Rejoice, delicious friend, for our descent into the Neath is at hand. It’s been four long years since the release of Sunless Skies, and while Failbetter Games’ speculative steampunk future of Fallen London left the station with a triumphant billow of steam, it’s been a long time since we’ve stumbled over the gaslit cobbles of the doomed city itself. Enter Mask of the Rose, a visual novel that promises to bring Fallen London into stark, often unnerving focus. To cut to the heart of the matter, we caught up with Failbetter Games senior producer Stuart Young at WASD 2023 to talk love, death, and bats. So many bats.