Helen Greetham 🐝
@jabbage.bsky.social
Writer, illustrator and technologist @ www.thewonderroom.uk
🐝My cosy mystery videogame The Beekeeper's Picnic is now available on Steam/Itch!
In my spare time (lol) I'm an amateur bookbinder & 19th century weird speculative fiction aficionado.
🐝My cosy mystery videogame The Beekeeper's Picnic is now available on Steam/Itch!
In my spare time (lol) I'm an amateur bookbinder & 19th century weird speculative fiction aficionado.
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Unwind with The Beekeeper’s Picnic, now half price for Steam Detective Fest! A tender story about Sherlock Holmes' retirement wrapped in cosy point‑and‑click puzzles.
store.steampowered.com/app/2248890/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2248890/...
In Great Expectations, Joe Gargery tells Pip that life "is made of ever so many partings welded together."
At some point a few months ago, I ate my last Sainsbury's chocolate twist, but I didn't *know* it was my last Sainsbury's chocolate twist.
Really makes you think, doesn't it?
At some point a few months ago, I ate my last Sainsbury's chocolate twist, but I didn't *know* it was my last Sainsbury's chocolate twist.
Really makes you think, doesn't it?
January 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
In Great Expectations, Joe Gargery tells Pip that life "is made of ever so many partings welded together."
At some point a few months ago, I ate my last Sainsbury's chocolate twist, but I didn't *know* it was my last Sainsbury's chocolate twist.
Really makes you think, doesn't it?
At some point a few months ago, I ate my last Sainsbury's chocolate twist, but I didn't *know* it was my last Sainsbury's chocolate twist.
Really makes you think, doesn't it?
You know, the best thing to come out of this Hiveworks situation for me is that I can go through the threads talking about it and track down all the comics people who I used to follow on twitter.
January 15, 2026 at 12:23 AM
You know, the best thing to come out of this Hiveworks situation for me is that I can go through the threads talking about it and track down all the comics people who I used to follow on twitter.
Reposted by Helen Greetham 🐝
The 2025 @agotyawards.bsky.social will be handed out on Monday, January 19th!
Watch me present my top three as part of the international jury.
Watch me present my top three as part of the international jury.
January 14, 2026 at 9:10 PM
The 2025 @agotyawards.bsky.social will be handed out on Monday, January 19th!
Watch me present my top three as part of the international jury.
Watch me present my top three as part of the international jury.
Very wise words! I've been asked a few times lately how I've built a (small but lovely!) audience, and I have no good answer because it's not from one thing?
I'm always a little bit baffled every time I see someone say "All I need is for someone with a big platform to promote my series- then it will be instantly popular!"
As someone who does promos for other comics to a pretty decent following, and has "gone viral" multiple times:
No it won't
As someone who does promos for other comics to a pretty decent following, and has "gone viral" multiple times:
No it won't
January 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Very wise words! I've been asked a few times lately how I've built a (small but lovely!) audience, and I have no good answer because it's not from one thing?
Reposted by Helen Greetham 🐝
Inventor Robert Pittis Scott's Cycling Art, Energy, and Locomotion (1889) offers a whimsical and illustrated tour through the previous century of “man-motor locomotion” including a second half dedicated to unusual patents: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/cycling-art
January 14, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Inventor Robert Pittis Scott's Cycling Art, Energy, and Locomotion (1889) offers a whimsical and illustrated tour through the previous century of “man-motor locomotion” including a second half dedicated to unusual patents: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/cycling-art
Reposted by Helen Greetham 🐝
As a longstanding indie creator collective, we stand with Hiveworks Artist Guild in the spirit of support for the broader comics community.
We express solidarity with our peers in the right to respectful, transparent, accountable work relationships.
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
We express solidarity with our peers in the right to respectful, transparent, accountable work relationships.
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
The Cartoonist Cooperative
Making comics better for everyone!
cartoonist.coop
January 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
As a longstanding indie creator collective, we stand with Hiveworks Artist Guild in the spirit of support for the broader comics community.
We express solidarity with our peers in the right to respectful, transparent, accountable work relationships.
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
We express solidarity with our peers in the right to respectful, transparent, accountable work relationships.
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
Thank you! 🥰 My biggest hope for this game is that it will be there for people when they need it, I think that's one of the biggest honours a story can have.
This is such a lovely and delightful little game. I played it at a time when I needed something relaxing and fun, and it was absolutely perfect.
Unwind with The Beekeeper’s Picnic, now half price for Steam Detective Fest! A tender story about Sherlock Holmes' retirement wrapped in cosy point‑and‑click puzzles.
store.steampowered.com/app/2248890/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2248890/...
January 12, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Thank you! 🥰 My biggest hope for this game is that it will be there for people when they need it, I think that's one of the biggest honours a story can have.
Unwind with The Beekeeper’s Picnic, now half price for Steam Detective Fest! A tender story about Sherlock Holmes' retirement wrapped in cosy point‑and‑click puzzles.
store.steampowered.com/app/2248890/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2248890/...
January 12, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Unwind with The Beekeeper’s Picnic, now half price for Steam Detective Fest! A tender story about Sherlock Holmes' retirement wrapped in cosy point‑and‑click puzzles.
store.steampowered.com/app/2248890/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2248890/...
Once upon a time getting a comic into Hiveworks would have been a dream come true for me - a sobering reminder that you often don't know the mess going on behind the scenes.
(I feel the same way about Unbound)
(I feel the same way about Unbound)
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
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cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
January 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Once upon a time getting a comic into Hiveworks would have been a dream come true for me - a sobering reminder that you often don't know the mess going on behind the scenes.
(I feel the same way about Unbound)
(I feel the same way about Unbound)
It means so much!!!
The single biggest thing which resulted in more eyes on my game, more than national press coverage, more than attending industry events, more than coverage on game journalism sites...
...was a mention from a teenager on TikTok.
The single biggest thing which resulted in more eyes on my game, more than national press coverage, more than attending industry events, more than coverage on game journalism sites...
...was a mention from a teenager on TikTok.
People don't realize how much you help indie creators when you mention an indie game you like to someone else!
A 30-second mention of one of my games, deep into the 13:10 mark of a ~30k-view YouTube video, is able to do this.
I'm thankful to everyone that decides to share the spotlight with smaller creators; you have no idea the difference you can make in our lives 💞
I'm thankful to everyone that decides to share the spotlight with smaller creators; you have no idea the difference you can make in our lives 💞
January 12, 2026 at 4:52 PM
It means so much!!!
The single biggest thing which resulted in more eyes on my game, more than national press coverage, more than attending industry events, more than coverage on game journalism sites...
...was a mention from a teenager on TikTok.
The single biggest thing which resulted in more eyes on my game, more than national press coverage, more than attending industry events, more than coverage on game journalism sites...
...was a mention from a teenager on TikTok.
I waited way too long to do this.
January 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I waited way too long to do this.
You know, I can't actually think of a mystery where the butler did it?
January 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
You know, I can't actually think of a mystery where the butler did it?
Not inaccurate photo of the sky over my house at 11pm last night (I think the pink colour is a bit brighter than it was in person)
January 9, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Not inaccurate photo of the sky over my house at 11pm last night (I think the pink colour is a bit brighter than it was in person)
Last night I had a very detailed dream set in the world of my Proposed Next Game, which probably means I'm getting suitably unhinged about it.
January 9, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Last night I had a very detailed dream set in the world of my Proposed Next Game, which probably means I'm getting suitably unhinged about it.
Beekeeper's Picnic might just about sell 10k copies in its first year, which is wild.
If everyone who has bought the game was a bee, we'd have a small but possibly sustainable hive 💪
If everyone who has bought the game was a bee, we'd have a small but possibly sustainable hive 💪
January 7, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Beekeeper's Picnic might just about sell 10k copies in its first year, which is wild.
If everyone who has bought the game was a bee, we'd have a small but possibly sustainable hive 💪
If everyone who has bought the game was a bee, we'd have a small but possibly sustainable hive 💪
New year, new haircut, same cat.
January 5, 2026 at 5:39 PM
New year, new haircut, same cat.
Sickness, prep for January exams and visiting relatives meant that December was a write-off for working on game ideation/pre-production...
... and yet apparently my mind was still tumbling ideas around. I sat down today and the solutions to various storytelling snags clicked into place.
... and yet apparently my mind was still tumbling ideas around. I sat down today and the solutions to various storytelling snags clicked into place.
January 4, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Sickness, prep for January exams and visiting relatives meant that December was a write-off for working on game ideation/pre-production...
... and yet apparently my mind was still tumbling ideas around. I sat down today and the solutions to various storytelling snags clicked into place.
... and yet apparently my mind was still tumbling ideas around. I sat down today and the solutions to various storytelling snags clicked into place.
Here's my final newsletter of 2025! Or is it my first of 2026?
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Goodbye, 2025. — The Wonder Room
It’s strange to think that 2025 is over. Since about 2022 it was synonymous with The Distant Hypothetical Future for me. Specifically the future year when The Beekeeper’s Picnic would finally be fin...
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January 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Here's my final newsletter of 2025! Or is it my first of 2026?
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Miss Malkin FAQ!
Q: How do you pronounce her name?
A: I pronounce it Moll-kin. She sometimes gets called Molly.
Q: What does it mean?
A: I'm very pretentious.
Q: Seriously though.
A: It's a cute/diminutive form of Matilda, which is used to be a common English name for female cats!
Q: How do you pronounce her name?
A: I pronounce it Moll-kin. She sometimes gets called Molly.
Q: What does it mean?
A: I'm very pretentious.
Q: Seriously though.
A: It's a cute/diminutive form of Matilda, which is used to be a common English name for female cats!
December 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Miss Malkin FAQ!
Q: How do you pronounce her name?
A: I pronounce it Moll-kin. She sometimes gets called Molly.
Q: What does it mean?
A: I'm very pretentious.
Q: Seriously though.
A: It's a cute/diminutive form of Matilda, which is used to be a common English name for female cats!
Q: How do you pronounce her name?
A: I pronounce it Moll-kin. She sometimes gets called Molly.
Q: What does it mean?
A: I'm very pretentious.
Q: Seriously though.
A: It's a cute/diminutive form of Matilda, which is used to be a common English name for female cats!
Ways I'd troll people if I had a time machine #154: Go to 1941, sneak this into codebreaker Dilly Knox's desk.
December 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Ways I'd troll people if I had a time machine #154: Go to 1941, sneak this into codebreaker Dilly Knox's desk.
Reposted by Helen Greetham 🐝
I am begging games writers in 2026 to stop talking about point and click like it's a dead/dormant genre currently being resurrected by whatever thing you've just noticed
December 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I am begging games writers in 2026 to stop talking about point and click like it's a dead/dormant genre currently being resurrected by whatever thing you've just noticed
I'm having a tidy-up deep in the depths of my office, and I found some comics I don't remember at all!
December 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I'm having a tidy-up deep in the depths of my office, and I found some comics I don't remember at all!
Reposted by Helen Greetham 🐝
Hey, all! I’m hoping to join VGen as an artist available for commissions, and I need to earn a code through engagement. Could you like and repost this piece?
#VGenCode vgen.co/Zappit
#VGenCode vgen.co/Zappit
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Hey, all! I’m hoping to join VGen as an artist available for commissions, and I need to earn a code through engagement. Could you like and repost this piece?
#VGenCode vgen.co/Zappit
#VGenCode vgen.co/Zappit
Oh wow, huge thanks to your community for voting for Beekeeper's Picnic! 🥰
For December I do something called The 12 Games of Cressmas where I try & complete 12 indie games from the year on stream.
This year I finished 12 games in 12 DAYS!
My community voted Consume Me & The Beekeepers' Picnic their favs: made by awesome devs @qdork.bsky.social & @jabbage.bsky.social
This year I finished 12 games in 12 DAYS!
My community voted Consume Me & The Beekeepers' Picnic their favs: made by awesome devs @qdork.bsky.social & @jabbage.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Oh wow, huge thanks to your community for voting for Beekeeper's Picnic! 🥰