Thirty years ago, London was stolen. Now it rests on the shore of the Unterzee, that old dark ocean under the world. But Londoners can get used to anything… Welcome to a dark and hilarious Victorian-Gothic underworld, where every choice has a consequence, from the style of your hat to the price of your soul. […]

London, 1867. The telegram arrived last week. You almost threw it into the fire. But you read it anyway, and saw three words the Great Detective would never have said. “Help me. Please.” Silent Streets came about when I was contacted by Fun Bakers to create a world and write mysteries for a game they […]

Thirty years ago, in the reign of Victoria, London was stolen by bats. Now it lies a mile below the surface. That’s not important. What’s important is the vast black sea beyond London; a sea which is yours to explore… Welcome to the dark and hilarious Victorian-Gothic underworld of Fallen London, where every choice has […]

It was supposed to be a short test run – a quick flight to Alpha Centauri and back. But when mankind’s first experimental jump drive goes wrong, a misfit crew finds itself trapped on the wrong side of the universe. The only way back… is through. As a huge Star Control fan, I was really […]

Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is ‘Bouncer’. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay. In an alternative Britain where Brexit talks have collapsed, an extreme far-right government has taken power. Citizens of European heritage have been rounded up and […]

Stake your claim. Fight to survive. Speak to storms. Murder a sun. Face judgement. “Where to?” asks the Navigator… Ten years have passed since Sunless Sea, and Queen Victoria has led an exodus from London to the heavens. There, a revitalised British Empire – ambitious and authoritarian – begins to expand across the skies. The […]

Union City is a utopia, its people loving life under the control of an altruistic AI: ever-attentive androids, designer living, piazzas and bars. What’s not to love? But this City has a dark underbelly… The long-awaited follow-up to classic adventure game Beneath A Steel Sky. I worked on the main themes and story for this […]