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

Connor Halford, a methodical, industrious individual
Senior Gameplay Programmer

Helena Morris, a sagacious and scrupulous individual
Operations Manager

Adam Myers, a bejumpered and socratic gentleman
CEO

Séamus ó Buadhacháin, a reserved and entomopoeic gentleman
Programmer

Henry Senior, a base individual
Director, Chief Technical Officer

Emily Short, a weathered and daedalic individual
Creative Director

Lesleyann White, a sigil-ridden and vivacious individual
Principal QA Tester

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

Stuart Young, a garrulous and ardent gentleman
Senior Producer