Declan J Keane

Get ready, operant.

PROJECT [C4] - Teaser Trailer YouTube video by ZAUM

Now revealed, Project C4. I'm so happy everyone gets to see even a sliver of the gorgeous work the team has been hard at work on.

youtu.be/kz9apwrMKi8

a man with long hair and a beard is looking at the camera Alt: The actor Willem Dafoe, with long hair and a moustache, is looking at the camera, mouthing the word "nosferatu", then a cut to the word being displayed on a black background.

Watched Nosferatu in the cinema today.
Ever grateful that Robert Eggers keeps getting to make these moody historical films, and that they kept the Vampire as a creepy, wretched, horny, blood guzzling gremlin of a creature.

That's good to know, cheers ☺️

Been contemplating this, is it still worth it without the DLC? My complete-the-set mentality always struggles when I see that much DLC!

I've wanted a copy of that for ages, may need to do a second-hand hunt.

100%- feels like chilling with a solid book!

Qud is one of the few games to remind me of VanderMeer, Miéville & Simmons- I hunger for more of "the weird".

Also, the fact it functions with a controller is brilliant!

A green and black backed image taken from the Spotify Wrapped feature. A black and white, slightly out of focus, image sits on top depicting the band "Bad Omens", four men. The text below reads: Top Artists 1. Bad Omens 2. Joey Valence & Brae 3. Schrotthagen 4. HEALTH 5. Iglooghost Minutes Listened 94,035 Top Songs 1. V.A.N 2. Vater Unser 3. Challengers [MIXED] 4. Mwaki-Kordhell... 5. Heard it like this

I'll never get over what a stroke of evil genius Spotify wrapped is.

Packaging data collection as a communal, shared experience.

...It still works on me every year 😅

The vibes of this UI are impeccable 😍 Having all the interfaces I interacted with actually *feel* like diagnostic software helped keep me in the head-space while maintaining the car. Feels like Alien by way of zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance 😄

We. just. wan't. weird. fictional. worlds.

Exactly! The low visibility really did add to the feeling here. Any game with a bag or lantern feature is a win!
Your squad improving as you push out further into new roads.

I keep returning to grid based dungeon crawlers/blobbers to get that feeling, but it's hard to find solid ones.
This had it!

a woman with feathers on her head stands next to a woman with a sword Alt: From the video game Dragons Dogma 2: A creature with a woman's head adorned with feathers, atop a griffins body, stands next to a woman with a sword. The creature leans in to creepily smile at the woman.

Also, more genuinely creepy humanoid monsters please

a man in a knight 's armor talks to another man in a field Alt: From the game Dragons Dogma 2: a man in a knight 's armor high fives another man in armor in an area of grassy wilderness.

Despite the mixed reactions to Dragons Dogma 2, all that intentional friction has made me feel like I'm truly venturing out into the wilderness

Worrying over resources, deciding when to go back, then discovering a secret cave on low resources

The lack of available fast travel enforces the feeling.

a group of people in star trek uniforms are standing around a table . Alt: A group of people in star trek uniforms are standing around a table. Left is Worf, an alien with distinctive forehead ridges, looking stoic. Centre is Data, a pale android rolling dice and celebrating a good roll. Right is a bearded human, Riker, looking intently at the dice roll and celebrating along with Data.

Interest exchanges are the way forward 🤝

I pile up and put off recommendations from others the more I get them.

My friend though finally got me to watch Star Trek TNG by bartering to play my frequent recommendation for him, Mass Effect.

I'm on the third season.
He's already on ME2.

Well played.

Hey Sammmmm! 🤘

Born and bred in Manchester, I absolutely adore it- but the influx of hollow residential buildings is harrowing. There are groups of people trying to keep the scenes alive, e.g. independent music nights and locally owned third spaces, but it's only going to get harder to fight against the rent costs

Hi everyone, I'm Declan - a UI designer in the games industry with graphic design on the side.

My past includes brand design for everything from Total War to alcohol to cosmetics, and running my own occult-themed clothing line.

I adore TTRPGs 🎲, weird fiction 📚, tattoos 💀, design 📐, and games 🎮!