Justin Ma

Soren interviews Justin Ma, co-founder of Subset Games, known for FTL and Into the Breach. Topics include Justin's bombed interview, AI limitations in FTL, and the debate over unlimited undo in Into the Breach. They also discuss game design approach, unexpected success, feedback from beta testers, creating unique game mechanics, design challenges, and running a two-person company.

Justin Ma and Matthew Davis, developers of the roguelike spaceship sim FTL, discuss the game's influences from board games, its scale and setting, the mechanics and design choices of crew members, advanced tactics and dialogue events, risk and crew member survival, flaws in the system, and post-release activities and future plans.