Hello delicious friends!
We’re working on our first piece of DLC for Sunless Sea, Zubmariner. We're now ready to share some glimpses of the world beneath the Unterzee. We’re a bit giddy. Hold our clammy hand, would you?
See this post complete with images on our blog
Below the waves
Beneath the water, as above, you’ll find a number of story-laden ports to visit and zee-beasts to encounter.
Wrack, the City of Delights
One such port is the underwater city of Wrack: an arbour of shipwrecks, where the flesh of kelp brings intoxication.
Concept art for Wrack
The Thalatte
Concept art for the Thalatte
The Thalatte is an exposed-looking collection of wattled and shining organs, like a half-completed vivisection, with a fanged orifice at the front. This orifice applies a force which draws your Zubmarine towards it. The Thalatte can move rapidly, ram, and expectorate gobbets of vile fluid.
Lights in the darkness
Your Zubmarine’s prow light can’t match the oppressive darkness. Things lurk outside of its beam. Some of them are glowing. Some of them aren’t.
These screenshots are early ideas of how the seabed will look, and the kinds of things you might encounter:
Shipwreck
Coral
Vents
Something out there
We hope this taste has whetted your appetite! Please tell us what you think in the comments. What are you looking forward to? What would you like to know more about? Wait - what was that, overhead?
Your friends,
Failbetter Games
P.S. The Gamers Edition print of Demeaux’s Navigational Chart of the Known Unterzee has sold out (there are still a few Mrs Plenty's Rubbery Lumps left)!
If there’s enough demand we’re hoping to get another run done by Christmas. There will be regular news about any reprints on twitter @failbettergames.
You can also get all manner of Neathy delights in the Fallen London store and the Sunless Sea soundtrack is available on Bandcamp.