Failbetter's working on two new games, and one's a Fallen London prequel

Failbetter Games today announced it is working on two new projects, one of which is a prequel to the studio’s Fallen London universe. Mask of the Rose is a visual novel, though that descriptor perhaps risks pigeonholing expectations a little. You could fairly describe Fallen London as a text adventure, after all, but it’s so cleverly executed that it feels like a disservice.

The broswer-based Fallen London celebrated its 10th anniversary earlier this year (and got a visual overhaul to celebrate), and is the setting behind the excellent Sunless Seas and Sunless Skies. The elevator pitch is that London has been taken over by bats. Like, really nasty bats. The magic of all these games is in the writing and how crackers the stories become as you make plans and choices that, without exception in my case, unravel through a mix of pratfalls and cosmic horror.

source: gamezpot.com