Helen L
@thehellers.bsky.social
VR/AR design | Narrative design & game writing | Virtual worlds | Interactive experiences | Engines of meaning. My work: www.lastdaysofparadise.com
The astronaut’s mind was a cool blank space was calming. She drifted across the oblivion and oblivion drifted in her. (4/4)
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Dream of a Generous Sun by Helen Lam
A wandering astronaut comes across a strange tower on an alien world
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December 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The astronaut’s mind was a cool blank space was calming. She drifted across the oblivion and oblivion drifted in her. (4/4)
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Weariness was lodged in her heart. It had grown too large to fit so her chest was always tight but it was the right shape so it burrowed in and did not shift in place. (3/4)
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Dream of a Generous Sun by Helen Lam
A wandering astronaut comes across a strange tower on an alien world
hlam10.itch.io
December 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Weariness was lodged in her heart. It had grown too large to fit so her chest was always tight but it was the right shape so it burrowed in and did not shift in place. (3/4)
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She had been drifting for a long time and there was no reason to believe she would not still be drifting some immeasurable unit of spacetime after. (2/4)
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Dream of a Generous Sun by Helen Lam
A wandering astronaut comes across a strange tower on an alien world
hlam10.itch.io
December 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
She had been drifting for a long time and there was no reason to believe she would not still be drifting some immeasurable unit of spacetime after. (2/4)
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Below her eddies of spacetime swirled into infinity. Above her little spacecraft the cold heat of gaseous stars told her what she already suspected. (1/4)
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Dream of a Generous Sun by Helen Lam
A wandering astronaut comes across a strange tower on an alien world
hlam10.itch.io
December 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Below her eddies of spacetime swirled into infinity. Above her little spacecraft the cold heat of gaseous stars told her what she already suspected. (1/4)
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✨SUMMITBOUND EP 1 ALPHA IS OUT NOW!🌙
Download and play it now: team-rat-games.itch.io/summitbound
Join our Discord to give us feedback: discord.gg/z6aCdCqvbs
Support us for future updates and games: www.patreon.com/cw/RatMagicG...
#Summitbound #VN #Indiegame #Indiedev
Download and play it now: team-rat-games.itch.io/summitbound
Join our Discord to give us feedback: discord.gg/z6aCdCqvbs
Support us for future updates and games: www.patreon.com/cw/RatMagicG...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
✨SUMMITBOUND EP 1 ALPHA IS OUT NOW!🌙
Download and play it now: team-rat-games.itch.io/summitbound
Join our Discord to give us feedback: discord.gg/z6aCdCqvbs
Support us for future updates and games: www.patreon.com/cw/RatMagicG...
#Summitbound #VN #Indiegame #Indiedev
Download and play it now: team-rat-games.itch.io/summitbound
Join our Discord to give us feedback: discord.gg/z6aCdCqvbs
Support us for future updates and games: www.patreon.com/cw/RatMagicG...
#Summitbound #VN #Indiegame #Indiedev
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Alice & Eileen | The Good and The Great
The last of the two characters are revealed; our very own Faculty at this prestigious magic school. Learn about them more in the thread below~
Summitbound is out TOMORROW!
Stay tuned for release details~
#Summitbound #VN #Indiedev #Indiegame
The last of the two characters are revealed; our very own Faculty at this prestigious magic school. Learn about them more in the thread below~
Summitbound is out TOMORROW!
Stay tuned for release details~
#Summitbound #VN #Indiedev #Indiegame
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Alice & Eileen | The Good and The Great
The last of the two characters are revealed; our very own Faculty at this prestigious magic school. Learn about them more in the thread below~
Summitbound is out TOMORROW!
Stay tuned for release details~
#Summitbound #VN #Indiedev #Indiegame
The last of the two characters are revealed; our very own Faculty at this prestigious magic school. Learn about them more in the thread below~
Summitbound is out TOMORROW!
Stay tuned for release details~
#Summitbound #VN #Indiedev #Indiegame
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Rex | The Cold Flame
"All family is, is trouble and baggage. Do yourself a favour and don't pry."
That's all the students! Only 2 more characters left to reveal!
Summitbound Alpha EP 1 out very soon!
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"All family is, is trouble and baggage. Do yourself a favour and don't pry."
That's all the students! Only 2 more characters left to reveal!
Summitbound Alpha EP 1 out very soon!
#VN #indiedev #indiegame #Summitbound
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Rex | The Cold Flame
"All family is, is trouble and baggage. Do yourself a favour and don't pry."
That's all the students! Only 2 more characters left to reveal!
Summitbound Alpha EP 1 out very soon!
#VN #indiedev #indiegame #Summitbound
"All family is, is trouble and baggage. Do yourself a favour and don't pry."
That's all the students! Only 2 more characters left to reveal!
Summitbound Alpha EP 1 out very soon!
#VN #indiedev #indiegame #Summitbound
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Tao | The First Crack in the Ice
"I don't owe you my time. In fact, you owe me time at this point, for wasting so much of it."
VA: Minh Ton
Only one more student left to reveal!
Summitbound Alpha EP 1 out soon
#summitbound #VN #indiedev #indiegame
"I don't owe you my time. In fact, you owe me time at this point, for wasting so much of it."
VA: Minh Ton
Only one more student left to reveal!
Summitbound Alpha EP 1 out soon
#summitbound #VN #indiedev #indiegame
December 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Tao | The First Crack in the Ice
"I don't owe you my time. In fact, you owe me time at this point, for wasting so much of it."
VA: Minh Ton
Only one more student left to reveal!
Summitbound Alpha EP 1 out soon
#summitbound #VN #indiedev #indiegame
"I don't owe you my time. In fact, you owe me time at this point, for wasting so much of it."
VA: Minh Ton
Only one more student left to reveal!
Summitbound Alpha EP 1 out soon
#summitbound #VN #indiedev #indiegame
And the atmospheric cityscapes. Really memorable art direction from both mediums. (3/3)
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December 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
And the atmospheric cityscapes. Really memorable art direction from both mediums. (3/3)
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The ornate, oil-painting like feeling... (2/3)
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December 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The ornate, oil-painting like feeling... (2/3)
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Have you noticed the set design for Netflix's Frankenstein is like what Dishonored (one of my fav games) would look like if it were a film?
The dark, gothic industrial look... (1/3)
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The dark, gothic industrial look... (1/3)
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December 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Have you noticed the set design for Netflix's Frankenstein is like what Dishonored (one of my fav games) would look like if it were a film?
The dark, gothic industrial look... (1/3)
#videogames #film #gamedesign #setdesign #Dishonored #Frankenstein
The dark, gothic industrial look... (1/3)
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The one that waits in expectancy for what you have never seen, tasted or known. A private glory that only you can make and only you can know. Triumph beckons. (3/3)
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The Hunger by Helen Lam
A narrative exploration game made in Bitsy about the transcendent properties in everyday things.
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December 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The one that waits in expectancy for what you have never seen, tasted or known. A private glory that only you can make and only you can know. Triumph beckons. (3/3)
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Marigolds spill over their plastic pots, awaiting the day they'll be planted in some spring garden. Above it all a soft, lustrous light shines down onto you, and on all around. You remember that halcyon core inside of you, the durable one... (2/3)
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The Hunger by Helen Lam
A narrative exploration game made in Bitsy about the transcendent properties in everyday things.
hlam10.itch.io
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Marigolds spill over their plastic pots, awaiting the day they'll be planted in some spring garden. Above it all a soft, lustrous light shines down onto you, and on all around. You remember that halcyon core inside of you, the durable one... (2/3)
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
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You pick up a carton of organic Eggs. You need eggs, but you only like the organic ones. The ones with the rich yellow centres. Sometimes, when you look for it, you see that golden look everywhere. Plump lemons exude a quiet confidence... (1/3)
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The Hunger by Helen Lam
A narrative exploration game made in Bitsy about the transcendent properties in everyday things.
hlam10.itch.io
December 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
You pick up a carton of organic Eggs. You need eggs, but you only like the organic ones. The ones with the rich yellow centres. Sometimes, when you look for it, you see that golden look everywhere. Plump lemons exude a quiet confidence... (1/3)
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Melody | The Lady of Luminosity
"Potion making is, like, the best thing. I remember when I was a little girl and I'd mix powders and soaps in my bathtub to try and get the right colour."
Summitbound alpha soon!
More reveals soon!
#Summitbound #VN #Indiedev #indiegame
"Potion making is, like, the best thing. I remember when I was a little girl and I'd mix powders and soaps in my bathtub to try and get the right colour."
Summitbound alpha soon!
More reveals soon!
#Summitbound #VN #Indiedev #indiegame
December 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Melody | The Lady of Luminosity
"Potion making is, like, the best thing. I remember when I was a little girl and I'd mix powders and soaps in my bathtub to try and get the right colour."
Summitbound alpha soon!
More reveals soon!
#Summitbound #VN #Indiedev #indiegame
"Potion making is, like, the best thing. I remember when I was a little girl and I'd mix powders and soaps in my bathtub to try and get the right colour."
Summitbound alpha soon!
More reveals soon!
#Summitbound #VN #Indiedev #indiegame
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Xander | The Lightning in a Bottle
"Ever feel like you know diddly squat about magic? I'm feeling that right now..."
VA: @TunnelVa
Summitbound EP 1 Alpha releases soon
More characters to come!
#Summitbound #indiedev #VN #indiegame
"Ever feel like you know diddly squat about magic? I'm feeling that right now..."
VA: @TunnelVa
Summitbound EP 1 Alpha releases soon
More characters to come!
#Summitbound #indiedev #VN #indiegame
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Xander | The Lightning in a Bottle
"Ever feel like you know diddly squat about magic? I'm feeling that right now..."
VA: @TunnelVa
Summitbound EP 1 Alpha releases soon
More characters to come!
#Summitbound #indiedev #VN #indiegame
"Ever feel like you know diddly squat about magic? I'm feeling that right now..."
VA: @TunnelVa
Summitbound EP 1 Alpha releases soon
More characters to come!
#Summitbound #indiedev #VN #indiegame
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Aria | The Solitary Rose
"Shame curfew is so early. Night time is when nature is most itself..."
Summitbound EP 1 Alpha releases soon
Keep an eye out for the rest of our cast in the upcoming days
#Summitbound #indiedev #VN #indiegame
"Shame curfew is so early. Night time is when nature is most itself..."
Summitbound EP 1 Alpha releases soon
Keep an eye out for the rest of our cast in the upcoming days
#Summitbound #indiedev #VN #indiegame
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Aria | The Solitary Rose
"Shame curfew is so early. Night time is when nature is most itself..."
Summitbound EP 1 Alpha releases soon
Keep an eye out for the rest of our cast in the upcoming days
#Summitbound #indiedev #VN #indiegame
"Shame curfew is so early. Night time is when nature is most itself..."
Summitbound EP 1 Alpha releases soon
Keep an eye out for the rest of our cast in the upcoming days
#Summitbound #indiedev #VN #indiegame
This is where you live, as a demi-god. Half animal, half eternal. You feel for two seconds the indescribable beauty of this union, inside you. (3/3)
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
#indiegames #videogames
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
#indiegames #videogames
The Hunger by Helen Lam
A narrative exploration game made in Bitsy about the transcendent properties in everyday things.
hlam10.itch.io
November 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is where you live, as a demi-god. Half animal, half eternal. You feel for two seconds the indescribable beauty of this union, inside you. (3/3)
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
#indiegames #videogames
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
#indiegames #videogames
You pause and remember backward, into the vivid fog of your past for a reason. You realize you are an animal that can dream. Your animal instincts are cast onto a plane of time and space that reaches out in all directions in your head. (2/3)
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hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
#indiegames #videogames
The Hunger by Helen Lam
A narrative exploration game made in Bitsy about the transcendent properties in everyday things.
hlam10.itch.io
November 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
You pause and remember backward, into the vivid fog of your past for a reason. You realize you are an animal that can dream. Your animal instincts are cast onto a plane of time and space that reaches out in all directions in your head. (2/3)
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
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You pick up Chocolate Milk. You prefer the kind of milk that's sweet. You watch the dark, velvet liquid quiver in glass bottles. Your preference for the dark and the sweet is a part of you like your right ear, but you don’t know why. (1/3)
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The Hunger by Helen Lam
A narrative exploration game made in Bitsy about the transcendent properties in everyday things.
hlam10.itch.io
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
You pick up Chocolate Milk. You prefer the kind of milk that's sweet. You watch the dark, velvet liquid quiver in glass bottles. Your preference for the dark and the sweet is a part of you like your right ear, but you don’t know why. (1/3)
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
#indiegames #videogames
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
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"They're perfectly strange. I made all these little machines to keep the flowers alive. Since you were the first to see my garden, I've clipped this flower here for you."
YOU COLLECT: A flower with no name, child of a Spontaneous Bloom. (3/3)
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YOU COLLECT: A flower with no name, child of a Spontaneous Bloom. (3/3)
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Tales from the Blue City by Helen Lam
An experimental game in Bitsy 3D. Explore a mysterious place called the Blue City.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"They're perfectly strange. I made all these little machines to keep the flowers alive. Since you were the first to see my garden, I've clipped this flower here for you."
YOU COLLECT: A flower with no name, child of a Spontaneous Bloom. (3/3)
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#indiegames #videogames
YOU COLLECT: A flower with no name, child of a Spontaneous Bloom. (3/3)
hlam10.itch.io/tales-from-t...
#indiegames #videogames
“I liked your old place...”
“I'm so happy. It might sound odd but I feel like I've been chosen. Then these strange flowers started to sprout all over the place.”
“They certainly are strange. Can't name the species.” (2/3)
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“I'm so happy. It might sound odd but I feel like I've been chosen. Then these strange flowers started to sprout all over the place.”
“They certainly are strange. Can't name the species.” (2/3)
hlam10.itch.io/tales-from-t...
#indiegames #videogames
Tales from the Blue City by Helen Lam
An experimental game in Bitsy 3D. Explore a mysterious place called the Blue City.
hlam10.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
“I liked your old place...”
“I'm so happy. It might sound odd but I feel like I've been chosen. Then these strange flowers started to sprout all over the place.”
“They certainly are strange. Can't name the species.” (2/3)
hlam10.itch.io/tales-from-t...
#indiegames #videogames
“I'm so happy. It might sound odd but I feel like I've been chosen. Then these strange flowers started to sprout all over the place.”
“They certainly are strange. Can't name the species.” (2/3)
hlam10.itch.io/tales-from-t...
#indiegames #videogames
“What happened to your flat?”
“You're finally here. Do you like it? When I came home last week my flat had transformed into a walled garden. I told the planning authority and they registered the incident as a Spontaneous Bloom.” (1/3)
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“You're finally here. Do you like it? When I came home last week my flat had transformed into a walled garden. I told the planning authority and they registered the incident as a Spontaneous Bloom.” (1/3)
hlam10.itch.io/tales-from-t...
#indiegames #videogames
Tales from the Blue City by Helen Lam
An experimental game in Bitsy 3D. Explore a mysterious place called the Blue City.
hlam10.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
“What happened to your flat?”
“You're finally here. Do you like it? When I came home last week my flat had transformed into a walled garden. I told the planning authority and they registered the incident as a Spontaneous Bloom.” (1/3)
hlam10.itch.io/tales-from-t...
#indiegames #videogames
“You're finally here. Do you like it? When I came home last week my flat had transformed into a walled garden. I told the planning authority and they registered the incident as a Spontaneous Bloom.” (1/3)
hlam10.itch.io/tales-from-t...
#indiegames #videogames
“A station of fear and doubt. The pain will lash at him, the real him beyond the flames, and he must withstand until the fire dampens or he is burned away. With the sympathy of a bystander, you watch him disappear into a backroom.” (3/3)
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
#indiegames #videogames
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
#indiegames #videogames
The Hunger by Helen Lam
A narrative exploration game made in Bitsy about the transcendent properties in everyday things.
hlam10.itch.io
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“A station of fear and doubt. The pain will lash at him, the real him beyond the flames, and he must withstand until the fire dampens or he is burned away. With the sympathy of a bystander, you watch him disappear into a backroom.” (3/3)
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
#indiegames #videogames
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
#indiegames #videogames
“He holds up his hand, that red pennant, and stares in disbelief. He has already departed. The man in the hairnet has already begun a trek he cannot turn from. He will live for an undetermined amount of time in that fine and private place.” (2/3)
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
#indiegames #videogames
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
#indiegames #videogames
The Hunger by Helen Lam
A narrative exploration game made in Bitsy about the transcendent properties in everyday things.
hlam10.itch.io
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“He holds up his hand, that red pennant, and stares in disbelief. He has already departed. The man in the hairnet has already begun a trek he cannot turn from. He will live for an undetermined amount of time in that fine and private place.” (2/3)
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
#indiegames #videogames
hlam10.itch.io/the-hunger
#indiegames #videogames