Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)

Change history · Builds & patches

1. 07 Feb 2025Developer post

   Defender's Quest II: Mists of Ruin is now available!

   Hello everyone! We're excited to announce that Defender's Quest II is officially live! It actually released last week, but we've been working through some initial bugs and it is now in a more stable state* and we look forward to everyone checking it out! DQ2 is a bit more of a Fi

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   05 Apr 2023Developer post

   Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin re-announcement. Releasing 2023

   Hey everyone! It's been a while. We've been posting monthly progress reports for the past few years over at www.fortressofdoors.com, but now we're finally bringing Defender's Quest 2 back out of the shadows and on to Steam. The new store page is now available here: Defender's Que

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3. 02 Jun 2018Developer post

   Hotfix, version 2.2.6

   A few final issues resolved in another hotfix. Thanks for your patience. STATUS: Windows: YES Linux: YES Mac: YES Changelog for 2.2.6 6/1/2018: - Fixed crash in battles when you defeat an enemy with original sprites mode enabled - Fixed bug where recruitable characters could have

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4. 31 May 2018Developer post

   Hotfix, version 2.2.5

   And another one. STATUS: - Windows: YES - Mac: YES - Linux: YES Changelog for 2.2.5 5/31/2018: - Fixed crash in recruit screen if you try to hire someone you can't afford - Fixed overlapping "buy" and "can't afford" buttons in shops

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5. 31 May 2018Developer post

   Hotfix, version 2.2.4

   Status: - Windows: YES - Mac: YES - Linux: YES Changelog for 2.2.4 5/30/2018: - Fixed missing cutscene art in legacy art mode - Fixed healer bug where boost-1 level healers wouldn't heal a defender placed after then damaged by thorns - Fixed upgraded special armor items that were

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6. 29 May 2018Developer post

   DQDX Patch #18 -- Version 2.2.3

   We recently released Defender's Quest DX on PS4, XB1, and PSVita, and that required some major performance optimizations. We are now rolling those back into the PC version of the game. Let us know if there's any bugs and regressions. This is the last major patch for DQ1, but I wi

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7. 15 Feb 2018Developer post

   Hotfix for Windows

   Hey everyone, I just pushed out a quick hotfix for the Windows version of the game. Apparently there was a regression which made it so that people who had unicode characters in their windows username directory (ie, lots of people from Russia, China, Japan, Korea, etc) were not ab

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8. 15 Feb 2018Developer post

   Hotfix for Windows

   Hey everyone, I just pushed out a quick hotfix for the Windows version of the game. Apparently there was a regression which made it so that people who had unicode characters in their windows username directory (ie, lots of people from Russia, China, Japan, Korea, etc) were not ab

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9. 30 Jan 2018Developer post

   Mac build version 2.2.2 is fixed

   Hey everyone, I'm back from paternity leave, and as my first official task, I've fixed the Mac build (at least, it works for me now, previously I had the same issue others were reporting). Turns out this was a simple fix, so sorry for the delay. EDIT 2:12 PM : Turns out there was

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10. 30 Jan 2018Developer post

    Mac build version 2.2.2 is fixed

    Hey everyone, I'm back from paternity leave, and as my first official task, I've fixed the Mac build (at least, it works for me now, previously I had the same issue others were reporting). Turns out this was a simple fix, so sorry for the delay. EDIT 2:12 PM : Turns out there was

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11. 19 Jan 2018Developer post

    DQDX Patch #17 -- Version 2.2.2

    So apparently the hotfix needed a hotfix. Sorry for the delay. STATUS: -Windows: YES -Mac: YES -Linux: YES Changelog: - Fix glitch with boost indicators in battle - Fix overlapping tutorial navigation chrome - Fix startup crash in level editor - Fix mod interface showing steam op

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12. 19 Jan 2018Developer post

    DQDX Patch #17 -- Version 2.2.2

    So apparently the hotfix needed a hotfix. Sorry for the delay. STATUS: -Windows: YES -Mac: YES -Linux: YES Changelog: - Fix glitch with boost indicators in battle - Fix overlapping tutorial navigation chrome - Fix startup crash in level editor - Fix mod interface showing steam op

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13. 02 Jan 2018Developer post

    Adding "last_stable" beta branch for rollbacks while I fix bugs

    EDIT 1/3/2018 3:10 PM Added another hotfix candidate to test_public, windows non-openGL only for now. The pending htofix changelog is: - Fix crashes related to recycled effects - Fix steam controller support - Fix width of hp/level text in party screen for 4:3 resolution - Fix te

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14. 02 Jan 2018Developer post

    Adding "last_stable" beta branch for rollbacks while I fix bugs

    EDIT 1/3/2018 3:10 PM Added another hotfix candidate to test_public, windows non-openGL only for now. The pending htofix changelog is: - Fix crashes related to recycled effects - Fix steam controller support - Fix width of hp/level text in party screen for 4:3 resolution - Fix te

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15. 20 Dec 2017Developer post

    DQDX Patch #16 -- Version 2.2.0

    Hey everyone! Here's a year end patch for the game. Status: Windows: YES Mac: YES Linux: YES There's a lot of fixes in this one, which means there's also an opportunity for regressions. I like to think I've checked thoroughly, but please let me know if I broke anything that wasn'

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16. 20 Dec 2017Developer post

    DQDX Patch #16 -- Version 2.2.0

    Hey everyone! Here's a year end patch for the game. Status: Windows: YES Mac: YES Linux: YES There's a lot of fixes in this one, which means there's also an opportunity for regressions. I like to think I've checked thoroughly, but please let me know if I broke anything that wasn'

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17. 22 Jun 2017Developer post

    DQDX Patch #15 -- Version 2.1.7

    Hey everyone! Defender's Quest version 2.1.7 has just been released. Status: Windows: YES Mac: NOT YET Linux: NOT YET This version includes a lot of bugfixes and stability changes, as well as complete translations for Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Previously, we had

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18. 22 Jun 2017Developer post

    DQDX Patch #15 -- Version 2.1.7

    Hey everyone! Defender's Quest version 2.1.7 has just been released. Status: Windows: YES Mac: NOT YET Linux: NOT YET This version includes a lot of bugfixes and stability changes, as well as complete translations for Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Previously, we had

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19. 04 Mar 2017Developer post

    DQDX Patch #14 -- Version 2.1.5a

    This is technically a hotfix for Patch 13 (2.1.5) Things fixed: -Linux game works now! -Linux steam integration works now! -Mac works now! -Mac steam integration works now! -Weird "#ERROR" errors in various localizations (such as Spanish, Russian, French, etc) fixed! -Mod editor

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20. 04 Mar 2017Developer post

    DQDX Patch #14 -- Version 2.1.5a

    This is technically a hotfix for Patch 13 (2.1.5) Things fixed: -Linux game works now! -Linux steam integration works now! -Mac works now! -Mac steam integration works now! -Weird "#ERROR" errors in various localizations (such as Spanish, Russian, French, etc) fixed! -Mod editor

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