Dee-Kej
@decaying.games
Solodev and Tech Designer-for-hire at Decaying Games.
decaying.games
Right now busy with a full-time consultant gig I can't talk about.
Making a vending machine game full-time when that's done.
For other things me: @deekej.bsky.social
Swedish. He/Him
decaying.games
Right now busy with a full-time consultant gig I can't talk about.
Making a vending machine game full-time when that's done.
For other things me: @deekej.bsky.social
Swedish. He/Him
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Dee-Kej
@decaying.games
· Dec 22
Hey! I'm Daniel, but everyone calls me Dee-Kej or DK.
Gamedev since late 2013, done mostly VR things at a few places.
Went solo mid-2024, but sometimes consult on other projects.
Expect mostly coherent ramblings about VR/XR, gamedev, and anime. 👋
Gamedev since late 2013, done mostly VR things at a few places.
Went solo mid-2024, but sometimes consult on other projects.
Expect mostly coherent ramblings about VR/XR, gamedev, and anime. 👋
Reposted by Dee-Kej
Valve will soon support Android games on Steam
Valve will soon support Android games on Steam
This move lets VR developers quickly bring Android-based VR games to Steam.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Valve will soon support Android games on Steam
Looks like my plans this evening shifted into research mode huh
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Looks like my plans this evening shifted into research mode huh
Been silent here a bit due to dealing with a nasty cold that essentially knocked me out for the better part of two weeks.
More dev updates resuming shortly!
More dev updates resuming shortly!
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Been silent here a bit due to dealing with a nasty cold that essentially knocked me out for the better part of two weeks.
More dev updates resuming shortly!
More dev updates resuming shortly!
Reposted by Dee-Kej
✨ITS ALMOST HERE ✨
We're pleased to announce that THRASHER is releasing on Steam, SteamVR, and Steam Deck on November 7!!
Wishlist the game here:
store.steampowered.com/app/2702300/...
Wishlist the game here:
store.steampowered.com/app/2702300/...
October 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
✨ITS ALMOST HERE ✨
Obviously been playing Legends Z-A the past few days, and I really like it.
Yes I also feel a bit disappointed we don't get more of Kalos to explore, but the writing is genuinely funny at times, and the music + char designs are top notch 👌👌👌
They have an Electro Swing battle theme!!
Yes I also feel a bit disappointed we don't get more of Kalos to explore, but the writing is genuinely funny at times, and the music + char designs are top notch 👌👌👌
They have an Electro Swing battle theme!!
October 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Obviously been playing Legends Z-A the past few days, and I really like it.
Yes I also feel a bit disappointed we don't get more of Kalos to explore, but the writing is genuinely funny at times, and the music + char designs are top notch 👌👌👌
They have an Electro Swing battle theme!!
Yes I also feel a bit disappointed we don't get more of Kalos to explore, but the writing is genuinely funny at times, and the music + char designs are top notch 👌👌👌
They have an Electro Swing battle theme!!
"Played this new game..."
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
"Played this new game..."
"Pizzas for everyone tonight!"
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 5:20 AM
"Pizzas for everyone tonight!"
We had a brainstorm about our UI yesterday evening, and while I'm not going to properly make that into proper setups yet, I wanted to check if I could setup our tech tree like we wanted.
And it looks like yes! (nodes are dynamically connected based on their prerequisite upgrades)
And it looks like yes! (nodes are dynamically connected based on their prerequisite upgrades)
October 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We had a brainstorm about our UI yesterday evening, and while I'm not going to properly make that into proper setups yet, I wanted to check if I could setup our tech tree like we wanted.
And it looks like yes! (nodes are dynamically connected based on their prerequisite upgrades)
And it looks like yes! (nodes are dynamically connected based on their prerequisite upgrades)
the vision becomes more clear
October 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
the vision becomes more clear
Getting this set up better, but now running into next problem; how do I enable sort of a dialognal line between the render target images. There has to be a masking thing of some sort, surely...?
Maybe in the material itself?
Maybe in the material itself?
October 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Getting this set up better, but now running into next problem; how do I enable sort of a dialognal line between the render target images. There has to be a masking thing of some sort, surely...?
Maybe in the material itself?
Maybe in the material itself?
Reposted by Dee-Kej
October 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Starting to dabble with dual-view cameras for the dialogue system in Vending Machine Game (title TBD)
Still just trying stuff out, but honestly thought I'd have a harder time getting to even this point.
Still just trying stuff out, but honestly thought I'd have a harder time getting to even this point.
October 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Starting to dabble with dual-view cameras for the dialogue system in Vending Machine Game (title TBD)
Still just trying stuff out, but honestly thought I'd have a harder time getting to even this point.
Still just trying stuff out, but honestly thought I'd have a harder time getting to even this point.
Reposted by Dee-Kej
Getting back to writing blog posts! ✏️
It’s old content, a 4y.o twitter thread, lost when I fled the old place. I decided to bring it back to you.
Maybe you recall it? It was about stairs 🛕
charlesboury.fr/articles/tex... #gamedev #b3d
It’s old content, a 4y.o twitter thread, lost when I fled the old place. I decided to bring it back to you.
Maybe you recall it? It was about stairs 🛕
charlesboury.fr/articles/tex... #gamedev #b3d
Texture first, model later
A reverse workflow to create props based on tiled textures
charlesboury.fr
October 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Getting back to writing blog posts! ✏️
It’s old content, a 4y.o twitter thread, lost when I fled the old place. I decided to bring it back to you.
Maybe you recall it? It was about stairs 🛕
charlesboury.fr/articles/tex... #gamedev #b3d
It’s old content, a 4y.o twitter thread, lost when I fled the old place. I decided to bring it back to you.
Maybe you recall it? It was about stairs 🛕
charlesboury.fr/articles/tex... #gamedev #b3d
Did a talk at my old uni yesterday as part of a 20th anniversary celebration for the games programme there, and happy to say that the kids are alright from what I can tell.
They're super talented and excited, but also aware about how the industry is at the moment. Can't wait to see what they'll do.
They're super talented and excited, but also aware about how the industry is at the moment. Can't wait to see what they'll do.
October 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Did a talk at my old uni yesterday as part of a 20th anniversary celebration for the games programme there, and happy to say that the kids are alright from what I can tell.
They're super talented and excited, but also aware about how the industry is at the moment. Can't wait to see what they'll do.
They're super talented and excited, but also aware about how the industry is at the moment. Can't wait to see what they'll do.
please be good please be good please be good
(and real)
(and real)
Valve's next headset has entered mass production and will ship this year, a Chinese analyst group claims, with an estimated run of 500,000 units in the first year:
www.uploadvr.com/valves-next-...
www.uploadvr.com/valves-next-...
Valve's Next Headset Reportedly Enters Mass Production
Valve's next headset has entered mass production and will ship this year, a Chinese analyst group claims, with an estimated run of 500,000 units in the first year.
www.uploadvr.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
please be good please be good please be good
(and real)
(and real)
Reposted by Dee-Kej
Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...
October 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...
I think this is the first time I've seen a big indie hit take off and then getting recommended the devlogs for that same game on Youtube?
I was wondering when this would start to happen more broadly, given the increased amount of devs documenting their work like this.
I was wondering when this would start to happen more broadly, given the increased amount of devs documenting their work like this.
October 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I think this is the first time I've seen a big indie hit take off and then getting recommended the devlogs for that same game on Youtube?
I was wondering when this would start to happen more broadly, given the increased amount of devs documenting their work like this.
I was wondering when this would start to happen more broadly, given the increased amount of devs documenting their work like this.
Reposted by Dee-Kej
Meta's fork of Unreal Engine gave you Application SpaceWarp (ASW), an excellent form of reprojection.
In UE 5.7, Epic introduces an OpenXR, headset-agnostic mobile reprojection method, and it's EXCELLENT.
Try it out:
r.Velocity.DirectlyRenderOpenXRMotionVectors=1 xr.OpenXRFrameSynthesis=1
#uetips
In UE 5.7, Epic introduces an OpenXR, headset-agnostic mobile reprojection method, and it's EXCELLENT.
Try it out:
r.Velocity.DirectlyRenderOpenXRMotionVectors=1 xr.OpenXRFrameSynthesis=1
#uetips
October 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Meta's fork of Unreal Engine gave you Application SpaceWarp (ASW), an excellent form of reprojection.
In UE 5.7, Epic introduces an OpenXR, headset-agnostic mobile reprojection method, and it's EXCELLENT.
Try it out:
r.Velocity.DirectlyRenderOpenXRMotionVectors=1 xr.OpenXRFrameSynthesis=1
#uetips
In UE 5.7, Epic introduces an OpenXR, headset-agnostic mobile reprojection method, and it's EXCELLENT.
Try it out:
r.Velocity.DirectlyRenderOpenXRMotionVectors=1 xr.OpenXRFrameSynthesis=1
#uetips
It's been A WHILE since I drew... anything really, but as long as it's good enough for me to start modeling from, I guess it's fine 😆
October 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It's been A WHILE since I drew... anything really, but as long as it's good enough for me to start modeling from, I guess it's fine 😆
My gut says that a straight-forward rig with shape keys for expressions is the way to go, but looking for more inspiration for ways to set things up that I haven't thought of.
Recently started to deal with one of the remaining big hurdles/unknowns for the game; character designs!
As I'm trying to capture the feeling of anime, I'm trying to find good examples of how others have succeeded with expressive/emotive 3D chars. If you know any good examples, throw them my way!
As I'm trying to capture the feeling of anime, I'm trying to find good examples of how others have succeeded with expressive/emotive 3D chars. If you know any good examples, throw them my way!
October 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
My gut says that a straight-forward rig with shape keys for expressions is the way to go, but looking for more inspiration for ways to set things up that I haven't thought of.
Recently started to deal with one of the remaining big hurdles/unknowns for the game; character designs!
As I'm trying to capture the feeling of anime, I'm trying to find good examples of how others have succeeded with expressive/emotive 3D chars. If you know any good examples, throw them my way!
As I'm trying to capture the feeling of anime, I'm trying to find good examples of how others have succeeded with expressive/emotive 3D chars. If you know any good examples, throw them my way!
October 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Recently started to deal with one of the remaining big hurdles/unknowns for the game; character designs!
As I'm trying to capture the feeling of anime, I'm trying to find good examples of how others have succeeded with expressive/emotive 3D chars. If you know any good examples, throw them my way!
As I'm trying to capture the feeling of anime, I'm trying to find good examples of how others have succeeded with expressive/emotive 3D chars. If you know any good examples, throw them my way!
This was a good talk; resonated a lot with how I think about and approach game design!
Caught the stream just as the talk was ending this morning, but watched it through during the day.
Extra shoutout to the power and benefits of Fika!
Caught the stream just as the talk was ending this morning, but watched it through during the day.
Extra shoutout to the power and benefits of Fika!
DevTalk feat. Marthe Jonkers: Japandinavian Game Design
YouTube video by Game Habitat
www.youtube.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This was a good talk; resonated a lot with how I think about and approach game design!
Caught the stream just as the talk was ending this morning, but watched it through during the day.
Extra shoutout to the power and benefits of Fika!
Caught the stream just as the talk was ending this morning, but watched it through during the day.
Extra shoutout to the power and benefits of Fika!
Reposted by Dee-Kej
KreatureKind is currently 20% off at the Steam Autumn sale!
Get it while it lasts 🏃🍂🎮
store.steampowered.com/app/1428090/...
#indiegame #gamedev #steam #sale #steamsale
Get it while it lasts 🏃🍂🎮
store.steampowered.com/app/1428090/...
#indiegame #gamedev #steam #sale #steamsale
September 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
KreatureKind is currently 20% off at the Steam Autumn sale!
Get it while it lasts 🏃🍂🎮
store.steampowered.com/app/1428090/...
#indiegame #gamedev #steam #sale #steamsale
Get it while it lasts 🏃🍂🎮
store.steampowered.com/app/1428090/...
#indiegame #gamedev #steam #sale #steamsale
ooooo, this looks like right up what I've been saying we need more of in VR!
Wishlisted and definitely checking out on release!
Wishlisted and definitely checking out on release!
My Monsters is a beautiful, familiar descent into a miniature surrealist world filled with light VR puzzles and platforming.
Read our impressions here: www.uploadvr.com/my-monsters-...
Read our impressions here: www.uploadvr.com/my-monsters-...
September 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
ooooo, this looks like right up what I've been saying we need more of in VR!
Wishlisted and definitely checking out on release!
Wishlisted and definitely checking out on release!
Making some late-night sketching with mouse input because I can't be bothered getting my drawing tablet hooked up right now 😅😴
September 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Making some late-night sketching with mouse input because I can't be bothered getting my drawing tablet hooked up right now 😅😴