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Posts by @itshannahflynn.bluesky.com, communications director. Mandrake is a narrative rural life sim, coming to Steam Early Access. Also Fallen London, Sunless Sea, etc. Press: press at failbettergames.com
Hello #pitchyagame! Mandrake is a rural life sim with a playfully responsive narrative.
🌳Grow plants! Here that's quite a magical feat
👭Befriend neighbours, human or otherwise
🍃Fish, gather, delve in the wilds
❔Uncover mysteries your family left behind
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3710210/...
🌳Grow plants! Here that's quite a magical feat
👭Befriend neighbours, human or otherwise
🍃Fish, gather, delve in the wilds
❔Uncover mysteries your family left behind
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3710210/...
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hello #pitchyagame! Mandrake is a rural life sim with a playfully responsive narrative.
🌳Grow plants! Here that's quite a magical feat
👭Befriend neighbours, human or otherwise
🍃Fish, gather, delve in the wilds
❔Uncover mysteries your family left behind
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3710210/...
🌳Grow plants! Here that's quite a magical feat
👭Befriend neighbours, human or otherwise
🍃Fish, gather, delve in the wilds
❔Uncover mysteries your family left behind
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3710210/...
After 16 years of games with cannibalism in them, we're delighted to now be deemed Wholesome thanks to our upcoming rural life sim, Mandrake 🌳
you can't eat people in it but it's got a lot else going for it
Get a taste of Mandrake at the Wholesome Snack on 9 Dec!
www.youtube.com/wholesome_ga...
you can't eat people in it but it's got a lot else going for it
Get a taste of Mandrake at the Wholesome Snack on 9 Dec!
www.youtube.com/wholesome_ga...
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
After 16 years of games with cannibalism in them, we're delighted to now be deemed Wholesome thanks to our upcoming rural life sim, Mandrake 🌳
you can't eat people in it but it's got a lot else going for it
Get a taste of Mandrake at the Wholesome Snack on 9 Dec!
www.youtube.com/wholesome_ga...
you can't eat people in it but it's got a lot else going for it
Get a taste of Mandrake at the Wholesome Snack on 9 Dec!
www.youtube.com/wholesome_ga...
"May I?" he asks, and he holds out a paw, his claws beckoning. He kisses the back of your hand.
The self-declared Prince of All Rats has the manners, bearing, and ambition to rule – and a personal interest in your acquaintance. Will you help the Fifth City to accept his claim?
The self-declared Prince of All Rats has the manners, bearing, and ambition to rule – and a personal interest in your acquaintance. Will you help the Fifth City to accept his claim?
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
"May I?" he asks, and he holds out a paw, his claws beckoning. He kisses the back of your hand.
The self-declared Prince of All Rats has the manners, bearing, and ambition to rule – and a personal interest in your acquaintance. Will you help the Fifth City to accept his claim?
The self-declared Prince of All Rats has the manners, bearing, and ambition to rule – and a personal interest in your acquaintance. Will you help the Fifth City to accept his claim?
New Cameos in Fallen London!
Look for 'New Fashions and Newer Faces' to receive a limited time license to change your face.
www.fallenlondon.com
Look for 'New Fashions and Newer Faces' to receive a limited time license to change your face.
www.fallenlondon.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New Cameos in Fallen London!
Look for 'New Fashions and Newer Faces' to receive a limited time license to change your face.
www.fallenlondon.com
Look for 'New Fashions and Newer Faces' to receive a limited time license to change your face.
www.fallenlondon.com
You're in the honey-den business, though your plans extend far beyond that. There's a lot that can be done with several large mirrors, copious honey, and a pawn versed in the ways of Parabola.
Today we're releasing new Agents for Fallen London, focused on honey-dens, glasswork, and Parabola!
Today we're releasing new Agents for Fallen London, focused on honey-dens, glasswork, and Parabola!
October 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
You're in the honey-den business, though your plans extend far beyond that. There's a lot that can be done with several large mirrors, copious honey, and a pawn versed in the ways of Parabola.
Today we're releasing new Agents for Fallen London, focused on honey-dens, glasswork, and Parabola!
Today we're releasing new Agents for Fallen London, focused on honey-dens, glasswork, and Parabola!
Huge props to AJ Hateley from Gametee who lovingly depicted neathy characters and concepts for our new Fallen London Arcana, all drawn by hand - and hand-painted! - with the utmost care and attention to detail.
October 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Huge props to AJ Hateley from Gametee who lovingly depicted neathy characters and concepts for our new Fallen London Arcana, all drawn by hand - and hand-painted! - with the utmost care and attention to detail.
🎴 New and returning Fallen London merchandise pre-order, live now! 🎴
Our lovingly-rendered Fallen London Arcana joins the re-designed Individual of Mysterious and Indistinct Gender shirt, available in sizes up to 5X!
Presale for pre-Christmas delivery: gametee.co.uk/collections/...
Our lovingly-rendered Fallen London Arcana joins the re-designed Individual of Mysterious and Indistinct Gender shirt, available in sizes up to 5X!
Presale for pre-Christmas delivery: gametee.co.uk/collections/...
October 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🎴 New and returning Fallen London merchandise pre-order, live now! 🎴
Our lovingly-rendered Fallen London Arcana joins the re-designed Individual of Mysterious and Indistinct Gender shirt, available in sizes up to 5X!
Presale for pre-Christmas delivery: gametee.co.uk/collections/...
Our lovingly-rendered Fallen London Arcana joins the re-designed Individual of Mysterious and Indistinct Gender shirt, available in sizes up to 5X!
Presale for pre-Christmas delivery: gametee.co.uk/collections/...
The Fallen London Arcana.
(Very) Soon.
(Very) Soon.
October 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The Fallen London Arcana.
(Very) Soon.
(Very) Soon.
How you respond to this legacy is up to you. Perhaps you’ll embrace your heritage; perhaps you’ll reject it, or ignore it. Perhaps you’ll try to take responsibility for it.
October 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
How you respond to this legacy is up to you. Perhaps you’ll embrace your heritage; perhaps you’ll reject it, or ignore it. Perhaps you’ll try to take responsibility for it.
Then, horticulture was forbidden. In a single day, the power of the Mandrakes was broken. Many died. Some fled. And the lands of Chandley have been without them since.
Until you come home.
Until you come home.
October 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Then, horticulture was forbidden. In a single day, the power of the Mandrakes was broken. Many died. Some fled. And the lands of Chandley have been without them since.
Until you come home.
Until you come home.
As rulers of the local lands, the Mandrakes had a profound effect on the landscape and society. They built a grand castle on the hill, and grew spell-gardens within its walls. They hunted in the woods, and dug mines into the cliffs and the mountains.
October 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
As rulers of the local lands, the Mandrakes had a profound effect on the landscape and society. They built a grand castle on the hill, and grew spell-gardens within its walls. They hunted in the woods, and dug mines into the cliffs and the mountains.
In our world, the Mandrakes were a human family. A house of old aristocracy, thought to have long since died out: magnates, gardeners and sorcerers.
October 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
In our world, the Mandrakes were a human family. A house of old aristocracy, thought to have long since died out: magnates, gardeners and sorcerers.
Here are some real and actual facts about Mandrakes:
- Their smell could drive away demons
- It was a popular component of fertility spells
- Witches used it in the unguents which gave them the power of flight
So: the perfect plant to name our new game and its protagonist after.
#indiedev
- Their smell could drive away demons
- It was a popular component of fertility spells
- Witches used it in the unguents which gave them the power of flight
So: the perfect plant to name our new game and its protagonist after.
#indiedev
October 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Here are some real and actual facts about Mandrakes:
- Their smell could drive away demons
- It was a popular component of fertility spells
- Witches used it in the unguents which gave them the power of flight
So: the perfect plant to name our new game and its protagonist after.
#indiedev
- Their smell could drive away demons
- It was a popular component of fertility spells
- Witches used it in the unguents which gave them the power of flight
So: the perfect plant to name our new game and its protagonist after.
#indiedev
Today we're delighted to reveal improvements to the Journal in Fallen London.
These changes come as part of our ongoing efforts to improve your experience of playing Fallen London in response to the most recent player survey.
These changes come as part of our ongoing efforts to improve your experience of playing Fallen London in response to the most recent player survey.
October 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Today we're delighted to reveal improvements to the Journal in Fallen London.
These changes come as part of our ongoing efforts to improve your experience of playing Fallen London in response to the most recent player survey.
These changes come as part of our ongoing efforts to improve your experience of playing Fallen London in response to the most recent player survey.
If you see this, post a fun guy. Sorry - post fungi.
September 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
If you see this, post a fun guy. Sorry - post fungi.
Firmament Chapter Six has arrived in Fallen London!
Firmament is Fallen London's current main story arc, free to all players. It begins once you have progressed the Railway story arc as far as Ealing Gardens, although will require more progress in the Railway as chapters progress.
Firmament is Fallen London's current main story arc, free to all players. It begins once you have progressed the Railway story arc as far as Ealing Gardens, although will require more progress in the Railway as chapters progress.
September 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Firmament Chapter Six has arrived in Fallen London!
Firmament is Fallen London's current main story arc, free to all players. It begins once you have progressed the Railway story arc as far as Ealing Gardens, although will require more progress in the Railway as chapters progress.
Firmament is Fallen London's current main story arc, free to all players. It begins once you have progressed the Railway story arc as far as Ealing Gardens, although will require more progress in the Railway as chapters progress.
alright, i'm in
September 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
alright, i'm in
A pair of assistants wheel out a metal table, upon which a writhing, screaming number seven has been strapped. Its eyes roll around in its head. "Who would like to cut it open?"
The Exceptional Story for October is here! The Shape of Infinity, by Heather Flowers.
The Exceptional Story for October is here! The Shape of Infinity, by Heather Flowers.
September 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A pair of assistants wheel out a metal table, upon which a writhing, screaming number seven has been strapped. Its eyes roll around in its head. "Who would like to cut it open?"
The Exceptional Story for October is here! The Shape of Infinity, by Heather Flowers.
The Exceptional Story for October is here! The Shape of Infinity, by Heather Flowers.
This is what we're talking about when we say we're excited to have honest-to-goodness sunlight in our new game, Mandrake.
September 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is what we're talking about when we say we're excited to have honest-to-goodness sunlight in our new game, Mandrake.
Lastly, we're excited to have shadows! They're an important part of helping the world feel like a real, natural space. They show time of day, and changing seasons, we’ll have tree shadows across a leaf covered path in autumn, and bird shadows from overhead...
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Lastly, we're excited to have shadows! They're an important part of helping the world feel like a real, natural space. They show time of day, and changing seasons, we’ll have tree shadows across a leaf covered path in autumn, and bird shadows from overhead...
We've got snow! Not like that so-called 'snow' in our other game, Fallen London. This is much less stinky.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We've got snow! Not like that so-called 'snow' in our other game, Fallen London. This is much less stinky.
One of the cultures that left its mark on the landscape is the enigmatic Sophoi empire.
They built these monolithic structures that ordinary people wouldn't have understood, even at the time. One of the things you'll do in Mandrake is poke your nose into what the Sophoi structures might mean.
They built these monolithic structures that ordinary people wouldn't have understood, even at the time. One of the things you'll do in Mandrake is poke your nose into what the Sophoi structures might mean.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
One of the cultures that left its mark on the landscape is the enigmatic Sophoi empire.
They built these monolithic structures that ordinary people wouldn't have understood, even at the time. One of the things you'll do in Mandrake is poke your nose into what the Sophoi structures might mean.
They built these monolithic structures that ordinary people wouldn't have understood, even at the time. One of the things you'll do in Mandrake is poke your nose into what the Sophoi structures might mean.
We really wanted to capture a gradient as you move from civilization to wilderness, which has benefited a lot from a painterly, organic style.
The Deepwoods are a space where people rarely tread. We visited the Puzzlewood, a temperate rainforest in the UK, and found useful reference there.
The Deepwoods are a space where people rarely tread. We visited the Puzzlewood, a temperate rainforest in the UK, and found useful reference there.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We really wanted to capture a gradient as you move from civilization to wilderness, which has benefited a lot from a painterly, organic style.
The Deepwoods are a space where people rarely tread. We visited the Puzzlewood, a temperate rainforest in the UK, and found useful reference there.
The Deepwoods are a space where people rarely tread. We visited the Puzzlewood, a temperate rainforest in the UK, and found useful reference there.
We started with British landscapes. It’s very helpful of them to be as varied as they are, whether it's the Yorkshire Dales, Scottish Highlands or the east coast of Scotland (the entire art team lives in or around Edinburgh, so we've got loads of natural beauty on the doorstep).
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We started with British landscapes. It’s very helpful of them to be as varied as they are, whether it's the Yorkshire Dales, Scottish Highlands or the east coast of Scotland (the entire art team lives in or around Edinburgh, so we've got loads of natural beauty on the doorstep).