dq2 Elements and Leeches: DQ2 progress report for May 2021 The presence of a leech in a battle gives the player a choice: 1) Dedicate defender(s) to killing the leech, taking them off the front lines? 2) Focus on the battle lanes and let the leech steal half your juice?
dq2 Balancing Defender's Quest 2's "minion" classes We just added 8 new characters to Defender's Quest 2. How do we keep all this stuff balanced?
defender's quest Parade of Parasites: DQ2 progress report for March 2021 Howdy Defender's Quest fans! Today we have a progress report and a new build up on Steam for Windows/Linux. As we covered in March of the Machines, each of the two parties
gamedatacrunch We don't actually know when many Steam games were first released One of the most unreliable fields on a Steam's store page is the release date field.
dq Tanking Texas Temperatures: DQ2 progress report for February 2021 It got really cold and scary in Texas for a bit but somehow I actually got a few things done!
defender's quest March of the Machines: DQ2 progress report for December 2020 + January 2021 In the December/January progress report we talk about three new "machine minion" characters that help fill out the party.
defenders-quest Defender's Quest 2 Progress Report for November 2020 This month we talk all about level design!
dq2 Reflecting and recharging - October 2020 This past October I did something I haven't done in over 6 years – took a vacation with my family. After I got back I took some time to reorganize some things in my life, and a plan for DQ2's continued development.
dq2 Collecting Details: Defender's Quest 2 Progress for September 2020 September's progress report includes changes to item design, status effect display, defender placement, and lots of other details.
gamedatacrunch GameDataCrunch: my facts-first game metrics website I'm working on a new website called GameDataCrunch.com, a new way to understand the game industry by looking at metrics and slicing them up in a bunch of different ways.
dq2 Defender's Quest 2 Progress for August 2020: Electric Four Square Once again emphasizing visual communication: - Energy shields - Show buff zones more clearly - Ultimate is now a 2x2 sized unit
defenders-quest Fun vs. Balance: Defender's Quest 2 Progress for July 2020 In previous months we've talked about how we ensure that DQ2 is balanced.Today we're going to talk about how we ensure that DQ2 is fun.
news Independent once more: Defender's Quest 2 Progress for June 2020 Notes on ending my contract with Valve, and a progress update for June
nintendo The Evolution of Game Genres: NES, Gameboy, and SNES Ever wonder where game genres came from? Let's look at how Nintendo's usage of them evolved over time.
dq2 Back in the Saddle: Defender's Quest 2 / my life progress report for May 2020 Time for an extremely overdue update on everything going on with Defender's Quest 2 development and my life in general.
dq2 Extra Quarantine: Defender's Quest 2 Progress for April 2020 Progress report for May 2020 -- quarantine is hard, but we still did some stuff.
defenders-quest Balancing Quarantine: Defender's Quest 2 Progress for March 2020 Quarantine sucks, but DQ2 is still making progress. Learn all about balancing careful intro stages for our hero units.
dq2 Laser Lightning Bugs in the Spotlight: Defender's Quest 2 Progress for February 2020 This month, we're working on visual design language and gamefeel.
dq2 Defender's Quest 2 Progress: January 2020 Defender's Quest 2's progress report for the month of January.
defenders-quest Defender's Quest 2 Progress: December 2019 December progress report for Defender's Quest 2
defenders-quest Collecting Power -- Defender's Quest 2 Progress: November 2019 It's mid-November, so here's the latest progress report for DQ2. Details on the "Collector" and "Eliminator" classes.
Defender's Quest 2 tester/backer build out today Hey everyone! So after a few months of massively destabilizing the Defender's Quest 2 build, today I'm proud to say that we're ready to start regularly testing things and gathering feedback again. The
dq2 Steamy Bees -- Defender's Quest 2 Progress: September 2019 Let's talk about angry intelligent bees in Defender's Quest 2 in this month's progress report!
meta Setting Boundaries, Open Source, & Gamedev on Consoles I am setting some personal and professional boundaries.