Looks like Tom forgot to turn it on yesterday. You had one job, Tom!

Anyways, the Mission Madness event is live! Get a new Daily Mission every 8 hours. This weekend's event has been extended until 2PM EDT Tuesday for the trouble. Enjoy!

Love,
The Trendy Team

Looks like Tom forgot to turn it on yesterday. You had one job, Tom!

Anyways, the Mission Madness event is live! Get a new Daily Mission every 8 hours. This weekend's event has been extended until 2PM EDT Tuesday for the trouble. Enjoy!

Love,
The Trendy Team

Update: EV2 is getting some last-minute upgrades, so she's not quite ready for the spotlight. Trailer coming later this week!

Series EV2 lands in May. Are you ready?

This week, keep your eyes peeled for the Series EV2 trailer and release date. Then, on May 13th, tune into the Devstream at 5PM EDT for her complete gameplay reveal!

Here’s what we’ve revealed so far:




EV2 has two extendable node defenses. Node defenses allow you to connect point A to B to C and on and on, letting you create unique setups and patterns. We expect "Hi" will be the tamest thing we see in the Steam screenshots section...

Anyways, her first node defense is the Proton Beam, which zaps enemies as they walk through it, which we hear is quite painful. We wouldn't know. We're not dumb enough to walk in a straight line while refusing to avoid obstacles.




Her second node defense is the Torpedo Beam! A slow-moving torpedo travels along the beam, and when it reaches a node, it'll explode. As the torpedo moves through it each node, it deals more and more damage, so long links are gonna deal more damage than short links. See what we did there?




Her anti-gravity bots are her first ability. Set these bad boys up, and then shoot 'em to make 'em explode. Any nearby bots will also blow up, so you can cluster these in Build Phase preparation and then set 'em off when the big bads start walking through.

Check out the trailer on Tuesday and the Devstream next Friday for her full gameplay reveal!

Update: EV2 is getting some last-minute upgrades, so she's not quite ready for the spotlight. Trailer coming later this week!

Series EV2 lands in May. Are you ready?

This week, keep your eyes peeled for the Series EV2 trailer and release date. Then, on May 13th, tune into the Devstream at 5PM EDT for her complete gameplay reveal!

Here’s what we’ve revealed so far:




EV2 has two extendable node defenses. Node defenses allow you to connect point A to B to C and on and on, letting you create unique setups and patterns. We expect "Hi" will be the tamest thing we see in the Steam screenshots section...

Anyways, her first node defense is the Proton Beam, which zaps enemies as they walk through it, which we hear is quite painful. We wouldn't know. We're not dumb enough to walk in a straight line while refusing to avoid obstacles.




Her second node defense is the Torpedo Beam! A slow-moving torpedo travels along the beam, and when it reaches a node, it'll explode. As the torpedo moves through it each node, it deals more and more damage, so long links are gonna deal more damage than short links. See what we did there?




Her anti-gravity bots are her first ability. Set these bad boys up, and then shoot 'em to make 'em explode. Any nearby bots will also blow up, so you can cluster these in Build Phase preparation and then set 'em off when the big bads start walking through.

Check out the trailer on Tuesday and the Devstream next Friday for her full gameplay reveal!

May the Fourth be with you, Defenders! Here's what we've been working on this week:

You have until May 13th to choose the next map! This vote is between the Crumbled Bulwark and The Buried Bastille:


Crumbled Bulwark
Crumbled Bulwark is a remake of DD1’s Ramparts. A full moon hangs over this fragmented castle fortress. Medium-sized map. Three cores.

VS.


The Buried Bastille
The Buried Bastille is a remake of DD1’s Glitterhelm Caverns. This underground fortress has three wings, each filled with the distinct, lingering smell of death. Large map. Four cores.

Which one would you like first? Vote here and let us know!

With the influence vote in full swing, we are ramping up on an incursion for the map that wins the vote. Gathered some good feedback from the forums about the latest incursion, and the next patch will have some quality of life adjustments to the incursion to make it more accessible.

Ever make a visual effect that you could just stare at for hours?



Made a cool visual behavior setup for one of EV2’s towers to reduce beam noise because of the way in which you can place this tower.

Currently Listening To: Sarah Jaffe - "Defense"

Greetings Defenders!

This week I’m working on making sure our new UIs are split-screen friendly. They should be much easier to read and navigate on the PS4 and PC (when split-screen becomes available). I also updated the Summary Screen to be muuuuuch simpler with a little sizzle to it. The final touches are going in now that sound and art have gotten their hands on it.

For the rest of the week I’ll be working with Brys on the Server Browser.

And now for some pictures!









Testing continues on EV2 and more. Folks that haven’t been contacted yet, should hear back from me soon. We’re bringing in new playtesters in rounds, and the next round will be soon.

Also working on hotfixes and looking at the latest DD1 community beta patch!

We just started work on a new level! Another DD1 remake! As always, the first thing we do is to define the tileset, so we did some visual tests and built up some architecture, and then Jordan came up with this visual reference callout. Simply stunning!



This week we are working on a new map. We are establishing the tileset for the level, which means creating the basic modular pieces such as trims, walls, grounds...

New monthlies are out and everyone should be swimming in new pets on the PS4. The PS4 Inventory Pack is still held up in Sony’s QA, so I’ve been trying to sort that out. I’m looking into the events system as well because we’d like to do more than the triple daily mission refresh, but we have to figure out how to do it efficiently first.

If you look up at Mr. James Reid’s entry, you’ll see that we’re working studio wide on improving the split-screen experience by reducing the number of fullscreen takeovers.

Other than that, we’re working on some server and client stability improvements that should be shipping this week as well.

This week I’m spending a little bit of time polishing EV2's animations and making a few small tweaks. Most of my time, however, is focused on the hero after EV2, the Gun Witch!



I am also working on adding some animated elements to our new maps. So many skeletons hanging from the dungeon ceiling, so little time...

Still chugging away at hotfixes as they come in ( _._) . But more than that, we’re full charge ahead with testing of the current milestone. That means testing on EV2, new costumes, new skill spheres, new passives, new metrics data to track, new weapons, all while making sure all the old stuff still works. I’m getting too old for this.

It puts the lotion on its skin...and by lotion, I mean pixels.

May the Fourth be with you, Defenders! Here's what we've been working on this week:

You have until May 13th to choose the next map! This vote is between the Crumbled Bulwark and The Buried Bastille:


Crumbled Bulwark
Crumbled Bulwark is a remake of DD1’s Ramparts. A full moon hangs over this fragmented castle fortress. Medium-sized map. Three cores.

VS.


The Buried Bastille
The Buried Bastille is a remake of DD1’s Glitterhelm Caverns. This underground fortress has three wings, each filled with the distinct, lingering smell of death. Large map. Four cores.

Which one would you like first? Vote here and let us know!

With the influence vote in full swing, we are ramping up on an incursion for the map that wins the vote. Gathered some good feedback from the forums about the latest incursion, and the next patch will have some quality of life adjustments to the incursion to make it more accessible.

Ever make a visual effect that you could just stare at for hours?



Made a cool visual behavior setup for one of EV2’s towers to reduce beam noise because of the way in which you can place this tower.

Currently Listening To: Sarah Jaffe - "Defense"

Greetings Defenders!

This week I’m working on making sure our new UIs are split-screen friendly. They should be much easier to read and navigate on the PS4 and PC (when split-screen becomes available). I also updated the Summary Screen to be muuuuuch simpler with a little sizzle to it. The final touches are going in now that sound and art have gotten their hands on it.

For the rest of the week I’ll be working with Brys on the Server Browser.

And now for some pictures!









Testing continues on EV2 and more. Folks that haven’t been contacted yet, should hear back from me soon. We’re bringing in new playtesters in rounds, and the next round will be soon.

Also working on hotfixes and looking at the latest DD1 community beta patch!

We just started work on a new level! Another DD1 remake! As always, the first thing we do is to define the tileset, so we did some visual tests and built up some architecture, and then Jordan came up with this visual reference callout. Simply stunning!



This week we are working on a new map. We are establishing the tileset for the level, which means creating the basic modular pieces such as trims, walls, grounds...

New monthlies are out and everyone should be swimming in new pets on the PS4. The PS4 Inventory Pack is still held up in Sony’s QA, so I’ve been trying to sort that out. I’m looking into the events system as well because we’d like to do more than the triple daily mission refresh, but we have to figure out how to do it efficiently first.

If you look up at Mr. James Reid’s entry, you’ll see that we’re working studio wide on improving the split-screen experience by reducing the number of fullscreen takeovers.

Other than that, we’re working on some server and client stability improvements that should be shipping this week as well.

This week I’m spending a little bit of time polishing EV2's animations and making a few small tweaks. Most of my time, however, is focused on the hero after EV2, the Gun Witch!



I am also working on adding some animated elements to our new maps. So many skeletons hanging from the dungeon ceiling, so little time...

Still chugging away at hotfixes as they come in ( _._) . But more than that, we’re full charge ahead with testing of the current milestone. That means testing on EV2, new costumes, new skill spheres, new passives, new metrics data to track, new weapons, all while making sure all the old stuff still works. I’m getting too old for this.

It puts the lotion on its skin...and by lotion, I mean pixels.

• Requirements:
  
  • Slow 100,000 Enemies
    
  • Knockup or Stun 10,000 Enemies
    
  • Provoke 1,000 Enemies
• Rewards:
  
  • Pet: Dragolich Variant
    
  • Gold: 300,000 Gold
    
  • Medals: 2,000 Defender Medals
    
  • Title: Mesmerizing

• Made a code change to hero hotswapping to improve server stability.
  
• Added a 1 second Build Phase cooldown to hero hotswapping to improve server stability.
  
• Removed “Brought Hero Into Combat” announcer text to improve our sanity.
  
• Pet rerolls should no longer give duplicate empowerment stats.
  
• Skill Spheres should now properly update if a player changes a Sphere and then swaps to another hero.
  
• UI will now update to reflect recent actions -- for example, if you leave a party, the “Leave Party” button will now properly disappear.

• Requirements:
  
  • Slow 100,000 Enemies
    
  • Knockup or Stun 10,000 Enemies
    
  • Provoke 1,000 Enemies
• Rewards:
  
  • Pet: Dragolich Variant
    
  • Gold: 300,000 Gold
    
  • Medals: 2,000 Defender Medals
    
  • Title: Mesmerizing

• Made a code change to hero hotswapping to improve server stability.
  
• Added a 1 second Build Phase cooldown to hero hotswapping to improve server stability.
  
• Removed “Brought Hero Into Combat” announcer text to improve our sanity.
  
• Pet rerolls should no longer give duplicate empowerment stats.
  
• Skill Spheres should now properly update if a player changes a Sphere and then swaps to another hero.
  
• UI will now update to reflect recent actions -- for example, if you leave a party, the “Leave Party” button will now properly disappear.

Each weekend in May, get a new Daily Mission every 8 hours! The event begins tomorrow!

Remember: You can stack up to three Daily Missions, so be sure to clear out your Daily Missions every day in order to take full advantage of the event.

Join us on the TrendyEnt channel tomorrow as we reveal more details about Series EV2! We’re also giving more free costumes to viewers in the chat.

Show starts at 5PM EDT!

Each weekend in May, get a new Daily Mission every 8 hours! The event begins tomorrow!

Remember: You can stack up to three Daily Missions, so be sure to clear out your Daily Missions every day in order to take full advantage of the event.

Join us on the TrendyEnt channel tomorrow as we reveal more details about Series EV2! We’re also giving more free costumes to viewers in the chat.

Show starts at 5PM EDT!