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Game Developer Tech director @ ember and blade Talking about game dev tech, AI, and engineering mentorship.

Joined July 2026
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๐„๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ 100๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ! Thank you so much to all the Hunters who have been enjoying the game and sending us your love and support. Looking back at when we first started this project, nobody knew who we were, so it's honestly hard to believe that 100,000 of you are now waiting for Ember and Blade to launch! In just two months, the real story of Ember and Blade begins with our Early Access launch. The team is giving it our all to get everything ready, so please look forward to it! ๐Ÿ’– Oh, and we're also running a giveaway event on our official account right now, so don't forget to join in! teapawt.net/EmberandBlade/status/2โ€ฆ
100K STEAM WISHLIST CELEBRATION GIVEAWAY! ๐Ÿฅณ Ember and Blade has officially reached 100,000 wishlists on Steam! Thank you for all the incredible love and support you've shown us. To celebrate this milestone, we're hosting a Steam Key giveaway! ๐Ÿ’– ๐ŸŽ HOW TO ENTER 1. Add Ember and Blade to your Steam Wishlist. ๐Ÿ‘‰ store.steampowered.com/app/3โ€ฆ 2. Follow our official X account. ๐Ÿ‘‰teapawt.net/EmberandBlade 3. Retweet this post and reply with both of the following: - A screenshot showing Ember and Blade on your Steam Wishlist. - A congratulatory message celebrating our 100K wishlist milestone! * Please complete ALL of the steps above to be eligible for the event. ๐Ÿ† GIVEAWAY PRIZES - Ember and Blade Full Game Steam Keys (10 winners, selected at random) Winners will receive their Steam keys after the official game release. ๐Ÿ“… EVENT PERIOD Until November 30, 17:00 (KST) Let's celebrate reaching 100K wishlists together! Thank you once again for all your support! ๐Ÿฅณ #EmberAndBlade #GIVEAWAY #Events #WishlistNow
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60K WISHLISTS AND COUNTING! ๐Ÿฆ† We're beyond grateful to everyone who's wishlisted QUIET so far, it's wild to see this many of you excited to guide our alien ducks home. Every wishlist genuinely helps us more than you know, boosting visibility on Steam and helping us build momentum toward launch. We're not slowing down. The team is putting everything into polishing the game based on what we learned from the playtest, and we can't wait to bring the full experience to all of you. Haven't added QUIET to your wishlist yet? Now's a great time ๐Ÿ‘‡
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My game is for PATH OF EXILE FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM! My game is for PATH OF EXILE FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM! My game is for PATH OF EXILE FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM!
My game is for DYNASTY WARRIORS FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM! My game is for DYNASTY WARRIORS FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM! My game is for DYNASTY WARRIORS FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM! teapawt.net/StudioDaimon/status/20โ€ฆ
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This is such a wonderful congratulatory message. This is Ariella, the main character of our game.
80,000 Wishlists Reached!โš”๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ An incredible 80,000 hunters have now added Ember and Blade to their Steam wishlists! What makes it even more moving is that we reached this milestone just two weeks after hitting 70,000. Thanks to your passionate feedback on Demo 2.0, our development team is working hard every single day. To celebrate this, our art director @bluedot89 drew a special congratulatory illustration of Ariella! ๐ŸŽจโœจ Thank you so much for joining us on this brutal yet beautiful journey, and we hope you'll continue to stay with us! Raise your blades! Experience Demo 2.0 on Steam today! โฌ‡๏ธ #EmberandBlade #IndieGame
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the fly brain can now compete with humans. ๐Ÿชฐ we trained a match-3 AI using a real fruit flyโ€™s neural wiring. Now it wants to challenge you. surely you wonโ€™t lose to a flyโ€ฆ right? Challenge => flybrain-linegames.vercel.apโ€ฆ #FlyBrain #AI #IndieGame
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someone on our team just beat the fly with 6,996 points. humanity still has a chance ๐Ÿชฐ
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confession: i havenโ€™t beaten the fly once. it..?.. he..?.. flyโ€™s too fast.
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Show us what you've got.
Ember and Blade Demo 2.0 is OFFICIALLY LIVE! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Massive combat overhaul, dynamic combo systems, and the explosive debut of the Shotgun! #EmberAndBlade #GameTrailer #SteamDemo #IndieGame ๐ŸŽฌ Watch the official Demo 2.0 trailer now!
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Yes, this is Rubber & Duck. Demo 2.0 is out now - play it on Steam, Epic Games Store, PS5, and Xbox. P.S. No rubber duck in the game. Currently.
๐๐จ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž. But everything else is real. Ember and Blade DEMO 2.0 is out now. Play it and wishlist it. I'dโ€ฆ appreciate it. ๐Ÿ‘‡ Link in the thread below.
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My first dev note: 1 vs. 1,000: Achieving Technical Excellence Finally got around to writing my first dev note. It covers similar ground to my Unite 2026 talk โ€” think of it as a wrap-up of that material. I've picked up a lot from other developers on X(formerly Twitter) and forums over the years, so I hope this is useful to someone working on Unity optimization. #Unity3D #Unity #Gamedev store.steampowered.com/news/โ€ฆ
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Weโ€™ve nearly wrapped up the features for the demo update and are moving into QA. That means the team gets to capture footage for the trailer while I get busy editing it. There are more ways to combine everything now, so Iโ€™m still figuring out what to show and how best to show it. First step: shoot a lot and see what ends up looking best. ๐ŸŽž๏ธ
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Blasting 400 enemies off the screen at once in a 3D roguelite action game is a thrill. But what was it like to actually make that happen? At UNITE Seoul 2026, Ember and Blade Technical Director Dohaeng Lee (@sonanDev) and Technical Artist Jinhee Lee shared everything they learned along the way. The link is in the thread below. ๐Ÿ‘‡ What are you waiting for? Go check it out!
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Hey!! Track 1(13:50 to 14:10 KST), that's me! ๐Ÿš€ I'll be sharing our practical optimization tips tomorrow. Hope to see you there! :) #Unite26 #Unity #GameDev
Not quite sure how this happened, but Iโ€™ll be giving a keynote at Unite Seoul 2026 tomorrow! From 13:50 to 14:10 in Track 1 (Rooms 101โ€“102), Technical Director Dohaeng Lee and Technical Artist Jinhee Lee will also present "Hundreds of Enemies, One Lightweight Build: Visuals and Optimization for a 3D Survivors-like in Ember and Blade." Hope youโ€™ll check it out! Weโ€™ll share the presentation materials afterward. teapawt.net/EmberandBlade/status/2โ€ฆ
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'What players see' vs 'Whatโ€™s actually happening behind the loading screen' ๐Ÿ’€ #EmberAndBlade #GameDev #Unity3D #BehindTheScenes
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