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.
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
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.
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!
defenders-quest 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.
defenders-quest Defender's Quest 2 Progress: February-July 2019 We're starting something new -- Defender's Quest 2 monthly infodump progress reports.
defenders-quest DQ2 alpha/beta access is now available. Defender's Quest 2 now has alpha/beta/tester access available! Instructions inside.
defenders-quest DQ1 Physical Edition, Discord, DQ2 News A quick newsy little post for everybody. First, we've got a fancy new discord server: Join Defender's Quest discord I'll still be keeping the forum around (especially as it's effectively the comments section
defenders-quest DQII: platforms announced, DQI: Vita, Limited Run, Switch, OpenFL Console Targets Hey everybody, A quick info-dump update on everything I've been working on lately. Physical release with Limited Run Games Nintendo Switch Final list of platforms for DQII PSVita version of DQDX Patch for
defenders-quest Player-Friendly Atomic Game Modding Like many game devs, I got my start making mods for other games. And if your experience was anything like mine, you'll recall brilliant creative highs punctuated by long tedious slogs sorting through
steam Steam Discovery 2.0, Stegosaurus Tail 2.0 Our game Defender's Quest will be five years old in just a few days, which is a good opportunity for a retrospective on how Steam has changed in that time. On November 8th
dq1 Supporting a single-player Indie RPG for Four Years It's hard to believe, but on January 19th 2016, four whole years will have passed since we first released our game Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten. What's even harder to believe is
final fantasy Doing an HD Remake the Right Way : FFVI Edition So Final Fantasy VI -- a beloved classic that contends with Final Fantasy VII for the title of best Final Fantasy game of all time -- is releasing on Steam this Wednesday. This