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Fallen London studio says its latest game ‘didn’t sell particularly well’, but don’t worry-it’s been sensible enough with its cash to avoid layoffs: ‘We’ve had better years, but also much worse’ - IverifyU
2023—and, unfortunately, 2024—have been dire years for industry layoffs, carrying a number so staggering and routine that you need to put the 16,000-person (and rising) loss of working talent on a chart to get a proper perspective on it.
We’re Hiring! Senior Writer / Narrative Content Designer | Failbetter Games
We’re Failbetter Games, makers of Sunless Skies, Sunless Sea and Fallen London. We’re known for inventive narrative design and rich, atmospheric storytelling. We’re looking for an experienced writer and narrative designer to join our award-winning in-house writing team.
The Rat Market is Open for Business | Failbetter Games
Hello, Delicious Friends! Normally we don’t release things on Fridays, which should make this a surprise announcement. We like to keep you on your toes. Today we are launching a small new area in Fallen London: The Rat Market is now accessible in the Flit. (Note for newer players: If you haven’t been to the Flit yet, you should be able to unlock it after the first stage of Making Your Name: A Name Whispered in Darkness.
We’re Hiring! Junior Editor (Part Time) | Failbetter Games
We’re Failbetter Games, makers of Sunless Skies, Sunless Sea and Fallen London. We’re known for inventive narrative design and rich, atmospheric storytelling. We’re looking for a part-time Junior Editor for our game Fallen London, working around 21 hours a week with flexible scheduling – we can adjust the exact number of hours based on your needs, so long as it falls in the same vicinity.
The Blind Pianist and the Sallow Spirifer Return | Failbetter Games
By Bruno Dias, September 2, 2021 · Yes, you read that right. Today we’re releasing the ending to the story of the Blind Pianist and the Sallow Spirifer, one of the early-game stories that remained without a conclusion. Available from the earliest stages of the game in Veilgarden, the story of the Sallow Spirifer and the Blind Pianist is one of the first encounters players have with the machinations of Hell, and we wanted to bring their story to a conclusion.
Exceptional Story for September: Damp Martyrs | Failbetter Games
By Stuart Young, August 26, 2021 · Exceptional Friendship Fallen London A wealthy heiress has disappeared! Her family suspect kidnap, and blame the Circumcellion Brotherhood: a nautical band of martyr-marauders. Join a naval task force to uncover the truth, and learn whether salvation can be found on the cold Unterzee.
Savour the Fruits of the Zee! | Failbetter Games
By Hannah Flynn, August 17, 2021 · Fallen London Look out your rod and reel: the Fruits of the Zee Festival is upon us! The festival begins today, 17th August, and will end on the 31st. As summer winds down, enjoy calming fishing trips and indulge in a cornucopian repast of delights plucked fresh from the bounteous Zee.
Watchful Gains, the Grizzled Veteran, and Your Very Own Hellworm | Failbetter Games
By Bruno Dias, August 10, 2021 · Today, we are releasing some smaller updates to Fallen London. At last, it is now possible to raise your Watchful cap to 230, bringing it in line with the other main attributes. We delayed this to give this bun enough time in the oven and allow the story of [redacted]’s [redacted] to come to a satisfying conclusion. If you have already raised your Watchful cap to 218, you can pick up the story thread with a new experiment in your Laboratory.
Exceptional Story for August: The Tempest | Failbetter Games
By Stuart Young, July 29, 2021 · Exceptional Friendship Fallen London Weather? In London? A ferocious storm has come in from the zee. Join a crowd of storm chasers to examine this rare phenomenon. Consider the omens in the forks of lightning. Ignore the small child who persists in kicking your ankles.
Announcing Mr Chimes’ Grand Clearing-Out | Failbetter Games
THE BENENIMOUS MASTER OF THE BAZAAR, Mr. CHIMES, graciously invites YOU to take part in a CELEBRATION of SUBTERRANEAN PURSUITS – the GRAND CLEARING-OUT! The MASTERS call on ALL LONDONERS to EMPTY OUT YOUR ATTICS and RECLAIM BURIED TREASURES from beneath LONDON’S OWN STREETS. Participants will be rewarded handsomely with THE SPOILS OF EXCAVATION. Mr Chimes’ Grand Clearing-Out is a new, one-off festival in Fallen London. It is the weirdest, most experimental festival we have ever done.
The “Mask” in Mask of the Rose | Failbetter Games
You can learn more about Mask of the Rose and watch the video on Kickstarter. We’ll be back with more staff updates like this one during the development process! This blog is by our Creative Director, and design lead on Mask of the Rose, Emily Short. “It was not that Holmes merely changed his costume. His expression, his manner, his very soul seemed to vary with every fresh part he assumed.” — A Scandal in Bohemia One of the core themes in Mask of the Rose is about cultivating a connection.
Zeefarer: Zail the Unterzee and Discover the Khanate! | Failbetter Games
By Stuart Young, June 24, 2021 · Fallen London From today, all Fallen London players with a ship can enjoy an improved zailing experience and explore a substantial new port at Zee. Key changes: New Zailing cards, and updates to old ones. Chart a course to your destination: Unterzee voyages now begin with choosing a destination on the map. Long voyages are long and short voyages are short. It takes more actions to get to Polythreme than to take a quick trip over to Mutton Island.
Exceptional Story for July: We Absolutely Meant to Go to Zee | Failbetter Games
By Stuart Young, June 24, 2021 · Exceptional Friendship Fallen London A nautical upset leaves you adrift with three spirited children in an unzeeworthy boat. Explore forgotten islets. Visit the pirate haven of Gaider’s Mourn. And for goodness’ sake, get them home in time for tea.
Sunless Skies - Test, Rollenspiel
Na, Mahlzeit! Uns gingen mal wieder die Lebensmittel aus und die nächste Siedlung war weit entfernt. Schlimm natürlich, dass eins der Crewmitglieder deshalb gestorben ist – aber so viel Fleisch lag kurz darauf eben schon lange nicht mehr auf dem Tisch.
Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition is out now! | Failbetter Games
By Sara Veal, May 19, 2021 · Sunless Skies As promised, Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition is now available to play on PC and consoles! This is the game’s debut on PlayStation, Xbox and Switch, with many completely new features, fixes, and improvements. And if you already own Sunless Skies on PC, you can play it there now as a free update! There are many, many changes, but here are a few highlights: Major changes to character progression.
Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition für PC und Konsolen soll am 19. Mai erscheinen
Am 19. Mai soll mit der Sovereign Edition nicht nur eine überarbeitete Fassung des ebenso bezaubernden wie morbiden Abenteuers (zum Test) erscheinen: Sunless Skies wird dann auch zum ersten Mal für PlayStation 4, Xbox One und Nintendo Switch erhältlich sein. Das gab Entwickler Failbetter Games bekannt - mit dem Hinweis, dass sich das Releasedatum durch die auf Konsolen notwendige Zertifizierung noch ein wenig verschieben könne.
Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition now has a release date! | Failbetter Games
We’re glad to announce that Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition will be released very soon, on 19th May. This will be a free update for all our players on PC, and will also be the first version of Sunless Skies we release on consoles! This is a greatly enhanced edition of Sunless Skies, containing all additions and improvements we’ve made to the game since launch as well as many more completely new ones. For the Sovereign Edition, we’ve reworked and extended the starvation mechanics.
The Mayoral Election 1898 | Failbetter Games
A hustings stands in Hastings Square, festooned with bright banners and garish posters. From some, F.F. Gebrandt looks down with reassuring confidence. Others bear the regal features of the Viscountess of the Viric Jungle – as she appears in the Is-Not, rather than London. Others bear the remarkably-true to life image of the Tentacled Entrepreneur – there is even a suggestion of dampness to the image. Three candidates. Three platforms for London’s health and prosperity.
We’re hiring! Senior Gameplay Programmer | Failbetter Games
Update: we’ve now extended the application deadline until 9am on Monday 18th January. We’re Failbetter Games, makers of Sunless Skies, Sunless Sea, Mask of the Rose and Fallen London. We’re looking for a senior gameplay programmer to work with us on an unannounced project. This position is full-time, permanent, and remote. In this role, your tasks and responsibilities will include: Contributing to new Unity games. Writing robust, readable code.
Update: Traineeship in Games Writing | Failbetter Games
By Sara Veal, September 25, 2020 · Failbetter We’ve had a fantastic response so far to the traineeship we announced yesterday. We’ve also had a number of responses that while predictable are still disappointing, and confirm the need for the kind of opportunity we’re offering. There are claims that what we are doing – offering a paid traineeship to Black candidates – is illegal.
Traineeship in Games Writing | Failbetter Games
Failbetter Games is offering a paid traineeship in game writing, running November 2 to December 11, for Black candidates. What we’re looking for We are looking for a trainee who writes fiction and who wants to explore a career in video game writing. To work with us, you don’t need to have worked on any previous games projects. You don’t need to be a fan of our past work. You also don’t need to be at any specific point in your life.
Sunless Sea - Test, Adventure
Was, wenn das viktorianische London plötzlich untertage liegen würde – in einer ebenso fantastisch wie makaber anmutenden Welt? Falsche Sterne schimmern dort am oberen Ende einer riesigen Höhle und ein Großteil der Fläche wird von einem Ozean ausgefüllt, in dem seltsame Kreaturen leben und wo auf kleinen Inseln spannende Geschichten warten. Auf PC ist Sunless Sea vor einigen Jahren schon erschienen und auch PlayStation-4-Kapitäne schippern längst über dieses wunderschöne, finstere Meer.
Sunless Sea: Zubmariner Edition legt im April auf Switch und Xbox One ab
Darüber hinaus wird an der Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition für PC, PS4, Switch und Xbox gearbeitet. Die Sovereign Edition soll August/September 2020 zeitgleich auf allen Plattformen erscheinen. Unseren Test des PC-Originals von Sunless Sea findet ihr hier: "Wie in ein gutes Buch habe ich mich eingelesen: Sunless Sea weckt meine Neugier, ist von Beginn an spannend, prachtvoll gestaltet und eindringlich vertont. Mit jeder Stunde lerne ich neue Inseln, verschrobene Figuren, große Gefahren kennen.
We’re Hiring! Senior Writer/Narrative Designer | Failbetter Games
Update: applications for this position are now closed. We’re Failbetter Games, makers of Sunless Skies, Sunless Sea and Fallen London. We’re known for inventive narrative design and rich, atmospheric storytelling. We’re looking for an experienced writer and narrative designer to join our award-winning in-house writing team.
We’re hiring! Marketing Manager (Maternity Cover) | Failbetter Games
By Hannah Flynn, February 13, 2020 · Jobs We’re Failbetter Games, makers of Sunless Skies, Sunless Sea and Fallen London. We’re looking for someone with broad communications skills to join our friendly and inclusive team for ten months while our Communications Director is on maternity leave. We’re based in London. You could work there, or potentially remotely. We may also be able to offer the position part-time. The start date will be in mid-July to allow for a handover period.
Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition soll 2020 für Konsolen erscheinen - 4Players.de
Failbetter Games hat Konsolen-Umsetzungen seines viktorianischen Weltraum-Abenteuers Sunless Skies angekündigt. Wie Gematsu schreibt, soll der Titel im ersten oder zweiten Quartal unter dem Namen Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition für PS4, Xbox One und Switch erscheinen. Darüber hinaus hat man bekanntgegeben, dass auch Sunless Sea: Zubmariner später im Jahr 2020 den Weg auf Xbox One und Switch finden soll. Auf der PS4 ist die Erweiterung für Sunless Sea bereits erhältlich.
Sunless Skies PS4 Version Coming in 2020 with New Features
While a flying locomotive train is not exactly the place you want to go insane, Sunless Skies is offering up exactly that opportunity when it gets ported to the PlayStation 4 in the first half of 2020 with an updated version. Originally launched exclusively on PC January 31st, 2019, Sunless Skies is the follow-up to 2015’s Sunless Sea. Set in the same universe as the popular Fallen London web game, Sunless Skies puts you in the role of a captain for a flying locomotive.
Skyfarer by Failbetter Games
Skyfarer is a free trpg set in the same universe as Fallen London. It's 21 pages with nice art, solid layout, and excellent graphic design. It also comes with Sky-Stories---a free supplement with additional npc, location, and event hooks---making this a total of 26 pages of professional material in an established universe at no cost to readers. It's hard not to recommend it on that alone, but even if you're new to Fallen London or new to trpgs, this is an excellent entry point.
Comic · Failbetter Games
Hi folks, Paul here, with some info about the future of the comic Jun 7, 12:00am So, there’s some good news and some bad news. The bad news is, we’re not going to do a Kickstarter for a Fallen London graphic novel. The response to these first pages has been incredibly favourable, better than we’d hoped, but the research we’ve done on Kickstarter suggest that the numbers just won’t work. The […] Read more …and that’s our show, folks Jun 6, 12:00am Hope you enjoyed it.
SKYFARER · Failbetter Games
SKYFARER is a free pen and paper RPG by Grant Howitt and Chris Taylor of Rowan, Rook and Decard, released in September 2018 to accompany the PC, Mac and Linux game SUNLESS SKIES.
Sunless Skies: Kostenlose Erweiterung "Vagabond" erscheint nächsten Monat - 4Players.de
Im nächsten Monat soll mit Vagabond eine kostenlose Erweiterung für Sunless Skies veröffentlicht werden. Das hat Entwickler Failbetter Games nach Angaben von PC Gamer angekündigt. Dabei hilft man nicht nur einer neuen Gruppe aus Wanderern bei ihrer Suche dem Sugarspun Garden, bei dem es sich um einen wundervollen Ort handeln soll. Auch an bereits existierenden Schauplätzen wie Xanthous Moon und Regent's Tears soll es neue Handlungsstränge geben.
We’re hiring! · Failbetter Games
We’re looking for a senior gameplay programmer as well as a producer or senior producer to join us full-time. Senior Gameplay Programmer In this role, you will: Contribute to new and existing Unity games. Write robust, readable code. Tackle a wide variety of programming tasks, including but not limited to AI and pathfinding, user interfaces, controls, narrative systems, procedural generation algorithms, and 2D physics (we’re a small studio!).
Sunless Skies: Viktorianisches Weltraumabenteuer veröffentlicht - 4Players.de
Sunless Skies hat den Early Access verlassen und ist bei GOG.com sowie Steam für 22,99 Euro erhältlich. Unser Test befindet sich in Arbeit. Das Spiel ist ausschließlich in englischer Sprache verfügbar. Sunless Skies wird im Kern wie Sunless Sea funktionieren, ist aber in einem viktorianischen Weltraumszenario angesiedelt. In der Welt des Nachfolgers hat sich das in dieser Form fiktive britische Imperium weit ausgedehnt und autoritäre Züge entwickelt.
A New Premium Festive Story: The Ceremony | Failbetter Games
By Haley Uyrus, December 19, 2018 · Fallen London This year’s premium festive story is now available for purchase! The Ceremony is a festive tale of rubbery romance by Cass Khaw. A spate of exquisite and unpleasant transformations sweeps London: new Rubbery enhancements of a drastic degree. What lies behind the tentacles? What secrets are hidden within the spiraling bones? Who is the Gilded Sacrifice? The Ceremony is available from today for 40 Fate.
Internships – Frequently Asked Questions | Failbetter Games
The minimum age for internships is 18. If you’re younger, we may be able to offer you a work experience placement. Of course. We’re happy to consider applicants at any stage in their career, especially if they’re changing industry or returning to work. Almost certainly. Please let us know your requirements and availability when you apply. Always! We value the work our interns do, and want our internships to be a realistic option for as many people as possible.
Sunless Sea hitting PS4 this year with Zubmariner expansion - VideoGamer.com
Sunless Sea, the Kickstarter-funded nautical adventurer from developer Failbetter Games, will make its PlayStation 4 debut at some point this year. The game originally arrived on PC back in 2015 and is set within the confines of the Fallen London universe, a browser game also developed by Failbetter. Here, the entirety of Victorian-era London has vanished underground and is now surrounded by a massive subterranean ocean known as the Unterzee.
Sunless Sea: Zubmariner Edition coming to PlayStation 4 in 2018 | Failbetter Games
Sunless Sea: Zubmariner Edition coming to PlayStation 4 in 2018 Steady your zee-legs, Captain. Sunless Sea is coming to PlayStation 4 in 2018! Our debut console launch will also include its extensive expansion, combining the two into Sunless Sea: Zubmariner Edition. VIDEO Enjoy the same deep, compelling world packed with 350,000+ words of stories and secrets, whether you’re above the waves or below them.
Fallen London Redesign to go live 5th June | Failbetter Games
Delicious friends, we are wildly excited to announce that the Fallen London website redesign will go live Tuesday the 5th of June! After eight or more years unchanged, the Fallen London website has received a full visual redesign. We’ve also used this time to make many general improvements to the overall user experience of the site. It’s important to bear in mind that after the redesign goes live, we’ll still be working on making some final tweaks as well as bug fixes.
Welcome to Albion | Failbetter Games
A new region—Albion—is now available! Welcome to Albion, skyfarers. Albion is the heart of the British Empire and home to Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Explore the empire’s civilised stronghold and dig into the engines of industry, where manners must be minded and secrets are necessary. Those looking to discover Albion should head towards Port Prosper to find the transit relay.
Albion is coming to Sunless Skies on 4 April | Failbetter Games
Expect to be able to travel to Albion from 4 April! This second region brings the game much closer to our final vision. Albion is the heart of the British Empire’s territory in the High Wilderness; and the only place in the heavens you can reliably get a decent cup of tea. Its hub is London – your actual Victorian London – which has been flung into space by Her Majesty Queen Victoria. She rules it from the Throne of Hours, which allows her some dominion over time itself.
Failbetter Update: Weathering a Storm | Failbetter Games
2017 was a mixed bag for us. We’ve come out of it a changed company, and we have some things to update you on. Sunless Skies After the remarkable high of the Kickstarter, the response to Sunless Skies in Early Access hasn’t met the level of Sunless Sea in terms of sales. It sold about 15% as many copies as Sunless Sea in the comparable time period. We think there are a few reasons for this. In hindsight, we went into Early Access too early.
A first look at Zubmariner | Failbetter Games
We’re working on our first piece of DLC for Sunless Sea, Zubmariner. We’re now ready to share some glimpses of the world beneath the Unterzee. We’re a bit giddy. Hold our clammy hand, would you? Beneath the water, as above, you’ll find a number of story-laden ports to visit and zee-beasts to encounter. One such port is the underwater city of Wrack: an arbour of shipwrecks, where the flesh of kelp brings intoxication.
RPG Reload Final Edition - 'RPG Reload's Favorite RPGs of 2017'
Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to yet another special edition of the RPG Reload. As we usually do at the end of each year, we're doing something a little different this week. That's right, it's time for the fourth annual listing of the RPG Reload's favorite RPGs of the year. Since I'm not clever enough to come up with good names, these awards are known as the Golden Pancho Awards, in honor of the frequently-seen Kemco monster.
Tasos' 10 Best Games of 2017 - 'Arena of Valor', 'Gorogoa', and More Made the List
When I was putting my Best of 2016 list together last December, I remember having a hard time picking 10 games out of the many strong ones that came out during the year. Well, 2017 has made it even harder because it brought us a ton of amazing games—some ports, some originals—including some great games right at the end of the year.
Fallen London Fan Art Competition 2017 Winners! | Failbetter Games
The votes are in! We are very pleased to announce that this year’s Fin de Siècle in Fallen London fan art competition winners are: What our artists had to say about the piece: “Really nails the conjunction between Fin de Siècle and Fallen London tone and style; ornate, horrible, and tempting. The detailing on the Master’s cloak is excellent.” What our artists had to say about the piece: “Beautifully composed and controlled take on the Mucha style.
ONE WEEK TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK TO THE KITSCHIES | Failbetter Games
ONE WEEK TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK TO THE KITSCHIES Fallen London is the proud sponsor of The Kitschies this year. We’re particularly delighted to support their new category: the Invisible Tentacle, for natively digital fiction that is progressive, intelligent and entertaining. You have ONE WEEK left to submit your digital fiction efforts (i.e. not just an ebook, but anything fictive and digital-first, including a Twine piece or an interactive novel told through twitter etc etc).
Incubations · Failbetter Games
We offer an incubation program for micro studios or individuals making games.
Fundbetter · Failbetter Games
We already offer an internship and an incubation scheme. We’re adding a funding initiative for small narrative game projects. We’re open-minded on the meaning of ‘narrative’ and ‘game’. So this might include: games with a strong linear storyline; choice-based narratives using Twine or a similar technology; parser-based interactive fiction; strategy games where the choices have a storyful feel; card games where story emerges from the mechanics; or a dozen other things we haven’t thought of.
Introducing Fundbetter
We want to pay our luck forward, and support game designers and writers from all kinds of backgrounds: first-timers, veteran game makers, LGBT+ and black and minority ethnic creators, people whose backgrounds are in linear fiction, theatre, radio, TV and film. We’re open-minded on the meaning of ‘narrative’ and ‘game,’ though we’re most excited by text-centric projects.
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