The game was released in 2017 to critical acclaim and won the BAFTA in 'Narrative' and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the IGF. In 2013, Holowka and independent animator Scott Benson successfully crowdfunded the game Night in the Woods.
The project was released on 7 December 2007 under the title Aquaria, and was the recipient of the Independent Games Festival Seumas McNally Grand Prize for 2007. Īfter its release Holowka introduced Yu to a project he had been working on independently, Yu was interested in the project and the two officially formed developer Bit Blot the week before the Independent Games Festival deadline. Holowka met Derek Yu in the comments section of popular technology website Slashdot in a post regarding Jack Thompson's proposal and along with Chris Hanson and Phil Jones formed the group 'Thompsonsoft' for the one-off release.
Holowka acted as sound engineer on the 2006 freeware title I'm O.K – A Murder Simulator as a response to American lawyer Jack Thompson's ' A Modest Video Game Proposal'. Jenna Sharpe, Holowka and Derek Yu accepting the grand prize at the 2007 Independent Games Festival.
