Brandon Sanderson
Well, it's finally out! Yes, we're doing Kelsier in Fortnite.
So what's going on behind the scenes? Well, Donald Mustard (director of Fortnite) is a friend of mine. We worked on Infinity Blade together back in the day. So, he asked if I was interested in sticking Kelsier into the game--and I thought it was cool. So we've been working on that for a few months.
Like I said (and several of you confirmed in this thread) it's not something I expect my general fanbase to go crazy over--but it's nifty, and I hope it will be fun for those of you who enjoy both properties. It's also been a blast to work with the Fortnite team.
They'll release more, but don't expect a huge crossover event. It's just a little fun thing that I'm doing with my friend, who happens to have accidentally made one of the most popular games of all time.
lazymomo5
Are there going to be any Mistborn specific mechanics in the game? Like steelpushing or pewter vials to grant regeneration or something like that. I don't expect it to happen but it would be cool and also a new kind of thing for those who don't know about Scadrial Magic.
Brandon Sanderson ยท
No Mistborn-specific powers right now. (I hope to be able to work more with Epic on something like that in the future, though.)
puhtahtoe
Will anything about this be considered Cosmere Canon?
Brandon Sanderson
Nope canon here. Fortnite is all about crossovers these days, and is explicitly non-canon for all of them. It has its own canon, granted, about grabbing things from other universes--so in Fortnite this can be canon. But in our canon, the cosmere is a closed system, with no links to other universes.
zvons
More as in more about the kelsier skin or more like other cosmere content?
Brandon Sanderson
Sorry. I meant "More about this specific appearance of Kelsier in Fortnite." Don't expect other characters or things for now.
thystephen01
Please tell me he has allomancy? I’d love to see the knights radiants in any open world game with their powers.
Brandon Sanderson
For now, this is just using Fortnite mechanics. I do have aspirations for more--and think it's not impossible that Epic and I will do something more like that in the future. But don't expect allomancy in Fortnite anytime soon.