New paper just out on how changing sociotechnical systems of knowledge production and access - platforms, the cloud, AI - pose profound challenges to educational practice and research doi.org/10.1080/0305...

Been playing The Beekeeper's Picnic by Afoot Games, and it's so delightful. Sherlock's VO does a good job of being sarky at you when you do something like "pick up a house", The clear "they proper fancy each other" vibes between Holmes and Watson is very sweet as well. s.team/a/2248890

Hear me out - as a fizzy drink fan I've got a fancy retro soda syphon. I've got an antique silver tray for it to live on. I've got cute little glasses. Now all I need is a tantalus but instead of brandy, it's got coca cola syrup in it.

A Map Of Britain After The 2029 Technology Crash, by me and my dad.

As a British writer making a game in a sci-fi setting, I'd better hurry up and learn how to spell 'corridor'.

As an example of not passing the threshold to be seen as a 'proper' practitioner - a few years ago I met someone in a social setting who told me they were running a symposium in Oxford about comics. I told them about my work making educational comics and expressed interest in submitting an abstract.

I'm so pleased BlueSky folks are having this conversation today, I think I needed the reminder that it's very normal and in many cases preferable to have stable work outside of creative endeavours.

I got to see Peter Cushing's Star Wars slippers today.

When I did my master's degree I kept a log/notebook of my thoughts and progress every day. Now I'm having a go at keeping a game dev log! Every time I work on the game, I write what I've done, why, and what I hope to do next. I think it solves three problems:

My October newsletter is out, with a little itty bitty tiny sneak peek of the new game I've got in pre-production! www.thewonderroom.uk/blog-2/tiny-...

Time to reflect back on #ALTC25! I was very honoured to be selected for the conference committee this year, which meant I had a whirlwind time dashing around chairing lots of incredibly exciting sessions! Read more at... www.linkedin.com/posts/heleng...

I was a member of the Oxford University Star Trek Society and it was majority women studying STEM subjects who were also into textiles and fibre arts. We got together to watch Star Trek, drink supermarket own brand soft drinks and/or knit.

A shout out to some of the amazing artists whose work I’ll be bringing with me to @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social this weekend!!!

Might sound obvious, but I find thinking "What is the most fun thing for the player?" Is a great way to make difficult decisions or get out of a creative block.

It's official! Women-Led Games returns for our The Game Awards partnered edition in December! 🎉 Submissions are open from now until Oct 27th!! 🗓 Apply here: forms.gle/GTXSsTrCXju2...

absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago

Good lord police you're looking for someone who robbed an art museum the guy is RIGHT THERE

Experience has made me a planner not a pantser - with prose you can write "Character opened the door" in a few seconds and cut it later if needed, but when drawing or animating, you want to be very sure that this door-opening moment is crucial to the story or you waste so much time.

Blessings be upon the 43 players who have spent more than 20 hours in The Beekeeper's Picnic. I feel like you've probably accidentally left your computer on, but I can also deeply relate to that.

Just checking off "Alma mater's student paper wants to interview me" from some kind of internal checklist I hadn't realised I had. (This was a very nice interview and a lovely write-up!❤️) www.oxfordstudent.com/2025/10/12/t...

There's a viral 'tiny book' advent calendar I keep seeing ads for which I thought I'd attempt to recreate. Might take a while to get to having 24 books, though... (These are real books with the full texts made exactly like regular sized ones, but tiny!)

How do you start a new creative project?! It's really hard! So I decided to procrastinate and make a video talking about that instead... 💪 Also I'm a mole now! youtu.be/GRHD6Cq7ItM

Made a sign to tap.

Video I have ready to go when people pop up and tell my Sherlock Holmes would never become a beekeeper and therefore I have written him entirely out of character:

If my information is correct there will be an article mentioning The Beekeeper's Picnic in the Financial Times this weekend! Err... So, where does one buy the Financial Times? My local Sainsbury's and M&S don't have the goods. Do I need to ascend to a Waitrose?

Hmm I should really get some promotional stickers for AdventureX, you know, something professional that really shows off the atmosphere and artwork... Me, 20 minutes later, ordering 50 of these:

A literary Iguanodon at the Earth Sciences Library. Do any other libraries have dinosaurs or other antediluvian creatures carved into the furniture?

Core demographics of people who seem to be interested in my game The Beekeeper's Picnic include: - people who are fascinated by the history of polar exploration - people who are fans of obscure BBC Radio audio dramas

still thinking about this ask I got yesterday. you have to make things for yourself and the random internet stranger who will go crazy for it

By popular demand, a tutorial on how to make scrappy little notebooks! youtu.be/6sZ7Jkk20k4

Our playthrough of The Beekeeper's Picnic is now on YouTube! The TLDR version: fabulous game, a Sherlock Holmes fan's dream, gay, cosy, buzz buzz, the children are darling, monkey mermaid youtu.be/WfPG5xQsKdQ

Miss Malkin I am trying to develop a game here! (Not visible, keyboard underneath cat)

Fancy a taste of summer as the nights start getting longer? The Beekeeper's Picnic is now 🐝30% off🐝 on Steam! Described by Kotaku as “Completely and utterly gorgeous, uplifting, and entertaining", it's a gentle mystery game starring retired Sherlock Holmes. store.steampowered.com/app/2248890/...

My September newsletter is here! Sign up to get creative projects and other oddities in your inbox! thewonderroom.kit.com/posts/starti...

My new pretty fabric shopping bag blew into the canal, and I waited ten minutes for it to slowly float from one side to the other, and then managed to grab it with a big stick. Success!

Snoozin' ewes.

Sometimes you just want to find a secluded beautiful spot away from human beings to create *beautiful art*

had the urge to do this since the moment i saw this post! #pixelart

m.youtube.com/watch?v=guEW... Beginning my new life as an Agatha Christinfluencer! I was given this game early and for free because someone somewhere thinks I'm a mover and shaker in the world of mystery games (I guess?!!), so I did my best to review it!

I think my cat likes me!

I've been really struggling to visualise how many people have bought The Beekeeper's Picnic, so I thought I'd think of it in terms of what venues they could fill. Apparently they'd completely fill the Royal Albert Hall, including the maximum number of promenaders standing up in the gallery!

#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit. Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil. 1🧵 #PlaymobilÖtzi #PlaymobilInfestation

I firmly believe that victorianweb.org is hands down the best place remaining on the entire internet. (Followed very closely by www.basilrathbone.net)

A courtyard in Delft, c. 1658, by Pieter de Hooch, Dutch Golden Age painter, whose domestic scenes with perspective views reveal subtleties of light & mood; a contemporary of Vermeer, he worked in Delft & Amsterdam, where he lived 1629-1683. National Gallery London

“I do not want art for a few, any more than I want education for a few, or freedom for a few.” — William Morris (socialist designer, painter, poet, and social reformer)

Does anyone have any favourite mechanisms for mystery-solving in games (perhaps particularly point and clicks!) Keeping track of clues/suspects, making deductions etc

When I was a kid I would sometimes feel frustrated that some of my peers' parents went to Butlins, while my parent's holidays tended to involve perusing interesting curiosities in a Norman church. Or if I was really lucky, we'd go to Barometer World

I'm wondering if I can do a bind of The Moonstone which is inspired by this Very Expensive edition

OK nerds, I have a challenge for you. @tangledwilderness.bsky.social has just published my Letter to the Trans Teens Thinking About Giving Up as a zine. I want to see how many copies of it we can get into the hands of the people who need to read it, and I need YOUR help.

Whoosh! Afoot Games has transformed into The Wonder Room (www.thewonderroom.uk) because a) I realised I hate the word 'afoot' b) I got tired of explaining the reference c) I wanted something which feels like it has a broader remit Huge thanks to @rubri-san.bsky.social for the wonderful logo!