And, since this is an email-related blog post, let me actually do a reader mail.
Steve from Sacramento writes,
Hi Brandon,
Besides being an avid reader (and fan of your writing), I’m also a computer gamer . . . I think your Mistborn world would make an excellent setting for a game. I’d love to play a game with allomantic and feruchemical powers. Is this something you’ve considered pursuing?
Thanks for the question, Steve! I’m a gamer myself—a big fan of RPGs and FPSs. (And I’ve put off playing Halo Three, which I really want to play, until I get A Memory of Light written. It’s been kind of hard.)
I HAVE considered doing a Mistborn game. In fact, I was in talks with a company at one point to licence the game to them. I even wrote up a proposal for the game. (I imagined it being a nice hybrid between an RPG and a platformer, perhaps something along the lines of the metroid/castlevania vein with a physics engine. Or, for something more big budget, I’d love to see a Morrowind style Mistborn RPG.)
That deal fell through, however, and I don’t blame the company for going another direction. Still, I’m openly pursing this option. If any of you out there work for a video game company and might be interested in a Mistborn game, feel free to fire me off an email! I’ll respond faster than six weeks on something like that. ;)
And while it’s something kind of different, we’ve still got the Mistborn Pen and Paper RPG coming out, which has me VERY excited. If I had to chose between a video game and a pen and paper like this, I’d go with the pen and paper first. I think it offers a more complete and immersive experience, and the chance to work with Crafty has me psyched.
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