For my Q&A stream next Friday, we already have more than 350 submitted questions. Some good ones, some not so good ones, and some easy ones. I won’t be able to get through them all, so I figure I’ll use my posts leading up to it to answer some easy ones. So here we go!

“Are you going to bring back mid sets?” – Nope. Swapping to 3 sets a year has been successful. Players get more sets a year, and the dev cycle is much healthier. That being said, we’re still exploring the best way to give more things to do as the set goes on. Inkborn Fables got Choncc’s Treasure and is about to get Pengu’s Party. Likely to be more exploration in that space.

“How do you deal with Artist’s Block?” – This is one of the important reasons to work with lots of different people you can trust. Any time I find myself stuck or possibly losing motivation, all it takes is a good sounding board conversation with someone to help get a new direction. Giovanni as our lead sets designer lately has been a great help here, as his creative approach counterbalances my mechanical approach. Same is true for other team members like Alex, Kent, Lynda, and more!

“If you could use any character from any IP and put them in TFT, who and what spell?” – I’m a Metroid nerd, so I’ll say Samus. 4 cost, 60 mana spell, each time she fires it upgrades. So first time is a barrage of missiles. second time is a chunky super missile, third time is her big beam ultimate, and fourth time she summons a giant metroid.

“Have you ever tried making toast in the tub? Maybe a good teambuilding excercise for TFT” – Silly person, toasters are in the kitchen.

“When making a new set, what comes first in production? The theme or mechanic?” – Usually the theme is first, as it gives us a good grounding point when choosing what skins and champs to use, and how to build the plan around the entire feel of the set. However occasionally if there is a good mechanic, that can be a starting point as well, and then find a matching theme. So far every launched set has been theme first, but there is an upcoming set that started with the mechanic. Once it’s out (long ways off) I’ll be sure to talk about it!

There ya go! Hope this is a good way to get through some of the easier questions, so we can leave the spicier stuff for the actual Q&A. Let me know if you like this format! That’s it for me, have a good Tuesday, and take it easy 🙂