Hilda Bewildered

About this 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.