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Finishing the Map -- DQ2 Progress Report for April 2022

We've roughed out all 50+ battle locations on the map with basic level designs and are now moving on to polishing up the first half.

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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 in Defender's Quest 2 (known as the "White Hats" and "Black Hats" respectively) has their own set

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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!

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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.

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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.

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DQ2 alpha/beta access is now available.

Defender's Quest 2 now has alpha/beta/tester access available! Instructions inside.

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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 PS4, XB1, PC Haxe Summit Talk OpenFL console targets Physical release with Limited Run Games# We're doing

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MAKING A VIDEOGAME COVER THAT DOESN'T SUCK

We just made a new cover for our game's upcoming console release, and that got us thinking about making covers in general. Ooooooh so shiny! There are many ways to design a videogame cover. Most of them suck. We stumbled across one that didn't. Here it is. Hi, my name's

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Defender's Quest is coming to PlayStation and Xbox in February 2018

Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten DX will be releasing on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Xbox One imminently. UPDATE: It's out now! Also -- there are some non-fatal known bugs that are being fixed as we speak. Media assets can be found at the bottom of this post.

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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 of this year, Steam launched its much anticipated Discovery update 2.0. I've written previously about the

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December's Quest

Hey everyone! Let's talk about what we've been up to lately. Stuff I'm gonna talk about today DQDX engine Controller support DQII progress tracker New DQII tools Have some free open source board games 1. DQDX engine Controller support So back in November I helped give a talk about the

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Defender's Quest Deluxe Launches Today

Defender's Quest Deluxe launches right now. Our new presskit is here: http://www.defendersquest.com/presskit Our site: http://www.defendersquest.com On Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/218410 On GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/defenders_quest Here's how to get the update if you already own the

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Defender's Quest II: Uematsu Music, Battle Art, Story!

LARS: We've got a treat for you all today, a new Defender's Quest II story post courtesy of our writer James Cavin, a preview of the latest art, and -- the first of several tracks composed by legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu! Yes you read that right, several. Our

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Doing an HD Remake the Right Way

This is part 1 of a series. Part 2 (regarding Final Fantasy VI) is here. Final Fantasy V just came out on Steam. This is a beloved classic game, but the way they've done the HD upgrade just makes me cringe. This particular version is a port from the mobile

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Automated Transparent Development

Every game developer has a dilemma -- you need to make a game (development), and you need to tell people about it (marketing) so they'll get it when it comes out. The more you do one, the more you neglect the other. If you just keep your head down and

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I Wish Upon a Steam

I write about Steam a lot, because they hold my fate in their hands like a tiny bird. (Photo by Chris Yarzab, link) Given the recent flood of games onto Steam, I had high hopes for the long-awaited Discovery update, which introduced "organic" traffic channels such as customized