Scarlet Skips Creator — Yerk Games, the Animator Behind Scarlet

The scarlet skips creator question has a short answer and a longer one. The short answer is Yerk Games, credited on Steam as both developer and publisher, which makes this a self-published indie release. The longer answer is that the game grew out of an existing animation channel, because Scarlet is the mascot of an animator known as Yerk, and the character had been appearing in videos for years before she got a game. This page collects what the credited sources document about who made the game, how long the character predates it, and where the creator posts updates, while being careful to separate the store's official credits from community-recorded details.

This page is compiled from the credited community documentation and the official Steam listing; details that rest on a single source are marked to confirm.

Who Made Scarlet Skips?

The Steam store listing names Yerk Games as both developer and publisher, so the game is self-published rather than released through a separate label. That matters for how patches and announcements arrive, because there is no publisher channel filtering the news: the community hub patch note and the social media posts come from the same small operation. Community documentation supports the same picture from a different angle, describing Scarlet Skips as a game built out of the creator's animated Scarlet videos rather than as a studio assignment, which is why the game's strength is animation and character work rather than scope.

Role	Credit	Source
Developer	Yerk Games	Steam store listing
Publisher	Yerk Games	Steam store listing
Creator handle	yerkdiff	Public social accounts
Director	Erik Segriff	IMDb, single source
Character owner	Yerk Games	Store and community material

What the credits establish, in short:

• One company holds both the developer and publisher roles.
• Patches and announcements come from that same small operation.
• The game is self-published, with no separate label in the chain.
• Credits beyond the store page have not been documented in detail.

Scarlet Before the Game

Scarlet is not a new character invented for a game. Niche Gamer notes that Yerk has been posting Scarlet content since at least 2023, and describes her as the creator's channel mascot who became the protagonist of a jump-rope roguelite. The character wiki adds the animated history, listing a Scarlet web series and shorts including a crossover sketch with the Sonic Forces Double Boost idea, and a parody short, all of which predate the game. That history explains the game's animation-first reputation, because the character was already an animation showcase before she became a playable one.

Period	What happened	Source
At least 2023	Scarlet content posted on the creator's channel	Niche Gamer
Before 2026	Scarlet web series and animated shorts	Character wiki
2026	Scarlet Skips announced and released	Store and social posts
September 2026	Merchandise announced for the character	Creator's public account

Where to Follow the Creator

The creator's public account is the most useful official channel because it carries both release news and corrections. It is where the September 3 release date was announced, where development notes about animation and concept art appear, and where the warning about unofficial mobile copies was published. Merchandise has also been announced there, including apparel designs, pins, and a plush, so the account doubles as the storefront for anything outside the game. Following it is the reliable way to check whether a claimed port or release is real, because anything genuinely official tends to appear there first.

What the account is useful for, in practice:

• Release and patch announcements straight from the creator.
• Statements warning about unofficial copies and where not to install the game.
• Development notes and animation breakdowns that explain the design.
• Merchandise announcements and availability windows.
• Concept art and behind-the-scenes material that does not appear in the game.

Two caution notes close out the creator picture. First, the only authoritative statement about credits is the store page, which lists a single company for both roles, so any claim about team size is inference rather than documented fact. Second, the IMDb director credit is a single-source detail, so it should be treated as unconfirmed until it appears somewhere else. For what that animation work produces in play, the characters page covers Scarlet as a character, and the gameplay page covers the systems she carries.