About Failbetter Games

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), and Sunless Skies, a spacefaring exploration RPG, which was released in January 2019.

The team

Paul Arendt, a hollow-eyed and reclusive gentleman
Art Director

James Chew, a dapper and efficient gentleman
Writer

Tobias Cook, an inventive and meticulous gentleman
Artist

Hannah Flynn, an ebullient, technicolour individual
Communications Director

Chris Gardiner, an optimistic and beneficent gentleman
Director of Narrative

Liam McDonald, a devilishly-swoonsome and delightfully-accented gentleman
Developer

Adam Myers, a bejumpered and socratic gentleman
CEO

Henry Senior, a base individual.
Director, Lead Systems Developer

Lesleyann White, a sigil-ridden and vivacious individual
Senior QA Specialist

Olivia Wood, a perspicacious and whimsical entity
Narrative Editor, Writer and Content Manager