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Hilda Bewildered

From the creators of The Artifacts and Midnight Feast, Hilda Bewildered is an illustrated short story for deep-thinking adolescent readers and above.

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Slap Happy Larry
Publisher
Slap Happy Larry
Release
June 11, 2019
7 years and 54 days ago
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About the Game

From the creators of The Artifacts and Midnight Feast, Hilda Bewildered is an illustrated short story for deep-thinking adolescent readers and above.

Somewhere in a non-specified European country, Princess Hilda comes of age. She must deliver a prepared speech at midnight tonight, charged with the task of ‘opening winter’. Unfortunately for Hilda, she is terrified of speaking in front of a live audience.

Put on your close-reading hats for this one. Prepare a cup of peppermint tea and wait for the cold to set in.

HILDA BEWILDERED THEMES AND IDEAS

  • The nature of celebrity
  • Constant surveillance/Imaginary Audience Syndrome
  • Social invisibility
  • The stochastic nature of birthright
  • Beauty and self-image
  • ‘Grass is greener’ feelings
  • The language of advertising
  • Fear of public speaking
  • Finding inner strength
  • Loneliness among crowds

OTHER FEATURES

  • 32 pages of story
  • Intuitive navigation
  • Painterly style of artwork
  • Hand-coded interactive book
  • Original soundtrack composed for this story by Chris Hurn

important Note

We have maintained an aspect ratio of 4:3 to preserve the original artwork. You will see panels on the side of a typical 16:9 ratio computer monitor. We have provided an option to run Hilda Bewildered in a window on the desktop, without the panels.
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