An Independent Studio

Stepinto ourworlds.

An independent game studio building story-driven worlds — and documenting every brushstroke and bug along the way.

Enter Helix

Chapter II · About Helix

A studio built around worlds, process, and care.

Helix Interactive Studios is an independent game studio creating original experiences while openly sharing the craft behind them. We treat development like a living journal — art, code, iteration, lessons, and the human side of making games.

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Who we are

An independent studio balancing original games, education, media and community.

How we build

Hand-crafted visuals, focused technical execution, and open documentation from concept to launch.

What we believe

Games can be emotionally resonant, technically thoughtful, and generous to the people making them.

Chapter III · Featured Games

A forest that remembers.

Chikki: Forgotten Roots — a hand-drawn narrative platformer about a small creature exploring a forgotten world of memories, environmental storytelling and quiet discovery.

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Genre: Narrative Platformer
Engine: Unity
Status: In Production

Official Teaser

Chikki · Forgotten Roots

Chapter III · Released on Steam

The mind is its own place.

Mind Within — a psychological adventure exploring the fragile boundaries between reality, memory and perception through symbolic worlds, environmental storytelling and immersive gameplay.

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Genre: Psychological
Platform: PC · Steam
Status: Released

Chapter IV · The Journal

Latest devlogs

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Devlog

Small Changes, Big Impact — The Latest Gameplay Updates in Chikki

Discover how seemingly small gameplay additions—from the new Acorn System to movement refinements and the early Industry Act—are influencing the development of Chikki: Forgotten Roots in bigger ways than we originally expected.

5 min read

Studio

Growing Helix: Building an Independent Game Studio

How a passion for game development grew into Helix Interactive Studios, the challenges of building an independent team across different countries, and our vision for creating games that leave a lasting impact.

6 min read

Devlog

Building Chikki: From Prototype to a Living World

Follow the evolution of Chikki: Forgotten Roots as we transform an early gameplay prototype into a rich narrative platformer filled with exploration, memorable environments, and meaningful storytelling.

7 min read

Chapter V · Education & Learning

What we build teaches us.

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Tutorials

Practical lessons grounded in the systems, tools and decisions we use in active production.

Design thinking

Breakdowns of mechanics, narrative flow, pacing and how ideas survive iteration.

Programming

Technical notes from a small studio shipping real work, not theory for its own sake.

Chapter VI · Transmission

Latest signals

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