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 romance visual novel Mask of the Rose.
The Team

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

Luke van den Barselaar
Senior Writer and Editor
A sanguine and percipient individual.

James Chew
Senior Writer
A dapper and efficient gentleman.

Tobias Cook
Lead Artist
An inventive and meticulous gentleman.

Hannah Flynn
Communications Director
An ebullient, technicolour individual.

Jim Frisby
Back-End Web Developer
A pauciloquent and selcouth individual.

Chris Gardiner
Director of Narrative
An optimistic and beneficent gentleman.

George Lockett
Senior Writer
An orderly and thaumaturgic gentleman.

Erion Makuo
Senior Artist
A venturesome and cabalistic individual.

Helena Morris
Operations Manager
A sagacious and scrupulous individual.

Adam Myers
CEO
A bejumpered and socratic gentleman.

Séamus Ó Buadhacháin
Senior Programmer
A reserved and entomopoeic gentleman.

Kerry Turner
Lead Unity Developer
A voluble and industrious character.

Brandon Wolff
Senior Quality Analyst
A droll and perspicacious gentleman.

Stuart Young
Senior Producer
A garrulous and ardent gentleman.