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.