できる / dekiru — verb;

  1. to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)​
  2. to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable​

There’s a couple of things I can honestly say I’ve done throughout my entire life. Playing video games and being creative are top of that list.

Having run a digital agency for 17 years, followed by a couple of years on the senior management team at a global agency, it was time to step away from the bullshit and do something I really love.

DEKIRU is my conscious decision to work with indie game studios and publishers, offering them design and build services for websites, ecommerce and aspects of digital marketing, as well as advice and perspective from my many years of being a gamer, web designer/developer and agency owner.

DEKIRU works with individuals, studios and publishers across the globe on projects of all sizes.

Do cool shit with cool people

The indie game scene has cool people in abundance. At every indie game meet up or games convention – whether it’s in Liverpool, Köln or Kyoto – I meet amazing devs and I love hearing about what people are working on, and their backstory of how they’ve arrived at this point in their life. I get excited for them! I want to work with them! I want to work with you.

Don’t just link to a Steam page

Designing and building an indie game doesn’t usually leave much room for thinking about marketing, and just linking to a Steam page sells short the work you and your team have put into bringing your vision to life. Especially when you have a multi-platform release.

That’s where I come in

I design and build sites that can live for years online, showcasing your game and pointing players to their platform of choice to make a purchase, or to show off your studio and past works, enticing fans to dig deeper and potential new hires to kickstart their careers.

As well as the fun stuff – the design and build – I can handle set up and configuration of servers, moving domain names, and provide advice for the best way to regain control of these things with a cost effective plan.

Let me help you

You’ve done all the hard work. You’ve created the key art, launch videos are ready to go and often have a whole style guide to complement the game. Give me all of that and I’ll design and build a site that stays true to the game or studio vision, and helps guide interested gamers to the right place, years after you’ve disappeared from Steam’s front page.

Let’s build something cool for your next game. Drop me a line.