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Steam News14 April 20262mo ago

DekaDuck Playtesting is Live on Discord

The DekaDuck playtesting is now available as part of Steam’s “Backed by Backers” event. This is the first public playable version of the game.

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addedThe DekaDuck playtesting is now available as part of Steam’s “Backed by Backers” event.
addedIn this latest version of the playtest, we've added more languages, thanks to our friends: French - Yasmine de Oliveira and Anthony de Olveira Italian - Leandro Sgró Spanish - Mario "Mao" B. Japanese - Beatriz Corrêa English and Brazilian Portuguese - Our team!
addedApart from that, we've been working on new areas for the game!
addedHYDRO RUSHFor Hydro Rush specifically, we've been adding new mechanics so you can still grab and throw enemies while flying in the ship, use them as a shield against projectiles and more.

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addedThe DekaDuck playtesting is now available as part of Steam’s “Backed by Backers” event.
addedIn this latest version of the playtest, we've added more languages, thanks to our friends: French - Yasmine de Oliveira and Anthony de Olveira Italian - Leandro Sgró Spanish - Mario "Mao" B. Japanese - Beatriz Corrêa English and Brazilian Portuguese - Our team!
addedApart from that, we've been working on new areas for the game!
addedFor Hydro Rush specifically, we've been adding new mechanics so you can still grab and throw enemies while flying in the ship, use them as a shield against projectiles and more.

The DekaDuck playtesting is now available as part of Steam’s “Backed by Backers” event.

This is the first public playable version of the game.

It’s an early build, and we’ll be actively using player feedback to refine and improve the experience ahead of a larger public showcase planned for Summer 2026.

If you play it, we’d really appreciate your honest feedback:

Join the Discord to take part in the DekaDuck playtesting

https://discord.gg/z4z2xCVKfT

Let us know what you think in #game-feedback and #bug-reports!

In this latest version of the playtest, we've added more languages, thanks to our friends: French - Yasmine de Oliveira and Anthony de Olveira Italian - Leandro Sgró Spanish - Mario "Mao" B. Japanese - Beatriz Corrêa English and Brazilian Portuguese - Our team!

Apart from that, we've been working on new areas for the game!

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HYDRO RUSH

For Hydro Rush specifically, we've been adding new mechanics so you can still grab and throw enemies while flying in the ship, use them as a shield against projectiles and more.

As usual, we're still preparing for our Kickstarter campaign ! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andreyin/dekaduck-fast-paced-2d-platformer

So if you like what you see here and want to support us, be sure to give us a follow there for more news soon!

And as a thank you for reading this far... here's what happens when we forgot to limit the enemy count and timer for the first area in the game: [dynamiclink href="https://youtu.be/-RuR92_2avY"]Thank you!!

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Steam News / 14 April 2026

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