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In the latest episode of the diabolical podcast I speak with Sunless Sea and Fallen London developer Alexis Kennedy and his partner and business partner Lottie Bevan. The two co-founded the studio Weather Factory, the developer of Cultist Simulator. In 2019, Kennedy was accused of various improprieties—from infidelity to preying on young women in the video game industry and abusing his power as the head of Failbetter Games.The accusations never made it past Twitter, and the only truly specific allegations had to do with a past relationship that ended badly, but Kennedy was shunned from the industry regardless. I’ll have a longer written piece up with more backstory to supplement this podcast at diabolical later this morning (direct to subscribers’ inboxes). The podcast will also be up on my YouTube channel later this morning as well. Thanks for listening!Update: Here’s the longer article on this story. And here’s the YouTube version.Listen to the diabolical podcast Episode 1—with game journalist and developer Ollie Barder—right here.If you enjoyed this podcast and want more like it, please consider subscribing to diabolical as a paid subscriber to make more of these possible. And if you’d like to send me any tips, you can subscribe to this newsletter and simply reply to any issue in your inbox. I’ll do my best to get back to you. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit diabolical.substack.com/subscribe

In the latest episode of the diabolical podcast I speak with Sunless Sea and Fallen London developer Alexis Kennedy and his partner and business partner Lottie Bevan. The two co-founded the studio Weather Factory, the developer of Cultist Simulator. In 2019, Kennedy was accused of various improprieties—from infidelity to preying on young women in the video game industry and abusing his power as the head of Failbetter Games.The accusations never made it past Twitter, and the only truly specific allegations had to do with a past relationship that ended badly, but Kennedy was shunned from the industry regardless. I’ll have a longer written piece up with more backstory to supplement this podcast at diabolical later this morning (direct to subscribers’ inboxes). The podcast will also be <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/erikkain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">up on my YouTube channel</a> later this morning as well. Thanks for listening!Update: <a href="https://diabolical.substack.com/p/a-conversation-with-alexis-kennedy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here’s the longer article on this story.</a> And <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3BDEo0b7c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here’s the YouTube version.</a>Listen to the diabolical podcast Episode 1—with game journalist and developer Ollie Barder—<a href="https://diabolical.substack.com/p/episode-1-ollie-barder" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">right here</a>.If you enjoyed this podcast and want more like it, please consider <a href="https://diabolical.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribing to </a>diabolical as a paid subscriber to make more of these possible. And if you’d like to send me any tips, you can subscribe to this newsletter and simply reply to any issue in your inbox. I’ll do my best to get back to you. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://diabolical.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">diabolical.substack.com/subscribe</a>

Diabolical Podcast Episode 2: Alexis Kennedy and Lottie Bevan

Weather Factory's Lottie Bevan joins us to talk about merchandise for your indie game.  Lottie did a ton of research and found the perfect way to sell merchandise for Cultist Simulator.  She shares what she learned with us. ______ To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: http://indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: http://powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: www.twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Watch INDIE's stream: www.twitch.tv/INDIE Join the Indie Game Business Discord: http://bit.ly/IGBDiscord The Twitters to follow - Powell Group Consulting: https://twitter.com/PowellGrp Jay: https://twitter.com/Powell_Jay INDIE: https://twitter.com/TheRealIndie Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/indiegamebusiness/support

Weather Factory's Lottie Bevan joins us to talk about merchandise for your indie game.  Lottie did a ton of research and found the perfect way to sell merchandise for Cultist Simulator.  She shares what she learned with us. ______ To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: http://indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: <a href="http://powellgroupconsulting.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://powellgroupconsulting.com</a> Watch the official live stream: <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness</a> Watch INDIE's stream: <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/INDIE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.twitch.tv/INDIE</a> Join the Indie Game Business Discord: <a href="http://bit.ly/IGBDiscord" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/IGBDiscord</a> The Twitters to follow - Powell Group Consulting: <a href="https://twitter.com/PowellGrp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/PowellGrp</a> Jay: <a href="https://twitter.com/Powell_Jay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Powell_Jay</a> INDIE: <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealIndie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/TheRealIndie</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/indiegamebusiness/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/indiegamebusiness/support</a>

Lottie Bevan - "To merch or not to merch"

Cultist Simulator is a difficult game to classify - it’s a card-based strategy game, but also a Lovecraftian weird fiction engine that focuses on discovery through exploration and dreaming. Ian spoke with creators Alexis Kennedy and Lottie Bevan, who collaborated on games like Sunless Sea and Fallen London prior to founding their own studio to make experimental games like Cultist Simulator. They discuss their literary influences, game design goals, and what they’ve learned over the course of the game’s development. Cultist Simulator will launch on Steam May 31.

Cultist Simulator is a difficult game to classify - it’s a card-based strategy game, but also a Lovecraftian weird fiction engine that focuses on discovery through exploration and dreaming. Ian spoke with creators Alexis Kennedy and Lottie Bevan, who collaborated on games like Sunless Sea and Fallen London prior to founding their own studio to make experimental games like Cultist Simulator. They discuss their literary influences, game design goals, and what they’ve learned over the course of the game’s development. <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/718670/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cultist Simulator</a> will launch on Steam May 31.


                INTERVIEW: Weather Factory founders Alexis Kennedy and Lottie Bevan
            