Nicolas Barradeau
@nicoptere.bsky.social
⚠️ AVAILABLE FOR WORK ⚠️
freelance creative coder (senior)
2D / 3D / dataviz / ML / AI
https://www.barradeau.com
freelance creative coder (senior)
2D / 3D / dataviz / ML / AI
https://www.barradeau.com
had a silly idea for #genuary 20 "One line.." this is the world's longest possible walk, 23,068 km from L’Agulhas, South Africa to Magadan, Russia. I "straightened" the path and made evenly spaced slitscans along the path, each region becomes distorted yet continuous.
January 25, 2026 at 11:51 AM
had a silly idea for #genuary 20 "One line.." this is the world's longest possible walk, 23,068 km from L’Agulhas, South Africa to Magadan, Russia. I "straightened" the path and made evenly spaced slitscans along the path, each region becomes distorted yet continuous.
"Order and disorder." probably my last take at #genuary26, uses a 3D pathfinder to go from neatly ordered stacks to a random layout. #genuary2615
BTW, I'm available for freelance work (2 days a week for now).
HIRE ME, I'm GOOD (& CHEAP! 😁)
also ok with collabs, mentoring, Q&As, AMA...
BTW, I'm available for freelance work (2 days a week for now).
HIRE ME, I'm GOOD (& CHEAP! 😁)
also ok with collabs, mentoring, Q&As, AMA...
January 23, 2026 at 6:35 PM
"Order and disorder." probably my last take at #genuary26, uses a 3D pathfinder to go from neatly ordered stacks to a random layout. #genuary2615
BTW, I'm available for freelance work (2 days a week for now).
HIRE ME, I'm GOOD (& CHEAP! 😁)
also ok with collabs, mentoring, Q&As, AMA...
BTW, I'm available for freelance work (2 days a week for now).
HIRE ME, I'm GOOD (& CHEAP! 😁)
also ok with collabs, mentoring, Q&As, AMA...
"Create an invisible object where only the shadows can be seen."
the source image is converted into a set a 2D primitives & rendered using the shadow of a morphing object. the video compression won't do it justice but the outcome is quite gorgeous ✨
#genuary #genuary2615
the source image is converted into a set a 2D primitives & rendered using the shadow of a morphing object. the video compression won't do it justice but the outcome is quite gorgeous ✨
#genuary #genuary2615
January 22, 2026 at 12:20 PM
"Create an invisible object where only the shadows can be seen."
the source image is converted into a set a 2D primitives & rendered using the shadow of a morphing object. the video compression won't do it justice but the outcome is quite gorgeous ✨
#genuary #genuary2615
the source image is converted into a set a 2D primitives & rendered using the shadow of a morphing object. the video compression won't do it justice but the outcome is quite gorgeous ✨
#genuary #genuary2615
January 21, 2026 at 2:19 PM
"self portrait"
still lagging behind #genuary and this took me forever but it was fun. mediapipe, three.js and a bunch of custom shaders.
barradeau.com/2026/genuary... if you want to try it at home (you won't see my pretty face though 🤷)
audio 'Brooklyn' by Young Brass Band
#genuary13 #genuary26
still lagging behind #genuary and this took me forever but it was fun. mediapipe, three.js and a bunch of custom shaders.
barradeau.com/2026/genuary... if you want to try it at home (you won't see my pretty face though 🤷)
audio 'Brooklyn' by Young Brass Band
#genuary13 #genuary26
January 20, 2026 at 4:58 PM
"self portrait"
still lagging behind #genuary and this took me forever but it was fun. mediapipe, three.js and a bunch of custom shaders.
barradeau.com/2026/genuary... if you want to try it at home (you won't see my pretty face though 🤷)
audio 'Brooklyn' by Young Brass Band
#genuary13 #genuary26
still lagging behind #genuary and this took me forever but it was fun. mediapipe, three.js and a bunch of custom shaders.
barradeau.com/2026/genuary... if you want to try it at home (you won't see my pretty face though 🤷)
audio 'Brooklyn' by Young Brass Band
#genuary13 #genuary26
more progress on "self portrait", BEHOLD the mighty skull dance !💀
January 19, 2026 at 3:47 PM
more progress on "self portrait", BEHOLD the mighty skull dance !💀
January 18, 2026 at 7:38 AM
"Boxes only"
I wanted to create an infinite Klotski, a sliding puzzle game and it was going fine until I realized it was NP-complex and cowardly chose to display 4 of them side by side instead ^^
music: "Prickly pear" by Portico Quartet
#genuary #genuary12 #genuary26
I wanted to create an infinite Klotski, a sliding puzzle game and it was going fine until I realized it was NP-complex and cowardly chose to display 4 of them side by side instead ^^
music: "Prickly pear" by Portico Quartet
#genuary #genuary12 #genuary26
January 16, 2026 at 9:57 PM
"Boxes only"
I wanted to create an infinite Klotski, a sliding puzzle game and it was going fine until I realized it was NP-complex and cowardly chose to display 4 of them side by side instead ^^
music: "Prickly pear" by Portico Quartet
#genuary #genuary12 #genuary26
I wanted to create an infinite Klotski, a sliding puzzle game and it was going fine until I realized it was NP-complex and cowardly chose to display 4 of them side by side instead ^^
music: "Prickly pear" by Portico Quartet
#genuary #genuary12 #genuary26
"Quine"
always wanted to do a Quine, it's both very silly and very challenging technically. here I print an ASCII rendition of my avatar then re-render it using the source code that can then be copy/pasted to re-create the whole animation ♾️
#genuary #genuary11 #genuary26
always wanted to do a Quine, it's both very silly and very challenging technically. here I print an ASCII rendition of my avatar then re-render it using the source code that can then be copy/pasted to re-create the whole animation ♾️
#genuary #genuary11 #genuary26
January 15, 2026 at 9:33 AM
"Quine"
always wanted to do a Quine, it's both very silly and very challenging technically. here I print an ASCII rendition of my avatar then re-render it using the source code that can then be copy/pasted to re-create the whole animation ♾️
#genuary #genuary11 #genuary26
always wanted to do a Quine, it's both very silly and very challenging technically. here I print an ASCII rendition of my avatar then re-render it using the source code that can then be copy/pasted to re-create the whole animation ♾️
#genuary #genuary11 #genuary26
"Polar coordinates"
explores some famous conformal maps (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conform...), I still remember being galaxy-brained when I discovered this principle ✨
boids for scale.
#genuary #genuary10 #genuary26
explores some famous conformal maps (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conform...), I still remember being galaxy-brained when I discovered this principle ✨
boids for scale.
#genuary #genuary10 #genuary26
January 14, 2026 at 10:07 AM
"Polar coordinates"
explores some famous conformal maps (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conform...), I still remember being galaxy-brained when I discovered this principle ✨
boids for scale.
#genuary #genuary10 #genuary26
explores some famous conformal maps (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conform...), I still remember being galaxy-brained when I discovered this principle ✨
boids for scale.
#genuary #genuary10 #genuary26
"Crazy automaton. Cellular automata with crazy rules."
not strictly speaking a CA yet inspired by @sakana.ai latest paper on core wars, it uses tiny neural nets (10-12-6 p) to play a core wars in 2D, the fittest agent becomes the "Digital Red Queen"
#genuary #genuary9 #genuary26
not strictly speaking a CA yet inspired by @sakana.ai latest paper on core wars, it uses tiny neural nets (10-12-6 p) to play a core wars in 2D, the fittest agent becomes the "Digital Red Queen"
#genuary #genuary9 #genuary26
January 13, 2026 at 1:19 PM
"Crazy automaton. Cellular automata with crazy rules."
not strictly speaking a CA yet inspired by @sakana.ai latest paper on core wars, it uses tiny neural nets (10-12-6 p) to play a core wars in 2D, the fittest agent becomes the "Digital Red Queen"
#genuary #genuary9 #genuary26
not strictly speaking a CA yet inspired by @sakana.ai latest paper on core wars, it uses tiny neural nets (10-12-6 p) to play a core wars in 2D, the fittest agent becomes the "Digital Red Queen"
#genuary #genuary9 #genuary26
"A City. Create a generative metropolis."
Jared Tarbell's Substrate (www.complexification.net/gallery/mach... ), PSLG (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planar_...), simplification, finding cycles (the "blocks"), relaxation, *ahem* "clouds", tilt shift and voilà!
#genuary #genuary8 #genuary26
Jared Tarbell's Substrate (www.complexification.net/gallery/mach... ), PSLG (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planar_...), simplification, finding cycles (the "blocks"), relaxation, *ahem* "clouds", tilt shift and voilà!
#genuary #genuary8 #genuary26
January 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
"A City. Create a generative metropolis."
Jared Tarbell's Substrate (www.complexification.net/gallery/mach... ), PSLG (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planar_...), simplification, finding cycles (the "blocks"), relaxation, *ahem* "clouds", tilt shift and voilà!
#genuary #genuary8 #genuary26
Jared Tarbell's Substrate (www.complexification.net/gallery/mach... ), PSLG (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planar_...), simplification, finding cycles (the "blocks"), relaxation, *ahem* "clouds", tilt shift and voilà!
#genuary #genuary8 #genuary26
"Boolean algebra."
treat, trick, treat OR trick, treat AND trick, treat XNOR trick...
#genuary #genuary7 #genuary26
treat, trick, treat OR trick, treat AND trick, treat XNOR trick...
#genuary #genuary7 #genuary26
January 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"Boolean algebra."
treat, trick, treat OR trick, treat AND trick, treat XNOR trick...
#genuary #genuary7 #genuary26
treat, trick, treat OR trick, treat AND trick, treat XNOR trick...
#genuary #genuary7 #genuary26
'Lights on/off. '
explores the Art gallery problem, vision cones, floorplan generation, nav-meshes, avoidance and such
#genuary #genuary6 #genuary26
explores the Art gallery problem, vision cones, floorplan generation, nav-meshes, avoidance and such
#genuary #genuary6 #genuary26
January 11, 2026 at 4:09 PM
'Lights on/off. '
explores the Art gallery problem, vision cones, floorplan generation, nav-meshes, avoidance and such
#genuary #genuary6 #genuary26
explores the Art gallery problem, vision cones, floorplan generation, nav-meshes, avoidance and such
#genuary #genuary6 #genuary26
'Write “Genuary”. Avoid using a font.'
where I TOTALLY NOT used a font, it first uses Sinkhorn Optimal Transport to find the target locations then injects the particles into @liabru 's MatterJS engine and pure fairy dust is used to "rewind".
#genuary #genuary5 #genuary26
where I TOTALLY NOT used a font, it first uses Sinkhorn Optimal Transport to find the target locations then injects the particles into @liabru 's MatterJS engine and pure fairy dust is used to "rewind".
#genuary #genuary5 #genuary26
January 10, 2026 at 10:20 PM
'Write “Genuary”. Avoid using a font.'
where I TOTALLY NOT used a font, it first uses Sinkhorn Optimal Transport to find the target locations then injects the particles into @liabru 's MatterJS engine and pure fairy dust is used to "rewind".
#genuary #genuary5 #genuary26
where I TOTALLY NOT used a font, it first uses Sinkhorn Optimal Transport to find the target locations then injects the particles into @liabru 's MatterJS engine and pure fairy dust is used to "rewind".
#genuary #genuary5 #genuary26
#genuary "Lowres" locates some interesting features, triangulates, creates a mesh and adds to a 2D physics sim, runs a pass of relaxation, sample colors at the new locations, returns to origin & finally performs a Jump Flood to render the image barradeau.com/2026/genuary...
#genuary2026 #genuary4
#genuary2026 #genuary4
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
#genuary "Lowres" locates some interesting features, triangulates, creates a mesh and adds to a 2D physics sim, runs a pass of relaxation, sample colors at the new locations, returns to origin & finally performs a Jump Flood to render the image barradeau.com/2026/genuary...
#genuary2026 #genuary4
#genuary2026 #genuary4
#genuary "Fibonacci forever", I did a silly 2048-like game using adjacent numbers in the Fibonacci sequence (1+1,1+2, 2+3, 5+8, etc.) to create combos. I doubt it's possible to go beyond F(17) & I added a solver because I hate this game 😀 barradeau.com/2026/genuary...
#genuary2603
#genuary2603
January 9, 2026 at 11:40 AM
#genuary "Fibonacci forever", I did a silly 2048-like game using adjacent numbers in the Fibonacci sequence (1+1,1+2, 2+3, 5+8, etc.) to create combos. I doubt it's possible to go beyond F(17) & I added a solver because I hate this game 😀 barradeau.com/2026/genuary...
#genuary2603
#genuary2603
love it!
January 9, 2026 at 9:20 AM
love it!
oh no
Fun new puzzle game! Learned about it a couple days ago and I'm kind of obsessed with it now.
enclose.horse
enclose.horse
enclose.horse
A puzzle game about enclosing horses.
enclose.horse
January 9, 2026 at 9:19 AM
oh no
follow up with the second prompt "Twelve principles of animation", I made a silly dancefloor to show the different principles, also added some insights, some are actually very hard to render ^^'
#genuary #genuary2 #genuary2026
#genuary #genuary2 #genuary2026
January 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM
follow up with the second prompt "Twelve principles of animation", I made a silly dancefloor to show the different principles, also added some insights, some are actually very hard to render ^^'
#genuary #genuary2 #genuary2026
#genuary #genuary2 #genuary2026
late at the party but #genuary (genuary.art) is something special so here's my take at the first prompt : "One color, one shape" #genuary1 #genuary2026
January 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM
late at the party but #genuary (genuary.art) is something special so here's my take at the first prompt : "One color, one shape" #genuary1 #genuary2026
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The Call for Speakers is still open, we are very curious to what you have been up to!
Call for Speakers! We are looking for passionate speakers to deliver a talk during Everything Procedural 2026. Are you excited to share your experiences with an audience? Then we encourage you to submit your proposal: forms.office.com/e/sG6z0eCAyG
#procgen #procedural #gamedev
#procgen #procedural #gamedev
January 6, 2026 at 6:19 AM
The Call for Speakers is still open, we are very curious to what you have been up to!
Reposted by Nicolas Barradeau
Mixing all my passions together, #karate, #illustration and #3D animation into making a game, could this be something?
#b3d #godot #gamedev #indiegame
#b3d #godot #gamedev #indiegame
January 2, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Mixing all my passions together, #karate, #illustration and #3D animation into making a game, could this be something?
#b3d #godot #gamedev #indiegame
#b3d #godot #gamedev #indiegame
Reposted by Nicolas Barradeau
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
noise functions in TSL threejsroadmap.com/blog/10-nois...
threejsroadmap.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
noise functions in TSL threejsroadmap.com/blog/10-nois...