Failbetter Games Announce Sunless Skies, Sequel Blasts Off Into Victorian Space

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Sunless Sea developer Failbetter Games has just announced their next big project and it's sticking to the Sunless series with Sunless Skies, which actually takes place in space.

A quick summary of the newly announced game is: "Victorian Empire in space". What's not to love about that? It will also be a very story rich sequel much like Sunless Sea, which took place deep underground in a massive cavernous world.

"We learned a lot creating SS, we’re looking forward to using that knowledge to make a smoother, more engaging sequel."

Failbetter tell us 7 facts about Sunless Skies:

• As with Sunless Sea, it’ll be rich with stories. The Victorian Empire in space – the High Wilderness – a “blistering, wonderful night” among the thrones and domains of the stars.

The Empress has abandoned London and led an exodus to the High Wilderness, to carve out a new British Empire. With the Empire being increasingly authoritarian, bohemians, revolutionaries and outcasts – like you – are trying to make a life for themselves on its fringes.

• It will elaborate on Sunless Sea. We’re enhancing the stuff we liked, and refining the experience. It will be a punishing game, but respectful of your time.

• At full release, it will be available on the same platforms at launch which Sunless Sea is available on now: Windows, Mac and Linux.

• We will use Early Access again, taking on board all of the lessons we learned from Sunless Sea.

• Why the name? The stars are dying. The stars are the Judgements: the inventors, arbiters and enforcers of the universe’s laws – but a revolution has begun, and the stars are being murdered.

• Our influences include: the science fiction of H G Wells and C S Lewis, the planetary romances of Leigh Brackett, Art Nouveau, Event Horizon, trains.

• We are running a Kickstarter for it in February! Stop the clocks, mark your diaries, save your pennies!

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The murder of stars certainly sounds like something crazy enough to be in the Sunless series from Failbetter Games. The Kickstarter campaign is scheduled for February 2017 and will then begin life as an Early Access title until release.

Right now Sunless Skies is in pre-production as they gear up for their crowdfunding expedition next year. We should get a lot more questions asked by then, like what secret lies at the heart of the galaxy? Can we see other players if we meet up at the same co-ordin-... hang-on, wrong game. That's that other Sky about space.

Sunless Skies will be released on PC, Mac and Linux following a successful campaign.

Sunless Skies
The Victorian Empire in space – the High Wilderness – a “blistering, wonderful night” among the thrones and domains o...
Release Dates
31 Jan 2019-PC
19 May 2021-Switch
19 May 2021-PS4
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