
We had the opportunity to expand on their kit a lot which was exciting and had a lot of freedom to. We worked close with Riot Forge to make sure the new abilities we wanted to add to the champs vibed with the character and felt true to them. From there we looked for champs we liked that would fit roles we needed for gameplay, who had a strong tie to the areas and also some outsiders who would be interesting to interact with the area and champs with an outsider perspective (Braum!). We were all fans of bilgewater and the shadow isles so it was an easy choice for us. The first step was deciding on which area we wanted to work on which narrowed down the champ list a lot. We worked closely with Riot picking out which characters would show up in game. "Thanks for the kind words! I think the most fun i had working on Ruined King was fleshing out the champion kits. We are standing at the ready to answer any questions you might have for us, so bring it on and thank you for all of the support of our games!

Today we are joined by: Steve Madureira - Design Director Billy Garretsen - Director of Branding Brooke Griffith - Senior Programmer Hakan Borazanci - Senior Designer Alex Campbell - Community Manager Utilizing on our artistic strengths, it was incredibly rewarding marrying our creative talent with gameplay mechanics to create Battle Chasers and eventually Ruined King. The JRPG Genre has always been near and dear to the hearts of our development team, both from a narrative and gameplay perspective.

Our goal is simple: build a fast, fun, independent studio creating lean, top quality games for a variety of gaming platforms. Led by visionary comic artist Joe Madureira, we are working with a handful of talented contributors located all around the world. We were excited and humbled to be asked by the r/JRPG team to host an AMA to ask all of your burning questions about Battle Chasers and Ruined King: A League of Legends Story!Īirship Syndicate was founded by four industry vets formerly of Vigil Games - the house that Darksiders built.
