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Lars Doucet

Norwegian+Texan Eastern Orthodox Christian game designer with Tourette's Syndrome and Narcolepsy.

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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

  • Lars Doucet
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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.

  • Lars Doucet
15 min read
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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!

  • Lars Doucet
4 min read
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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.

  • Lars Doucet
7 min read
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Defender's Quest 2 Progress Report for November 2020

This month we talk all about level design!

  • Lars Doucet
6 min read
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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.

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1 min read
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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.

  • Lars Doucet
4 min read
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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.

  • Lars Doucet
9 min read
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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

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3 min read
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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.

  • Lars Doucet
6 min read
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Independent once more: Defender's Quest 2 Progress for June 2020

Notes on ending my contract with Valve, and a progress update for June

  • Lars Doucet
4 min read
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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.

  • Lars Doucet
11 min read
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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.

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2 min read
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Extra Quarantine: Defender's Quest 2 Progress for April 2020

Progress report for May 2020 -- quarantine is hard, but we still did some stuff.

  • Lars Doucet
1 min read
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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.

  • Lars Doucet
5 min read
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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.

  • Lars Doucet
8 min read
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Defender's Quest 2 Progress: January 2020

Defender's Quest 2's progress report for the month of January.

  • Lars Doucet
6 min read
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Defender's Quest 2 Progress: December 2019

December progress report for Defender's Quest 2

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3 min read
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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.

  • Lars Doucet
7 min read
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Defender's Quest 2 Progress: October 2019

Mid-October's Defender's Quest 2 progress report.

  • Lars Doucet
2 min read

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

  • Lars Doucet
1 min read
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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!

  • Lars Doucet
7 min read
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Setting Boundaries, Open Source, & Gamedev on Consoles

I am setting some personal and professional boundaries.

  • Lars Doucet
13 min read
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Defender's Quest 2 Progress: August 2019

It's the ides of August, which means it's time for another infodump progress report for Defender's Quest 2. Skill trees and character classes and a bunch of other stuff.

  • Lars Doucet
10 min read
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Steam Diving Bell

Designing a tool for browsing Steam games "Wikipedia binge" style

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19 min read
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