Decker Turns Four: Gamepad Support, a New Image Codec, and 474 Decks and Counting

Four Years with Decker

Decker's annual progress report covers releases 1.61 through 1.71: gamepad input with keyboard fallback, an LZW-based IMG3 codec that shrinks many decks 2–4x, richer contraption attributes, new Lil operators like trim and distinct, and a pledge on human creativity. The ecosystem now counts 474 itch.io projects tagged #decker, up from 213 last year, plus five new example decks and a wave of community jams.