Helen Greetham 🐝🔜 AdventureX
@jabbage.bsky.social
Writer, illustrator and technologist, founder of www.thewonderroom.uk
🐝My cosy mystery videogame The Beekeeper's Picnic is now available!
In the spare time I wish I had, I'm an amateur bookbinder & 19th century weird speculative fiction aficionado.
🐝My cosy mystery videogame The Beekeeper's Picnic is now available!
In the spare time I wish I had, I'm an amateur bookbinder & 19th century weird speculative fiction aficionado.
Pinned
I'm so excited that The Beekeeper's Picnic is part of the official selection - looking forward to seeing all of you at #AdvX25!
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Can't believe it's only five days until the most anticipated gaming release of the year:
The Jacquie Lawson Christmas Village Advent calendar
www.jacquielawson.com/advent/chris...
The Jacquie Lawson Christmas Village Advent calendar
www.jacquielawson.com/advent/chris...
2025 Christmas Village Advent Calendar | Jacquie Lawson
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November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Can't believe it's only five days until the most anticipated gaming release of the year:
The Jacquie Lawson Christmas Village Advent calendar
www.jacquielawson.com/advent/chris...
The Jacquie Lawson Christmas Village Advent calendar
www.jacquielawson.com/advent/chris...
Reposted by Helen Greetham 🐝🔜 AdventureX
Beekeepers and plague doctors: sharing a united desire to wear snazzy protective headgear.
You can get The Beekeeper's Picnic and retro medical adventure The Plague Doctor of Wippra for a special low price as part of this bundle for AdventureX! #AdventureX
store.steampowered.com/bundle/62595...
You can get The Beekeeper's Picnic and retro medical adventure The Plague Doctor of Wippra for a special low price as part of this bundle for AdventureX! #AdventureX
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Save 26% on AdventureX 2025 Pixelated Past Bundle on Steam
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November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Beekeepers and plague doctors: sharing a united desire to wear snazzy protective headgear.
You can get The Beekeeper's Picnic and retro medical adventure The Plague Doctor of Wippra for a special low price as part of this bundle for AdventureX! #AdventureX
store.steampowered.com/bundle/62595...
You can get The Beekeeper's Picnic and retro medical adventure The Plague Doctor of Wippra for a special low price as part of this bundle for AdventureX! #AdventureX
store.steampowered.com/bundle/62595...
Thank you to everyone who came to chat with me about The Beekeeper's Picnic at #AdventureX! My voice has gone and I'm clean out of Newt Facts, but I've got to meet some of my creative heroes, put faces to names and hear from people who have played and enjoyed this thing that I put so much love into.
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to chat with me about The Beekeeper's Picnic at #AdventureX! My voice has gone and I'm clean out of Newt Facts, but I've got to meet some of my creative heroes, put faces to names and hear from people who have played and enjoyed this thing that I put so much love into.
As a bun native who lives in bap territory, I was delighted to be in London and order a "sausage roll" and receive a sausage in bread, not puff pastry. Hadn't even crossed my mind that was a possible outcome of the phrase "sausage roll'.
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
As a bun native who lives in bap territory, I was delighted to be in London and order a "sausage roll" and receive a sausage in bread, not puff pastry. Hadn't even crossed my mind that was a possible outcome of the phrase "sausage roll'.
Problem: eating at convention stand is unprofessional
Solution: Make game about a picnic, food is now appropriate theming
(This is a joke, for goodness sake let people at conventions eat)
#AdventureX
Solution: Make game about a picnic, food is now appropriate theming
(This is a joke, for goodness sake let people at conventions eat)
#AdventureX
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Problem: eating at convention stand is unprofessional
Solution: Make game about a picnic, food is now appropriate theming
(This is a joke, for goodness sake let people at conventions eat)
#AdventureX
Solution: Make game about a picnic, food is now appropriate theming
(This is a joke, for goodness sake let people at conventions eat)
#AdventureX
Nothing like a big shot of "oh no my plans are falling apart" adrenaline to start the weekend!
But thanks to a laptop borrowed from @gejwatts.bsky.social, an extension cable and the wonders of ScummVM,
Beekeepers Picnic is now playable at #AdventureX !!!
But thanks to a laptop borrowed from @gejwatts.bsky.social, an extension cable and the wonders of ScummVM,
Beekeepers Picnic is now playable at #AdventureX !!!
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Nothing like a big shot of "oh no my plans are falling apart" adrenaline to start the weekend!
But thanks to a laptop borrowed from @gejwatts.bsky.social, an extension cable and the wonders of ScummVM,
Beekeepers Picnic is now playable at #AdventureX !!!
But thanks to a laptop borrowed from @gejwatts.bsky.social, an extension cable and the wonders of ScummVM,
Beekeepers Picnic is now playable at #AdventureX !!!
Reposted by Helen Greetham 🐝🔜 AdventureX
Oh good, they're asking the public to name something again! (replica sutton hoo ship). They have explicitly asked for nothing like Boaty mcBoatface, so this is time for old english scholars to represent. What is the OE for "Boaty McBoatface"? Can we do something with "whale road"...? #Medievalsky
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Oh good, they're asking the public to name something again! (replica sutton hoo ship). They have explicitly asked for nothing like Boaty mcBoatface, so this is time for old english scholars to represent. What is the OE for "Boaty McBoatface"? Can we do something with "whale road"...? #Medievalsky
Tough decisions as a game developer.
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Tough decisions as a game developer.
I adore this team-up!
Step into the shoes (and hooves) of the sharpest sleuths — Casebook 1899, The Beekeeper’s Picnic, and Lord Winklebottom Investigates are now bundled together… and the price is CRIMINALLY good!
@jabbage.bsky.social
@cavemonsters.bsky.social
#PointAndClick
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@jabbage.bsky.social
@cavemonsters.bsky.social
#PointAndClick
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Save 34% on Greatest Detectives on Steam
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November 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I adore this team-up!
Beekeepers and plague doctors: sharing a united desire to wear snazzy protective headgear.
You can get The Beekeeper's Picnic and retro medical adventure The Plague Doctor of Wippra for a special low price as part of this bundle for AdventureX! #AdventureX
store.steampowered.com/bundle/62595...
You can get The Beekeeper's Picnic and retro medical adventure The Plague Doctor of Wippra for a special low price as part of this bundle for AdventureX! #AdventureX
store.steampowered.com/bundle/62595...
Save 26% on AdventureX 2025 Pixelated Past Bundle on Steam
store.steampowered.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Beekeepers and plague doctors: sharing a united desire to wear snazzy protective headgear.
You can get The Beekeeper's Picnic and retro medical adventure The Plague Doctor of Wippra for a special low price as part of this bundle for AdventureX! #AdventureX
store.steampowered.com/bundle/62595...
You can get The Beekeeper's Picnic and retro medical adventure The Plague Doctor of Wippra for a special low price as part of this bundle for AdventureX! #AdventureX
store.steampowered.com/bundle/62595...
Reposted by Helen Greetham 🐝🔜 AdventureX
Newt facts!
Our local rough-skinned newts have been in a toxic arms race with the garter snakes and are deadly poisonous. But the snakes are immune and just get drunk on it.
Our local rough-skinned newts have been in a toxic arms race with the garter snakes and are deadly poisonous. But the snakes are immune and just get drunk on it.
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Newt facts!
Our local rough-skinned newts have been in a toxic arms race with the garter snakes and are deadly poisonous. But the snakes are immune and just get drunk on it.
Our local rough-skinned newts have been in a toxic arms race with the garter snakes and are deadly poisonous. But the snakes are immune and just get drunk on it.
Come and play The Beekeeper's Picnic at #AdventureX and obtain a newt fact!
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Come and play The Beekeeper's Picnic at #AdventureX and obtain a newt fact!
You too can use @polygontreehouse.bsky.social's 'No GenAI' badge and slightly confuse a reviewer on PC Gamer! 💪
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November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
You too can use @polygontreehouse.bsky.social's 'No GenAI' badge and slightly confuse a reviewer on PC Gamer! 💪
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I'm about to go to the press night for Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas.
I made a bingo card for myself
I made a bingo card for myself
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I'm about to go to the press night for Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas.
I made a bingo card for myself
I made a bingo card for myself
I wish this wasn't £150...
November 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I wish this wasn't £150...
SCENE: Library. Jabbage is seeking a book called "Dank Tales of the Fungal Weird"
Stranger: Excuse me, you look really pretty.
Me: Thank you! (Keeps walking)
Him: (following) I wanted to pay you a compliment.
Me: Thank you! (Keeps walking)
Him: You're not actually pretty.
Me: ...Ok!
Him: Bitch!
Stranger: Excuse me, you look really pretty.
Me: Thank you! (Keeps walking)
Him: (following) I wanted to pay you a compliment.
Me: Thank you! (Keeps walking)
Him: You're not actually pretty.
Me: ...Ok!
Him: Bitch!
November 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
SCENE: Library. Jabbage is seeking a book called "Dank Tales of the Fungal Weird"
Stranger: Excuse me, you look really pretty.
Me: Thank you! (Keeps walking)
Him: (following) I wanted to pay you a compliment.
Me: Thank you! (Keeps walking)
Him: You're not actually pretty.
Me: ...Ok!
Him: Bitch!
Stranger: Excuse me, you look really pretty.
Me: Thank you! (Keeps walking)
Him: (following) I wanted to pay you a compliment.
Me: Thank you! (Keeps walking)
Him: You're not actually pretty.
Me: ...Ok!
Him: Bitch!
I quite like being an outsider artist, but sometimes I'd quite like to pop inside and warm my hands for a bit.
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I quite like being an outsider artist, but sometimes I'd quite like to pop inside and warm my hands for a bit.
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Final colourized version poster for @girls-can.bsky.social's #LaurierBology departmental seminar!
#SciArt
#SciArt
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I feel like 2025 is my year of discovering that I really like 'time loop' games, and it's also a year that have seen a lot of really good time loop games.
Forgotten City, Pentiment and Expelled were all so enjoyable.
I haven't even got to The Blue Prince yet but I hear so many good things.
Forgotten City, Pentiment and Expelled were all so enjoyable.
I haven't even got to The Blue Prince yet but I hear so many good things.
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I feel like 2025 is my year of discovering that I really like 'time loop' games, and it's also a year that have seen a lot of really good time loop games.
Forgotten City, Pentiment and Expelled were all so enjoyable.
I haven't even got to The Blue Prince yet but I hear so many good things.
Forgotten City, Pentiment and Expelled were all so enjoyable.
I haven't even got to The Blue Prince yet but I hear so many good things.
I didn't have the capacity to zoom up to Harrogate this weekend and then exhibit at AdventureX next weekend, so I'm going to be feeling huge Thought Bubble FOMO this weekend! Have fun everyone! Say hello to the Turkish Baths for me! Buy lots of comics!
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I didn't have the capacity to zoom up to Harrogate this weekend and then exhibit at AdventureX next weekend, so I'm going to be feeling huge Thought Bubble FOMO this weekend! Have fun everyone! Say hello to the Turkish Baths for me! Buy lots of comics!
Time for some sophisticated drinks...
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Time for some sophisticated drinks...
I keep seeing academics posting AI-generated comic pages that are supposed to help convey their research to a general audience, and they're invariably awful. It breaks my heart a little.
There are so many incredible non-fiction comic creators out there who would love to work with you!
There are so many incredible non-fiction comic creators out there who would love to work with you!
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I keep seeing academics posting AI-generated comic pages that are supposed to help convey their research to a general audience, and they're invariably awful. It breaks my heart a little.
There are so many incredible non-fiction comic creators out there who would love to work with you!
There are so many incredible non-fiction comic creators out there who would love to work with you!
"So, tell me why you're interested in this job?"
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"So, tell me why you're interested in this job?"
I have tickets to the press night of this and I PROMISE that I'm going to enjoy the wonderful silliness of it...
...but if I'm allowed one little moment of pedantry...
...but if I'm allowed one little moment of pedantry...
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I have tickets to the press night of this and I PROMISE that I'm going to enjoy the wonderful silliness of it...
...but if I'm allowed one little moment of pedantry...
...but if I'm allowed one little moment of pedantry...
I'm entering 24+ hours of the electricity in my home being non-functional, and friends it is not very fun.
Writing my game code by quill pen on parchment by the light of an oil lamp, like my ancestors.
Writing my game code by quill pen on parchment by the light of an oil lamp, like my ancestors.
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I'm entering 24+ hours of the electricity in my home being non-functional, and friends it is not very fun.
Writing my game code by quill pen on parchment by the light of an oil lamp, like my ancestors.
Writing my game code by quill pen on parchment by the light of an oil lamp, like my ancestors.