About Us
Purveyors of only the finest examples of interactive narrative – Failbetter are an independent games studio, creating games and stories mostly set in the Fallen London Universe. At present, there’s Fallen London, a highly acclaimed Victorian fantasy RPG set in a unique subterranean city, Sunless Sea, an exploration and trading game set in a vast underground ocean of the same world (plus its expansion, Zubmariner), Sunless Skies, a spacefaring exploration RPG, and upcoming romance visual novel Mask of the Rose.
The Team

Paul Arendt
Art Director
A hollow-eyed and reclusive gentleman.

Luke van den Barselaar
Editor
A sanguine and percipient individual.

Olatz Castaño
Senior Gameplay Programmer
A resilient, inquisitive force.

James Chew
Senior Writer
A dapper and efficient gentleman.

Tobias Cook
Senior Artist
An inventive and meticulous gentleman.

Bruno Dias
Senior Writer and Narrative Designer
A prolix and mercurial creature.

Hannah Flynn
Communications Director
An ebullient, technicolour individual.

Chris Gardiner
Director of Narrative
An optimistic and beneficent gentleman.

Connor Halford
Senior Gameplay Programmer
A methodical, industrious individual.

Helena Morris
Operations Manager
A sagacious and scrupulous individual.

Adam Myers
CEO
A bejumpered and socratic gentleman.

Séamus Ó Buadhacháin
Programmer
A reserved and entomopoeic gentleman.

Henry Senior
Director, Chief Technical Officer
A base individual.

Emily Short
Creative Director
A weathered and daedalic individual.

Lesleyann White
Principal QA Tester
A sigil-ridden and vivacious individual.

Stuart Young
Senior Producer
A garrulous and ardent gentleman.