October 03, 2025

HSP Presents: The Timekeeper Ep. 1 "It's Just a Game."

32 minutes

Episode 1 of 4

17-year-old Charlie (JUDAH LEWIS) shows up to his job at Funland to find his co-worker, Blake, dead and the building on fire with an ominous message scratched into the break room door: Tick Tock. Believing the message may be connected to the 13 Keys video game Blake was playing, Charlie tries to learn more about Jacob Fairchild, the game’s creator. He and Gama (Arjun Athalye) discover a copy of 13 Keys on Blake’s computer. Charlie chooses to play, against Gama’s wishes, starting the clock and giving him 24 hours to find the 13 keys hidden in the game. If he fails? The Timekeeper comes.

The Timekeeper, Episode one features Judah Lewis as Charlie, Chandler Kinney as Zoe, and Arjun Athalye as Gama

The Timekeeper was created, written, and directed by Matthew A Brown

Sound Design, Scoring and Mix by Jeff Schmidt

Original Score composed by Joshua Zimmerman

Additional dialog editing by Marika Perlmutter

Executive Produced by Matthew A Brown, Kaelyn Moore, and Judah Lewis

The Timekeeper is a production from Heart Starts Pounding

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