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We decided pretty early in Mask of the Rose pre-production that we wanted the characters to appear solid and painterly. There were three main reasons for this: -We wanted to distinguish the look of the game from other visual novels, which tend towards line drawing and flat shading. -We were aiming for a visual style […]

Mask of the Rose is a game about love – and one of the first things you can define about your character is whether you’re looking for long-term romance, shorter connections, friendship, or found family. So why write a game about love and then let the player opt out of romancing anyone? We want to tell […]

Hello!  In November we announced our new game, Mask of the Rose, and we’ve just launched the Kickstarter! Mask of the Rose is a romantic visual novel set in the same universe as our award-winning games Fallen London, Sunless Sea, and Sunless Skies. It takes place in Victorian London, not long after the city was […]

We’re doing an AMA in r/games on Monday 8th February, 6pm GMT, to mark the launch of our Kickstarter campaign for Mask of the Rose! We’ll be using the account u/failbettergames, with other Failbetters joining in. See you there!  

Have you ever wondered what the Neath smells like? We’re teaming with Gametee on the physical rewards for our Kickstarter campaign for Mask of the Rose, which launches Monday 8th February. One of the physical rewards will be a gaming candle themed to Mask of the Rose. Gametee make gorgeous and gloriously fragranced candles. They’re […]