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

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=534120849 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 initial deal with Nobuo Uematsu was for just one track, so we were surprised when instead we got nine. Some of these were short little diddies (think of a "Victory fanfare" or "going to sleep at the Inn" tune), but a few were full-length songs. So today you'll get to listen to one of the latter :) Some quick housekeeping updates:

• We just released Spanish and Italian translations of the original Defender's Quest.

• The HD remake of Defender's Quest (see here and here) is nearing completion.

• The HD remake will be a free update for existing DQI owners

  • It will use existing Steam/GOG/Humble store "slots"

  • Save files will be tested for seamless compatibility

  • You will still have access to the old "legacy" Defender's Quest build if you want

  • DQHD is a native C++ app, so no Flash or AIR in any shape or form on any platform

  • Yes, this means our Linux builds will finally not be a huge pain to install.

Since DQHD is powered by the DQII engine, DQHD's release will mark the end of foundational DQII engine work. After that "all" that's left for us to do will be to finish DQII content. Here's a rough schedule:

• Next month or two: public demo of DQHD

• End of 2015 (tentative but looking good): DQHD release on PC (Mac/Windows/Linux)

• Q1 2016: DQHD release on certain home game consoles (unless there's certification delays)

• When it's done: DQII

As for the rest of it, you can check out the full information at our blog: Defender's Quest II: Uemastu Music, Battle Art, Story