Princess Hilda confronts her coming-of-age moment in a non-specified European country, tasked with delivering a midnight speech to open winter. Terrified of public speaking before a live audience, she navigates fears tied to celebrity, constant surveillance, social invisibility, birthright, beauty standards, advertising lingo, and loneliness in crowds. This indie casual adventure unfolds as a 32-page illustrated short story with painterly artwork and intuitive navigation.
Deep-thinking adolescent readers and above will appreciate finding inner strength through close reading. An original score by Chris Hurn enhances the experience, while a 4:3 aspect ratio preserves the artwork-run it in a desktop window to skip side panels on 16:9 monitors. Prepare peppermint tea as the cold sets in.
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.
