Other media delicious as Sunless Sea/Fallen London

[NIL0S]

Loving the lovecraftian influences, the subtle humour and more broadly speaking the gaslight era setting. If you know anything in a similar vein, be this in the format of books, movies or other games, please do share it here so that us others too shall consume it with utmost delight :D

[NIL0S]

I'll start with throwing the first pebbles in the pond!

Johannes Cabal series by Jonathan L. Howard, both the books and audio versions, very charming and witty protagonist getting himself involved into murder mysteries and eldritch galore!

The Gearheart by Alex White, it's an audiobook in podcast format, "(...) a ripping tale of magic, adventure and gunfights." This one is downloadable for free!

[NIL0S]

Amnesia: The Dark Descent by Frictional Games, for many i'm probably beating on a dead horse here but it's such a finely crafted eldritch horror game that I can't not mention it. You can find it here on Steam!

[margudden08]

Sunless Sea appeals to me, because it feels so very strange. Therefore I recommend reading "Perdido Street Station" by China Miéville. The City of New Crobuzon described therein gave me an impression of pure strangeness, and the influences of steampunk and Lovecraftian Horror on Miéville´s writing cannot be overseen. Nevertheless someone should read the first chapter before buying the book, because it is hardly everyones cup of tea...

[AK]

You must all immediately read this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Half-Made_World

and this

http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2012/09/a_face_like_gla.shtml

Both of them post-date Fallen London, so they weren't influences. But I slightly wish they were.

[NIL0S]

I shall, post haste :D

[NIL0S]

Originally posted by papa_spielt:

Sunless Sea appeals to me, because it feels so very strange. Therefore I recommend reading "Perdido Street Station" by China Miéville. The City of New Crobuzon described therein gave me an impression of pure strangeness, and the influences of steampunk and Lovecraftian Horror on Miéville´s writing cannot be overseen. Nevertheless someone should read the first chapter before buying the book, because it is hardly everyones cup of tea...

And yes indeed, the strangeness in Fallen London/Sunless Sea is a very welcome and refreshing factor, it's the whole point of the eldritch genre :) At the same time it's not strangeness for strangeness' sake alone, don't know if this makes sense :) Will track down and check out your suggestion, most definitely!

[margudden08]

Dear Mr. Kennedy,

I´m glad Failbetter Games develops entertainment focused on content. I appreciate your company´s efforts very much and I hope you will find the time to write a Novel some day. The setting of Fallen London is just wonderful.

By the way: "Alaizabel Cray" by Chris Wooding is a great read and catches quite the mood of a "mythical steampunk London"

best regards
Peter Leon

[DoubtfulGuest]

Clockwork Empires is an entirley different sort of game, but has a steampunk feel and lovecraftian influences. I think it's scheduled to come to early access in less than a month - it's already out for what they call "earliest access" already.

[Mr. Rieu]

It's so odd seeing such mature and polite conversation in a forum. Refreshing.

[NIL0S]

Mature subject matters = fruitful discussions, I think :)

Will check out Clockwork Empires, thanks!

[DarkExcalibur42]

If you like Lovecraft you should get your hands on the Robert W. Chambers short story collection, The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories.
http://www.amazon.com/Yellow-Stories-Mystery-Detective-Fiction/dp/0486437507/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0A92ERNWDKG5CABBECWP

And I've been drooling over photos of Clockwork Empires for months. Their Dev Blog is also freaking hilarious.

NIL0S, how can you recommend Amnesia and not the games they made before that?!

The Penumbra games are quite good! As is the tech demo that started it all if you can still find it :D

Originally posted by Mr. Bojangles:

It's so odd seeing such mature and polite conversation in a forum. Refreshing.

I know... and it's on the internet of all places... *glances around suspiciously*

[JErosion]

if your looking for other games that are horror and story driven, the is the Darkwood, like Sunless Sea its also in early access and on the steam main page

[NIL0S]

JErosion, yes Darkwood does ring some familiar bells, both in regards to mechanics (the sight cone for instance) and with its eldritch folklore tones :)

DarkExcalibur, indeed the Penumbra games are great stuff, but i've left them out intentionally as the setting is rather modern. I absolutely LOVE The King In Yellow, so very moody :)

[Florestan]

You like A Face Like Glass too!! oh gosh -- would the Cartographers join the studies of the Correspondence? Out of the two, would it be a true Wine or prisoner's honey that would transport its partakers to more perilous places? (In a crossover the deadly power of Alice's network would stem from the sale of those explosive--cheeses)

[Florestan]

Come to think of it, I think I read some new content that could've had a tiny homage to the jellies with live birds - something about a lark and its preserved song? (probably off base) But this is going to drive me into an early reread of Hardinge's other series, with her coffee houses towed by floating kites and homicidal geese. Both the games and her books have that same delicious lushness and invention - no wonder you recced Face like Glass.