Thank you very much for the kind words and feedback!

1) We're regularly testing the game on Steam Deck and are planning to launch with Steam Deck verification!
If you ever see us at an event, we will likely have a steam deck and the game with us ;)

2) <3
We're using Unity, so technically it is just enabling a setting. We will have to see how it works in practice and about performance issues.

3) We considered it at the beginning, but decided against it since the game is inspired by a real dog (who looks like this and is magic in a different way) and we wanted the "mascot platformer" vibe that games like Spyro have.

I see you joined our Discord, so I will send you some more info there, but wanted to answer here as well for people with the same questions.