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
Lead Narrative Systems Designer
A prolix and mercurial creature.
Hannah Flynn
Communications Director
An ebullient, technicolour individual.
Chris Gardiner
Director of Narrative
An optimistic and beneficent gentleman.
George Lockett
Senior Writer
An orderly and thaumaturgic gentleman.
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.
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.