quartet give a fantastic performance to much applause. Scarlet and her friends Sammy, Nick, and Leonard are hoping to make it big and land a recording contract.
Its predominantly pattern-matching puzzles and mild action elements may be off-putting to some, but its characters and woodland setting are continually charming throughout.Įvents open with Scarlet and the rest of her band heading to a gig being attended by a top talent scout. A visual delight, this hand-painted 2D side-scroller keeps its story light and moving briskly along. It’s The Wizard of Oz meets Groundhog Day with a touch of Little Red Riding Hood for good measure, in Devespresso Games’ Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood. Pursued by the Black Witch and her evil minions, Scarlet experiences her own death. When young Scarlet, lead singer and guitarist of the indie band Foxtrot Bop, gets swept away to the land of Gloam by a tornado, it’s only the start of her troubles.
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