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Return Of The Blog!

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Q: Where is Doodle Champs?

A: Coming 2024! (THIS YEAR!)


Q: Where have you been?

A: Well, that's a longer story...


Hi, I'm AlexSquid! In 2021 I started working on solo, self funded indie-game. Doodle Champs being a passionate dream project, alongside my full-time job.


As the creator, I built all of the art, animations, assets, character designs and all of the UI you see in-game, but my programming skills were not up to the task.


OctoTrys became the lead programmer in early 2021, we were making great progress with the development of early game-modes, but unfortunately due to unforeseen personal-life changes, work significantly slowed down on the game, and Doodle Champs wasn't something he could dedicate his time to during this period. The project was on hiatus.


On top of that, I wasn't happy with the performance of the online functionality, which was initially using Amazon AWS. - And overhauling the online systems we'd already put in place would take a lot of work.


In June 2024, PatricSquid joined the team! - We essentially started from scratch - Overhauling every function, game-mode, and creating a new, much cleaner Peer-2Peer online multiplayer system from scratch, and integrated a new input system, further enhancing the Doodle Champs' experience with pen & input devices!

- We even have the game working on Steam Deck! So stay tuned for updates on that.

And that's not all - the game has been in active development and constant playtesting via our closed beta discord server! (Abominations and masterpieces created alike..)

Updates are constantly being pushed to closed beta testers via Steam for testing, as we now rush towards the end of development!

Long story short, the game is nearing the end of it's development now - and I'm extremely excited to share more about it with you in the coming weeks!


Doodle Champs is almost here! and it really is the definitive arty party game for you and your friends. I can't wait for you to play it.


Thanks for reading!

AlexSquid

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