Episode #100: Failbetter Games and Fallen London with Alexis Kennedy and Liam Welton

 

Description

Alexis Kennedy and Liam Welton from Failbetter games join Dirk to talk about their dark games set in the world of Fallen London. With a background that goes from free-to-play web games to more traditional PC games, Failbetter has learned many lessons on design and business on their way to their latest game, Sunless Sea.

 

Contact Information

Dirk Knemeyer – @DKnemeyer

Liam Welton – @LiamWelton, liam@failbettergames.com

Alexis Kennedy – @alexiskennedy, alexis@failbetter.com

 

Episode Outline

• 0:00:26 – Failbetter Games

• 0:06:24 – The world of Fallen London

• 0:25:22 – Fallen London development

• 0:40:18 – Design challenges

• 0:52:39 – Business models

• 0:54:31 – Failbetter’s design process

• 1:01:24 – Future projects