Ricky Haggett
@rickyhaggett.bsky.social
Makes games at Hollow Ponds. FLOCK / I am Dead / the Wilmot games / Loot Rascals / Hohokum / Frobisher / Super Exploding Zoo / Tenya Wanya Teens / Wiiild Rumpus! Reluctant grasper of nettles. He/him
Icon by Richard Hogg, header image from Flock
Icon by Richard Hogg, header image from Flock
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Ricky Haggett
@rickyhaggett.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Hello I'm Ricky - game designer / programmer / creative director of UK-based independent game dev studio Hollow Ponds.
It's been a busy year for releasing things!
- July: our chill creature-tracking game FLOCK
- August: The Wilmot's Warehouse Boardgame
- Oct 23rd: Wilmot Works it Out!
🧵...
It's been a busy year for releasing things!
- July: our chill creature-tracking game FLOCK
- August: The Wilmot's Warehouse Boardgame
- Oct 23rd: Wilmot Works it Out!
🧵...
@jetbrains-rider.bsky.social hi there, could you tell me how I can configure this please? I only want to see Errors and Warnings highlighted - at the moment they're being swamped by other things and I can't see how to use this interface to turn off suggestions/grammar errors etc
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
@jetbrains-rider.bsky.social hi there, could you tell me how I can configure this please? I only want to see Errors and Warnings highlighted - at the moment they're being swamped by other things and I can't see how to use this interface to turn off suggestions/grammar errors etc
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foraging finds 🔎🌿
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
foraging finds 🔎🌿
this is one of the best talks I've ever seen, and the resulting animation short 'Retirement Plan' is superb. Watch it at www.retirementplanfilm.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
this is one of the best talks I've ever seen, and the resulting animation short 'Retirement Plan' is superb. Watch it at www.retirementplanfilm.com
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There was an old hacker from Stoke
Who tried to make LLMs woke.
Slipped a message to Grok
That it just couldn't block
Now it just talks like reasonable folk.
Who tried to make LLMs woke.
Slipped a message to Grok
That it just couldn't block
Now it just talks like reasonable folk.
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 AM
There was an old hacker from Stoke
Who tried to make LLMs woke.
Slipped a message to Grok
That it just couldn't block
Now it just talks like reasonable folk.
Who tried to make LLMs woke.
Slipped a message to Grok
That it just couldn't block
Now it just talks like reasonable folk.
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happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
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We have six new prints by the brilliant Kento Iida in the shop:
www.blackdragonpress.co.uk/products/ken...
www.blackdragonpress.co.uk/products/ken...
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We have six new prints by the brilliant Kento Iida in the shop:
www.blackdragonpress.co.uk/products/ken...
www.blackdragonpress.co.uk/products/ken...
Just discovered the reason we've not had heating for 24h is that Google discontinued our Nest thermostat (?!) I am so angry about 'smart' devices: we had nothing but trouble with our Nest. Time to connect a good fashioned thermostat to the boiler with a wire, like we should have done originally.
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Just discovered the reason we've not had heating for 24h is that Google discontinued our Nest thermostat (?!) I am so angry about 'smart' devices: we had nothing but trouble with our Nest. Time to connect a good fashioned thermostat to the boiler with a wire, like we should have done originally.
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I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
'We invited a homeless man for dinner - he stayed for 45 years'
The man was only meant to stay for a day.
metro.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
Pip is ace! I really recommend working with her on videogames if you can.
(and also talking to her about lichens and beetles... and maybe drawing and crochet too)
(and also talking to her about lichens and beetles... and maybe drawing and crochet too)
I’ll be at AdventureX and may even “network”!
Lmk if you want to talk about a) working together, b) lichens and beetles, c) both
Lmk if you want to talk about a) working together, b) lichens and beetles, c) both
November 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Pip is ace! I really recommend working with her on videogames if you can.
(and also talking to her about lichens and beetles... and maybe drawing and crochet too)
(and also talking to her about lichens and beetles... and maybe drawing and crochet too)
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Q-UP hit overwhelmingly positive this weekend which is overwhelmingly flattering!
"That's kind of sick when you think about it."
here's some thoughts from my perspective in a thread
"That's kind of sick when you think about it."
here's some thoughts from my perspective in a thread
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Q-UP hit overwhelmingly positive this weekend which is overwhelmingly flattering!
"That's kind of sick when you think about it."
here's some thoughts from my perspective in a thread
"That's kind of sick when you think about it."
here's some thoughts from my perspective in a thread
the people working secretly behind the scenes in the Labour party to ensure that as many of their MPs as possible defect to the Greens have been doing such sterling work! Unsung heroes!
November 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
the people working secretly behind the scenes in the Labour party to ensure that as many of their MPs as possible defect to the Greens have been doing such sterling work! Unsung heroes!
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My strategy game, MORSE released this week!
MORSE teaches you Morse Code through timing, tactics and telegraphy. Learn a secret language, build your own telegraph and jump head first down the rabbit hole of ham radio. 🔥⚓️⚫️➖
#hamradio #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #morsecode
MORSE teaches you Morse Code through timing, tactics and telegraphy. Learn a secret language, build your own telegraph and jump head first down the rabbit hole of ham radio. 🔥⚓️⚫️➖
#hamradio #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #morsecode
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My strategy game, MORSE released this week!
MORSE teaches you Morse Code through timing, tactics and telegraphy. Learn a secret language, build your own telegraph and jump head first down the rabbit hole of ham radio. 🔥⚓️⚫️➖
#hamradio #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #morsecode
MORSE teaches you Morse Code through timing, tactics and telegraphy. Learn a secret language, build your own telegraph and jump head first down the rabbit hole of ham radio. 🔥⚓️⚫️➖
#hamradio #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #morsecode
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This is a properly excellent weird puzzle game.
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This is a properly excellent weird puzzle game.
@flebpuzzles.bsky.social I'm loving Strange Jigsaws! Thank-you! And please pass my thanks to your daughter for her superb art.
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
@flebpuzzles.bsky.social I'm loving Strange Jigsaws! Thank-you! And please pass my thanks to your daughter for her superb art.
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The temperature is getting colder here in London, so this is an excellent time to remind you that every hour, the monster goes out to the weather station in London to check the temperature and sets the price for A Good Snowman is Hard to Build to match the weather.
draknek.itch.io/a-good-snowman
draknek.itch.io/a-good-snowman
A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build by Draknek & Friends, Benjamin Davis
Pay what the temperature is: 16.3°C = $16.30!
draknek.itch.io
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The temperature is getting colder here in London, so this is an excellent time to remind you that every hour, the monster goes out to the weather station in London to check the temperature and sets the price for A Good Snowman is Hard to Build to match the weather.
draknek.itch.io/a-good-snowman
draknek.itch.io/a-good-snowman
I don't think I'm going to play Annoying Sidekick Metroid Prime.
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I don't think I'm going to play Annoying Sidekick Metroid Prime.
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I have made a book of beer mats. It’s hard back. It’s 104 pages. 21 cm square. I talk about the inspiration and technique used. You can pre-order it now. It will be sent out at the end of November. It is limited to 100 copies. darrenhaymanart.com/products/bir...
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I have made a book of beer mats. It’s hard back. It’s 104 pages. 21 cm square. I talk about the inspiration and technique used. You can pre-order it now. It will be sent out at the end of November. It is limited to 100 copies. darrenhaymanart.com/products/bir...
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i have a lot of trouble with self-promotion, but i lost my insurance and SNAP benefits a few months ago due to federal level hijinx, and am really struggling with the day to day right now. i could really use your help! i'm trying to get back up to $1000.
www.patreon.com/vacuumflowers
www.patreon.com/vacuumflowers
Get more from Loren Schmidt on Patreon
creating video games + other digital art
www.patreon.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
i have a lot of trouble with self-promotion, but i lost my insurance and SNAP benefits a few months ago due to federal level hijinx, and am really struggling with the day to day right now. i could really use your help! i'm trying to get back up to $1000.
www.patreon.com/vacuumflowers
www.patreon.com/vacuumflowers
I really enjoyed this little game. Follow Dan, he's good! (he also worked on Flock and I am Dead)
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I really enjoyed this little game. Follow Dan, he's good! (he also worked on Flock and I am Dead)
Ghost of Yotei (2025)
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Ghost of Yotei (2025)
This talk is superb - useful and fun to watch. It's not exactly how we make stuff, but there are tons of interesting parallels and diagonals.
@adamatomic.bsky.social has created a *lot* of small games, and we were delighted for him to join us at ThinkyCon 2025 to share how he approaches it.
My approach to making small games - Adam Saltsman (ThinkyCon 2025)
Adam Saltsman joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "CorgiSpace, or, short legs on purpose, or, my approach to making small games"
Talk description: I've made and released 14 games in the last 12 months, all in my very limited free time, and had a super fun time doing it, even though I al
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This talk is superb - useful and fun to watch. It's not exactly how we make stuff, but there are tons of interesting parallels and diagonals.
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Three points I keep repeating
1. Left and liberal voters actually really exist
2. The right and "centre" are trying to rule without liberals - they are way out over their skis
3. Reports of right wing total information control are greatly exaggerated
1. Left and liberal voters actually really exist
2. The right and "centre" are trying to rule without liberals - they are way out over their skis
3. Reports of right wing total information control are greatly exaggerated
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three points I keep repeating
1. Left and liberal voters actually really exist
2. The right and "centre" are trying to rule without liberals - they are way out over their skis
3. Reports of right wing total information control are greatly exaggerated
1. Left and liberal voters actually really exist
2. The right and "centre" are trying to rule without liberals - they are way out over their skis
3. Reports of right wing total information control are greatly exaggerated
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Lot of write ups and think pieces about last night's Playstation State Of Play Japan event and the games shown but has anyone told me where I can buy Yuki Kaji's cardigan yet?
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Lot of write ups and think pieces about last night's Playstation State Of Play Japan event and the games shown but has anyone told me where I can buy Yuki Kaji's cardigan yet?