Alexis Kennedy

Alexis Kennedy
Born	1972
Occupation	Writer and game designer
Notable works	Fallen London, Machine Cares!, Dragon Age: The Last Court, Sunless Sea
Website
http://weatherfactory.biz/

Alexis Kennedy (born 1972) is a British writer and game designer, best known as the founder of Failbetter Games.

In 2009, Kennedy developed the browser game Fallen London and founded Failbetter Games. Failbetter initially focused on browser-based interactive fiction, chiefly Fallen London but also client projects; under Kennedy's direction, the company later refocused on narrative-centric PC and mobile games, starting with Sunless Sea and an iOS port of Fallen London.

Early in 2016, Kennedy opened Fundbetter, an initiative at Failbetter to fund promising narrative games and interactive fiction projects. As of May 2016, Fundbetter had announced five funded projects.

In June 2016, Kennedy split amicably from Failbetter, citing a desire to work on a greater variety of projects. He currently operates a microstudio, Weather Factory.

In August 2016, Kennedy began work on a piece of standalone DLC for Paradox' Stellaris. In December 2016, the DLC was announced as an 'interactive cosmic horror novelette' called 'Horizon Signal', and released with the codename 'Kennedy' Stellaris patch.

In September 2016, Kennedy announced that he is working with the Dragon Age team in BioWare for an unannounced project as a freelance writer. Immediately before beginning work with BioWare, Kennedy released an alpha version of an experimental game, Cultist Simulator.

Kennedy has also worked on an unspecified research and development project with Telltale Games.

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