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.
George Lockett
Senior Writer
An orderly and thaumaturgic gentleman.
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.