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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Showed @greyalien.bsky.social my new glasses, and he cited the New Year party scene from Robocop 🤓 (These are varifocals 🧐)

Helen wearing new glasses - they are large and have dark blue-green frames.

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thx for hosting #TurnBasedThursday ! 👁️ Just when you thought the card-flipping horrors were over... new secrets are unearthed. 💿 Introducing a brand new story-driven DLC, Forbidden Solitaire: The Discarded! 💻 You thought your sister was beyond saving. Until now... #forbiddensolitaire #haunted

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Been reading this this weekend- took me a while to get accustomed to his style, but now, I’m can’t put it down. 📖

Book jacket for The Great When’ by Alan Moore featuring a chaotic fantasy London

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Announcing: Forbidden Solitaire DLC! It's 2020. Robyn Cierra excavates hidden files in the remnants of a cursed 1995 CD-ROM. A bizarre graveyard of scrapped content lies entombed, deep within the code. You thought your sister was beyond saving. Until now. store.steampowered.com/app/5238350/...

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Saw a couple of excellent Welsh castles today …also tasted my 1st mulberry 🌳

Castle tower in black and white rising up above rocky base

Castle ruin in a filed with trees around

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Coming to Steam TOMORROW - the latest instalment of the weirdly addictive un-hidden object game, Clutter, we publish for our friend Puzzles by Joe! wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4457030/... #puzzle #indiedev

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Stuff I’ve grown. It’s been a pitiful year at the allotment, but at least my houseplants are multiplying…

Home-grown pears, tomatoes, sunflower and elderberries

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This lil seagul was outside the cafe, looking in, believing he could maybe get a bite of the tasty food we were eating on the other side of the glass …

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Cursed items spotted in an antiques market today: A weirdly wobbly faceless mask; sinister shears; disembodied, booted feet; and the satanic three-legged stool featuring actual goat legs, complete with cloven hooves.

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🃏Forbidden Solitaire is taking part in #tinyteams - the world’s greatest Steam Festival celebrating small studios making big games. 👀 We're also offering a rare 25% off for a few more days to celebrate! @tinyteamsfest.bsky.social #indieGame #indieGames #GameDev #indiedev

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Saw this on weather forecast and got excited 😜 🌧️

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Who made me grin enormously? It's @sallybeaumont.bsky.social 😁 [She's a fantastic voice actor & writer, too] @developconference.com

Helen at a dining table surrounded by speakers - she is in conversation with Sally and is laughing

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Develop … taken in aircon-equipped hotel room before venturing into the furnace 🌞

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Talk on Thursday for those of you at Develop - How A Small Indie Hit #1 New & Trending With A Steam Demo: Lessons From A Horror Game Thursday 2:00pm - 2:45pm Room 3 www.developconference.com/speakers/hel... #developconf

I am speaking at #developconf
Image of Helen drinking tea
Join me & the rest of the game dev community in Brighton this July

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

A post about getting wishlists in small clumps, rather than one huge boost. www.patreon.com/GreyAlien/po... #gamedev

long graph going gradually upwards with numbered arrows. Legend: Wishlists - Every Little Helps

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Swam in the sea and ate watermelon 🍉 how did you celebrate?

Cult members circle around candles in a crunchy digital environment

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Filled brain with modern art The Tracy Emin exhibition was heartbreaking & hopeful, not easy viewing but so glad I went 💔

Mark Bradford - huge collage made from scraps of paper found in New York

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Did anyone else read this poem at school? It comes to mind whenever I pick them 🍓🥰

Poem: strawberries by Edwin Morgan https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/strawberries/

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

📖 NEW book!!📖 'Forbidden Solitaire: The Making Of' is included in our latest update 🎵 what time signature is appropriate for a demon 🎬 how to stage a live-action scene with someone 100s of miles away 🗡️ handy 'how to' guide to staging your own death... store.steampowered.com/news/app/341...

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Forbidden Solitaire one of the best games of 2026 so far? 😱🤩 Full list: www.theguardian.com/culture/ng-i...

Newspaper article from The Guardian
Best Culture of 2026 So Far
Games...Forbidden Solitaire
Image is of the Forbidden Dungeon, rendered darkly against a purple sky

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Silent Hill 2 hygiene poster appreciation post. minutes later, you will be fishing ammo out of a dirty toilet…

Back view of man in wooden corridor in game, facing board with posters.

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Yes, this is about the new Steam tags that just dropped #fakeos #capybaras store.steampowered.com/news/app/593...

mad dislikes: FakeOS
man likes: Capybaras

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

☘️Indulging my green urges - which go in circles around (Peter) Pan, Herne, herbal medicine, folklore trends as echoes of social history, and the desire to read Mythago Wood again despite a pile of fresh books clamouring for attention. And I’ll travel to see see Jethro Tull perform live later…

Cover of the latest issue of @helleborezine

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Helen Carmichael - Forbidden Solitaire @bchezza.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Thanks for hosting! This #turnbasedthursday marks 1 week since we launched Forbidden Solitaire (Steam/GOG/itch) and we’re delighted with how well the curse is spreading oops I mean the no. of players enjoying it…👀

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