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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.

  • Lars Doucet
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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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

  • Lars Doucet
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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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.

  • Lars Doucet
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

  • Lars Doucet
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
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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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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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Defender's Quest 2 Progress: February-July 2019

We're starting something new -- Defender's Quest 2 monthly infodump progress reports.

  • Lars Doucet
10 min read
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Wash your game's windows

Ever played one of those games where you have no clue what any of the mechanics actually do and you just kind of muddle through? Playing this kind of game is like peering through a dirty, smudged window. What a game like this needs is some Windex.

  • Lars Doucet
13 min read
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DQ2 alpha/beta access is now available.

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

  • Lars Doucet
4 min read
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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

  • Lars Doucet
2 min read
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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

  • Lars Doucet
6 min read
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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

  • Lars Doucet
6 min read
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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

  • Lars Doucet
11 min read
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Defender's Quest II: The City of Ennekar

LARS: As the Defender's Quest II engine and Defender's Quest HD get further along towards completion, we've been building up a huge internal backlog of story and art materials as our writer, James,

  • James Cavin
    James Cavin
18 min read
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