About Me

Cartoon portrait of Hélène Lupa

Hélène Lupa (ell-ENN LOO-pah), Rogue Ludologist

I'm a freelance game designer, writer, and business communications and documentation consultant. I'm also a volunteer with the NarraScope conference and an itinerant independent scholar of the cinema. I graduated with my MFA from American University's Game Center in 2023 and with my BA from the University of Chicago in 2019.

I'm developing, producing, creating, imagining, and blatting here or on these other sites.

Skills

  • Expertise with multimedia script-writing and concept development
  • Expertise in media development, analysis, and critique
  • Expertise in copywriting/editing
  • Proficiency with photo and video production in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, and DaVinci Resolve
  • Twine, Ink, and Yarnspinner proficiency
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Google Drive Suite, and Adobe Acrobat
  • Proficiency with public speaking, presentation design, and scholarly research
  • Familiarity with Quality Assurance and software testing
  • Familiarity with C#, C++, Python, HTML and GitHub

Scholarly Work

“Genre as a Lens - Practices for Holistic Genre Analysis of Narrative Games,” Narrascope. Strong Museum of Play, Rochester NY, June 2024.

“The Ludic Poetics of the Bargain Bin - Hard Target 2 as Exemplary Video Game Film,” Pop Culture Association National Conference. Chicago Downtown Marriott Hotel, Chicago IL, March 2024.

“Introduction to Game Design With Twine,” Anacostia Youth Media Festival. Multiple venues, Washington DC, March & May 2023.

Bachelor's Thesis: Respec the Spectrum: A Speculation on Spectation of Autism (On TV)