Helen Greetham 🐝
@jabbage.bsky.social
Library services and educational technology by day; indie game maker at thewonderroom.uk by night (🐝 cosy mystery The Beekeeper’s Picnic out now!).
Amateur bookbinder and 19th‑century weird speculative fiction aficionado.
Amateur bookbinder and 19th‑century weird speculative fiction aficionado.
Registered to give blood!
January 21, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Registered to give blood!
I just finished playing Pentiment (after saving it for a rainy day for far too long) and it's very beautiful, and ironically makes me worry about not ever making anything quite so beautiful.
January 19, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I just finished playing Pentiment (after saving it for a rainy day for far too long) and it's very beautiful, and ironically makes me worry about not ever making anything quite so beautiful.
I saw this yesterday and it gets my stamp of approval, do catch it if it's touring near you!
Fast-paced spy thriller isn't my favourite genre for Holmes stories, but
I think it pulled it off with panache. The characterisations of all the major players made my fannish heart happy.
Fast-paced spy thriller isn't my favourite genre for Holmes stories, but
I think it pulled it off with panache. The characterisations of all the major players made my fannish heart happy.
January 18, 2026 at 12:17 PM
I saw this yesterday and it gets my stamp of approval, do catch it if it's touring near you!
Fast-paced spy thriller isn't my favourite genre for Holmes stories, but
I think it pulled it off with panache. The characterisations of all the major players made my fannish heart happy.
Fast-paced spy thriller isn't my favourite genre for Holmes stories, but
I think it pulled it off with panache. The characterisations of all the major players made my fannish heart happy.
Desperate times call for desperate measures: I made my own.
January 17, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Desperate times call for desperate measures: I made my own.
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?
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/...
I waited way too long to do this.
January 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I waited way too long to do this.
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)
I take it back, the cat is determined to improve her mind.
January 6, 2026 at 12:19 PM
I take it back, the cat is determined to improve her mind.
New year, new haircut, same cat.
January 5, 2026 at 5:39 PM
New year, new haircut, same cat.
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.
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!
Flashback to making some kind of beeswax candle summoning circle at the Beekeeper's Picnic Picnic this summer.
December 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Flashback to making some kind of beeswax candle summoning circle at the Beekeeper's Picnic Picnic this summer.
Exciting mental health discovery:
Cross stitch + audio drama/audiobook = happy brain
Cross stitch + audio drama/audiobook = happy brain
December 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Exciting mental health discovery:
Cross stitch + audio drama/audiobook = happy brain
Cross stitch + audio drama/audiobook = happy brain
Went to the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum for my birthday because I am a NERD and looked up my cat's name in his famous dictionary, to find that there's a cute little poem.
This is very accurate, my Miss Malkin does protend her fell claws.
This is very accurate, my Miss Malkin does protend her fell claws.
December 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Went to the Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum for my birthday because I am a NERD and looked up my cat's name in his famous dictionary, to find that there's a cute little poem.
This is very accurate, my Miss Malkin does protend her fell claws.
This is very accurate, my Miss Malkin does protend her fell claws.
I was involved in a tree vs bus incident today, and the tree was the victor.
(Fortunately nobody was sat on the top deck!)
(Fortunately nobody was sat on the top deck!)
December 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I was involved in a tree vs bus incident today, and the tree was the victor.
(Fortunately nobody was sat on the top deck!)
(Fortunately nobody was sat on the top deck!)
Whenever I fancy making something with my hands, I've been using up bookbinding scraps to make tiny books to hang on my Christmas tree (...when I put it up at what I deem to be Appropriately Near Christmas)
It's surprising it took me a while to get around to this one...
It's surprising it took me a while to get around to this one...
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Whenever I fancy making something with my hands, I've been using up bookbinding scraps to make tiny books to hang on my Christmas tree (...when I put it up at what I deem to be Appropriately Near Christmas)
It's surprising it took me a while to get around to this one...
It's surprising it took me a while to get around to this one...
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 !!!
Tough decisions as a game developer.
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Tough decisions as a game developer.
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!