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.

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.