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Sunless Skies - the Sequel to Sunless Explore Start a project Log in Sign up Share this project Done Share Tweet Share Pin Embed Share this project Done Tweet Share Pin Email Sunless Skies - the sequel to Sunless By Failbetter Games Sea 3 created Explore a universe steeped in celestial horror and ravaged by Victorian ambition in this literary RPG for PC, Mac and Linux. £13,351 pledged of £100,000 goal 111 backers 30 days to go Back This Project Remind me Share All or nothing. This project will only be funded if it reaches its goal by Fri, Mar 3 2017 7:00 PM UTC. Video Games London, UK Rewards Campaign FAQ Updates 0 Comments 4 Community About this project Support this project Make a pledge without a reward £ 10 Sunless Skies is a 2D, top-down, story-led game of exploration, corruption and jeopardy from Pledge £15 or more Failbetter Games. It’s the successor to our first game for PC, Sunless Sea, but you don’t need to know Sunless Sea to play and enjoy Sunless Skies. The Scout Pack You're a pioneer! In return, we offer our thanks, a copy of Sunless Skies for Steam or GOG, plus a Kickstarter-exclusive Scout for your vessel: the Cyclopean Owl! This magnificent monocular strigiforme will fly out and alert you to threats and discoveries beyond your sight. (The owl has equivalent abilities to the game's starting Scout, but has a unique model and icon and will not be for general sale.) It is the dawn of the 20th century, and London has taken to the stars! As the captain of a spacefaring locomotive you'll behold wonders and battle cosmic abominations in the furthest INCLUDES: heavens. Stake your claim. Fight to survive. Speak to storms. Murder a sun. Face judgement. Sunless Skies on Steam or GOG An exclusive Cyclopian Owl Scout for your vessel ESTIMATED DELIVERY May 2018 36 backers Pledge £30 or more The Archivist Pack Immerse yourself in the worlds of Sunless Skies! In addition to the rewards above, you will receive: a digital copy of the game's soundtrack, a small digital lore book containing insights into the High Wilderness and behind-the-scenes production information. You'll also be credited in-game! INCLUDES: Sunless Skies on Steam or GOG An exclusive Cyclopian Owl Scout for your vessel Credited in-game Digital Lore Book Sunless Skies is set in the Fallen London Universe, a deep, dark and marvellous world that Digital Soundtrack we’ve been creating for seven years. In our games, hand-crafted narrative and emergent gameplay create compelling stories for your character. ESTIMATED DELIVERY May 2018 We launched Sunless Sea two years ago, after a successful Kickstarter and fruitful Early Access period. We were overwhelmed by the critical and community reception! 28 backers Pledge £50 or more The Delicious Pack Hunger is a constant danger in the skies. Therefore, in addition to all preceding rewards, you will receive an exclusive Mascot for your vessel: An Obviously Delicious Rabbit! Will its life be long and rewarding? Our will your dinner be succulent? (Mascots have minor in-game effects. This one will be comparable to others in the game, and will not be for general sale.) Furthermore, from this tier up, you will receive a gift copy to share with a friend. Gift copies secured via the Kickstarter include the exclusive Cyclopean Owl Scout! INCLUDES: 2× Sunless Skies on Steam or GOG 2× An exclusive Cyclopian Owl Scout for your vessel An exclusive Obviously Delicious Rabbit Our influences include the science fiction of H G Wells and C S Lewis, the planetary romances Mascot for your vessel of Leigh Brackett, Art Nouveau and Planescape: Torment. Digital Lore Book Digital Soundtrack Credited in-game ESTIMATED DELIVERY May 2018 10 backers The rails fall away. The Wilderness is wide before us. "Where to?" asks the Navigator. Pledge £75 or more Sunless Skies tells the story of one possible future of the Fallen London Universe. Ten years The Well-Turned-Out Pack have passed since Sunless Sea, and Queen Victoria has led an exodus from London to the In addition to the preceding rewards, you will heavens. There, a revitalised British Empire - ambitious and authoritarian - begins to expand receive a Murgatroyd's Thermal Skysuits t- across the skies. shirt, inspired by Sunless Skies! Each tee is screen-printed by hand, making it a truly limited edition, collectible piece of wearable art, available exclusively in this campaign. Printed using the finest quality non-toxic water based inks, the design is long lasting and soft to the touch. Included with every t-shirt is a selection of unique printed collectibles. Available up to 3XL. **UK SHIPPING INCLUDED** INCLUDES: 2× Sunless Skies on Steam or GOG 2× An exclusive Cyclopian Owl Scout for your vessel An exclusive Obviously Delicious Rabbit Mascot for your vessel Travel between distant ports, unravelling stories, bearing passengers and news, and trading in Credited in-game exotic celestial cargoes. Digital Lore Book Digital Soundtrack Sunless Skies Mugratroyd's Thermal Skysuits T-Shirt UK shipping included! ESTIMATED DELIVERY SHIPS TO May 2018 Anywhere in the world 6 backers Pledge £100 or more The Voyager Pack Take to the heavens! In addition to the physical and digital rewards above, your name will emblazon one of the mighty locomotives that brave the skies! We'll work with you to name a neutral vessel that you may discover in-game. Will you save it from pirates? Or will you plunder it yourself? INCLUDES: 2× Sunless Skies on Steam or GOG The High Wilderness is space, but not as we know it. 2× An exclusive Cyclopian Owl Scout for your vessel The stars are alive. They are the Judgements: vast intelligences that govern all things. But they are dying. One by one, something is snuffing them out, leaving their thrones empty. An An exclusive Obviously Delicious Rabbit opportunistic Victorian Empire is colonising the domains they leave behind, painting its industrial Mascot for your vessel vision upon the fabric of the heavens. Credited in-game Digital Lore Book Despite the deaths of stars, the Wilderness is not dark or empty. It is harried by strange winds, Digital Soundtrack coiled with mists, and traversed by improbable beasts. Sunless Skies Mugratroyd's Thermal Skysuits T-Shirt Name a Neutral Vessel UK shipping included! ESTIMATED DELIVERY SHIPS TO May 2018 Anywhere in the world 1 backer Pledge £150 or more The Cartographer Pack Stamp your mark on the universe, before it stamps its mark on you! In addition to the previous rewards we'll name a geographical feature in Sunless Skies after you. Your name could grace a monument, landmark, ruin – even a signal-box – and will appear on the in-game map! What's more, you'll receive a Sunless Skies star chart, featuring the name you chose. Crafted using the finest archival quality cardstock, each magnificent chart measures 42cm X 59cm (16.5 X 23.4in) making them an exquisite aid for navigators. Included with the star chart will be a selection of unique collectibles and a hand-numbered certificate The Reach is, from London's perspective, the frontier: a vast territory of untamed wilderness ripe of authenticity. **UK SHIPPING INCLUDED** to explore, to colonise, and to exploit. Here, the Empire is opposed only by the uncompromising environment and a growing movement of independent settlers determined to rule themselves. INCLUDES: 2× Sunless Skies on Steam or GOG The Empire's interests are represented by the great trading companies: Murgatroyd's, The 2× An exclusive Cyclopian Owl Scout for Windward Company, Leadbeater & Stainrod. They are well-armed and well-connected. The your vessel Independents are a quarrelsome coalition of pioneers. Some believe they need to unify into a new nation to resist London. Others think that's trading one master for another. Can this rag-tag An exclusive Obviously Delicious Rabbit assortment of rebels resist Her Majesty's attentions? Mascot for your vessel Credited in-game Your captain's actions could tip the precarious balance of the region. Will you run guns for the Digital Lore Book Independents? Or spies for the Empire? Choose wisely – your decisions will affect the fate of Digital Soundtrack the region; not just for yourself, but for your future captains as well. Sunless Skies Mugratroyd's Thermal Skysuits T-Shirt Name a Neutral Vessel Sunless Skies Star Chart Print Name a Geographical Feature UK shipping included! ESTIMATED DELIVERY SHIPS TO May 2018 Anywhere in the world Limited (79 left of 100) 21 backers Pledge £500 or more The Correspondent Pack Become a word spoken by suns! When the stars speak, they use the tongue of the heavens: the Correspondence. Provide us with a story from your life (or your captain's life) and we'll distill it into a Correspondence sigil that will appear as part of a quest in Sunless Skies! In addition, you will receive all the rewards in prior tiers. INCLUDES: 2× Sunless Skies on Steam or GOG The heart of London's celestial empire, illuminated by the greatest feat of British engineering to 2× An exclusive Cyclopian Owl Scout for date: a clockwork sun! While the cream of society enjoy tea in their salons and scandal in their your vessel newspapers, the wheels of British industry thunder. An exclusive Obviously Delicious Rabbit The Empress Victoria reigns from her Throne of Hours, exerting authority over time itself. Her Mascot for your vessel favourites are rewarded with freshly-minted months to prolong their lives, while those who Credited in-game displease her are condemned to the Midnight Cells, where every minute lasts a day, and no one Digital Lore Book leaves until their hair is white and their bones are bent.
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