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Alec Holowka (30 October 1983 – 31 August 2019) was a Canadian indie game developer and co-founder of independent game companies Infinite Ammo, Infinite Fall, and Bit Blot. He was known for collaborating with Derek Yu to create Aquaria and freeware game I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator and with Scott Benson and Bethany Hockenberry to create Night in the Woods.

In August 2019, among a number of other accusations of sexual harassment towards other developers, Holowka was accused of physical and emotional abuse by Zoë Quinn. The day following the accusation, the Night in the Woods development team cut ties with Holowka, with Scott Benson stating "We take such allegations seriously as a team", and affirmed that other corroborating evidence related to the accusations had been presented to them. Their publisher, Finji, backed the team's decision, and also postponed plans to publish physical copies of the game in wake of the allegations.

Holowka died on August 31, 2019. According to his sister, who posted to Twitter about his death, Holowka had been "battling mood and personality disorders" through his life and "was a victim of abuse". She explained he had been trying to correct his own disorders in recent years through therapy and medication. She also stated that Holowka "said he wished the best for Zoë and everyone else".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Holowka

 

RIP Alec

 

Alec Holowka, co-creator of Night in the Woods

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18 minutes ago, Alien_Nation said:

Alec Holowka (30 October 1983 – 31 August 2019) was a Canadian indie game developer and co-founder of independent game companies Infinite Ammo, Infinite Fall, and Bit Blot. He was known for collaborating with Derek Yu to create Aquaria and freeware game I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator and with Scott Benson and Bethany Hockenberry to create Night in the Woods.

In August 2019, among a number of other accusations of sexual harassment towards other developers, Holowka was accused of physical and emotional abuse by Zoë Quinn. The day following the accusation, the Night in the Woods development team cut ties with Holowka, with Scott Benson stating "We take such allegations seriously as a team", and affirmed that other corroborating evidence related to the accusations had been presented to them. Their publisher, Finji, backed the team's decision, and also postponed plans to publish physical copies of the game in wake of the allegations.

Holowka died on August 31, 2019. According to his sister, who posted to Twitter about his death, Holowka had been "battling mood and personality disorders" through his life and "was a victim of abuse". She explained he had been trying to correct his own disorders in recent years through therapy and medication. She also stated that Holowka "said he wished the best for Zoë and everyone else".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Holowka

 

RIP Alec

 

Alec Holowka, co-creator of Night in the Woods

His own sister corroborated Quinn's testimony and stated she believed the story due to the long history of dangerous behavior that went in line with the story. He had a reputation of abusive shit toward women, with multiple developers saying they advised no woman to be alone in the same room as him. She has multiple people backing the story. Another Night in the Woods dev explicitly said his interactions with Alec struck him as highly as busive.

You really don't give a shit about the story beyond an excuse to harrass some woman you only care about because you bandwagon with fat, neckbearded incel losers who spend all day, every day spamming Youtube with idiotic hottakes. You're an imbecile who falls for grifter propaganda on a constant bssis.

PS, eat shit.

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In a separate tweet, Holowka referenced the accusations against her brother: "And in case it's not fucking obvious, Alec *specifically said* he wished the best for Zoë and everyone else, so don’t use our grief as an excuse to harass people," she wrote. "Go outside, take care of someone, and work towards preventing these kinds of things in the first place."

https://www.pcgamer.com/night-in-the-woods-developer-alec-holowka-has-died/

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