Ricardo Tucker
@rickymakesgames.bsky.social
🔧 Senior Tech Artist @ Meta
⚔️ Solo indie dev on To Be a Hero, a Zelda-like monster tamer
🎥 Content creator (dev+gaming!)
🎮 Competitive Pokémon Go player
#GameDev | #3dArt | #ConceptArt
⚔️ Solo indie dev on To Be a Hero, a Zelda-like monster tamer
🎥 Content creator (dev+gaming!)
🎮 Competitive Pokémon Go player
#GameDev | #3dArt | #ConceptArt
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I've genuinely wondered for years why anybody still held Geoff or TGA to any legitimate regard when they obviously don't care about the industry beyond pandering to corporations, but *even then* I still hoped to be a part of Future Class someday.
Clearly it got too in the way of the pandering... 🫠🥴
Clearly it got too in the way of the pandering... 🫠🥴
EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Future Class organizer Emily Weir has informed past honorees that The Game Awards has no active plans for the program.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I've genuinely wondered for years why anybody still held Geoff or TGA to any legitimate regard when they obviously don't care about the industry beyond pandering to corporations, but *even then* I still hoped to be a part of Future Class someday.
Clearly it got too in the way of the pandering... 🫠🥴
Clearly it got too in the way of the pandering... 🫠🥴
Blessed by the gods to have snagged the 2nd to last one at my local Best Buy for the launch event last night 🙏🙏🙏
Definitely was a DUMB idea to assume the Switch 2 pre-order reservation would actually come from Nintendo and not look into other options for getting a Switch at launch...
We'll see if I can snag one on launch week but I'm fully expecting to have to wait a bit at this point 😭
We'll see if I can snag one on launch week but I'm fully expecting to have to wait a bit at this point 😭
June 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Blessed by the gods to have snagged the 2nd to last one at my local Best Buy for the launch event last night 🙏🙏🙏
Definitely was a DUMB idea to assume the Switch 2 pre-order reservation would actually come from Nintendo and not look into other options for getting a Switch at launch...
We'll see if I can snag one on launch week but I'm fully expecting to have to wait a bit at this point 😭
We'll see if I can snag one on launch week but I'm fully expecting to have to wait a bit at this point 😭
June 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Definitely was a DUMB idea to assume the Switch 2 pre-order reservation would actually come from Nintendo and not look into other options for getting a Switch at launch...
We'll see if I can snag one on launch week but I'm fully expecting to have to wait a bit at this point 😭
We'll see if I can snag one on launch week but I'm fully expecting to have to wait a bit at this point 😭
First 2025 game review: Animal Well!!
About a year late to playing this, but I'm genuinely surprised by how much I LOVE this game.
Didn't think much of it from the GDC demo a few years ago, but I'm so glad I gave it another chance after seeing the hype around it omg
9.5/10
About a year late to playing this, but I'm genuinely surprised by how much I LOVE this game.
Didn't think much of it from the GDC demo a few years ago, but I'm so glad I gave it another chance after seeing the hype around it omg
9.5/10
a video game called animal well has two rabbits on the cover
Alt: The title screen for the game Animal Well. It has 2 purple rabbits sitting on grass underneath the title text, with mystical colors swirling in the background
media.tenor.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
First 2025 game review: Animal Well!!
About a year late to playing this, but I'm genuinely surprised by how much I LOVE this game.
Didn't think much of it from the GDC demo a few years ago, but I'm so glad I gave it another chance after seeing the hype around it omg
9.5/10
About a year late to playing this, but I'm genuinely surprised by how much I LOVE this game.
Didn't think much of it from the GDC demo a few years ago, but I'm so glad I gave it another chance after seeing the hype around it omg
9.5/10
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My technical art team at Meta is hiring! We work on tools/pipelines related to our metaverse Avatars, in both customization tools and NPC gameplay capabilities for Horizon Worlds!
If you're interested and wanna hear more feel free to reach out!
www.metacareers.com/jobs/3105507...
If you're interested and wanna hear more feel free to reach out!
www.metacareers.com/jobs/3105507...
Technical Artist, Metaverse Avatars
Meta's mission is to build the future of human connection and the technology that makes it possible.
www.metacareers.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My technical art team at Meta is hiring! We work on tools/pipelines related to our metaverse Avatars, in both customization tools and NPC gameplay capabilities for Horizon Worlds!
If you're interested and wanna hear more feel free to reach out!
www.metacareers.com/jobs/3105507...
If you're interested and wanna hear more feel free to reach out!
www.metacareers.com/jobs/3105507...
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📢 Announcement:
✨ VFX Vault is online ✨
➡️ www.vfx-vault.com
I'm part of this huge project we've been cooking for many months 🎉
➡️ High quality realtime-vfx asset library for UE -> materials & VFX are game ready for your own project
#vfx #rtvfx #UnrealEngine #gamedev #realtimeVFX #UE5 #indiedev
✨ VFX Vault is online ✨
➡️ www.vfx-vault.com
I'm part of this huge project we've been cooking for many months 🎉
➡️ High quality realtime-vfx asset library for UE -> materials & VFX are game ready for your own project
#vfx #rtvfx #UnrealEngine #gamedev #realtimeVFX #UE5 #indiedev
VFX VAULT IS FINALLY HERE!
Check out: www.vfx-vault.com
After months of hard work, our high quality realtime-vfx asset library is ready for your UE game project. We're continuing to grow our inventory and would love to hear your suggestions!
#vfx #realtimevfx #gamedev #unrealengine #UE5 #UEFN
Check out: www.vfx-vault.com
After months of hard work, our high quality realtime-vfx asset library is ready for your UE game project. We're continuing to grow our inventory and would love to hear your suggestions!
#vfx #realtimevfx #gamedev #unrealengine #UE5 #UEFN
May 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
📢 Announcement:
✨ VFX Vault is online ✨
➡️ www.vfx-vault.com
I'm part of this huge project we've been cooking for many months 🎉
➡️ High quality realtime-vfx asset library for UE -> materials & VFX are game ready for your own project
#vfx #rtvfx #UnrealEngine #gamedev #realtimeVFX #UE5 #indiedev
✨ VFX Vault is online ✨
➡️ www.vfx-vault.com
I'm part of this huge project we've been cooking for many months 🎉
➡️ High quality realtime-vfx asset library for UE -> materials & VFX are game ready for your own project
#vfx #rtvfx #UnrealEngine #gamedev #realtimeVFX #UE5 #indiedev
My technical art team at Meta is hiring! We work on tools/pipelines related to our metaverse Avatars, in both customization tools and NPC gameplay capabilities for Horizon Worlds!
If you're interested and wanna hear more feel free to reach out!
www.metacareers.com/jobs/3105507...
If you're interested and wanna hear more feel free to reach out!
www.metacareers.com/jobs/3105507...
Technical Artist, Metaverse Avatars
Meta's mission is to build the future of human connection and the technology that makes it possible.
www.metacareers.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My technical art team at Meta is hiring! We work on tools/pipelines related to our metaverse Avatars, in both customization tools and NPC gameplay capabilities for Horizon Worlds!
If you're interested and wanna hear more feel free to reach out!
www.metacareers.com/jobs/3105507...
If you're interested and wanna hear more feel free to reach out!
www.metacareers.com/jobs/3105507...
Trying to be more intentional about setting time aside every day to play games, since life is so busy rn that I genuinely haven't played anything in months (besides Pokemon Go lol) 🥲
Gonna post mini-reviews here to A) actually keep accountable, and B) keep a log of everything I play!
Gonna post mini-reviews here to A) actually keep accountable, and B) keep a log of everything I play!
May 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Trying to be more intentional about setting time aside every day to play games, since life is so busy rn that I genuinely haven't played anything in months (besides Pokemon Go lol) 🥲
Gonna post mini-reviews here to A) actually keep accountable, and B) keep a log of everything I play!
Gonna post mini-reviews here to A) actually keep accountable, and B) keep a log of everything I play!
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Indie developers: Please never sign away your IP to a publisher unless you are getting a massive deal out of it and you genuinely do not care. Please please please do not do this without a strong reason AND the publisher guaranteeing/giving up a significant amount in return.
January 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Indie developers: Please never sign away your IP to a publisher unless you are getting a massive deal out of it and you genuinely do not care. Please please please do not do this without a strong reason AND the publisher guaranteeing/giving up a significant amount in return.
This is quite literally worse than the servers going dark
New: Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according to people familiar with the matter
China Discusses Sale of TikTok US to Musk as One Possible Option
Chinese officials are evaluating a potential option that involves Elon Musk acquiring the US operations of TikTok if the company fails to fend off a controversial ban on the short-video app, according...
www.bloomberg.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This is quite literally worse than the servers going dark
Life's fine and totally not dystopian, just the sky's full of smoke and everything's on fire but I still have to finish writing my annual performance reviews for work today 🫠
January 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Life's fine and totally not dystopian, just the sky's full of smoke and everything's on fire but I still have to finish writing my annual performance reviews for work today 🫠
Made the mistake of checking LinkedIn this morning. First post is some VC claiming that the "solution" for the unhealthy food problem in the US is to "use AI to find foods with bad ingredients and put them on the blockchain so they get fixed."
Peak tech bro brainrot, be so fucken fr rn 🙄🙄🙄
Peak tech bro brainrot, be so fucken fr rn 🙄🙄🙄
December 29, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Made the mistake of checking LinkedIn this morning. First post is some VC claiming that the "solution" for the unhealthy food problem in the US is to "use AI to find foods with bad ingredients and put them on the blockchain so they get fixed."
Peak tech bro brainrot, be so fucken fr rn 🙄🙄🙄
Peak tech bro brainrot, be so fucken fr rn 🙄🙄🙄
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* Tech tip! *
Offset the UVs of your caustics texture to get a cool chromatic aberration effect 🌈
uv1 = uv + (split, split)
uv2 = uv + (split, -split)
uv3 = uv + (-split, -split)
Offset the UVs of your caustics texture to get a cool chromatic aberration effect 🌈
uv1 = uv + (split, split)
uv2 = uv + (split, -split)
uv3 = uv + (-split, -split)
November 15, 2024 at 9:28 AM
* Tech tip! *
Offset the UVs of your caustics texture to get a cool chromatic aberration effect 🌈
uv1 = uv + (split, split)
uv2 = uv + (split, -split)
uv3 = uv + (-split, -split)
Offset the UVs of your caustics texture to get a cool chromatic aberration effect 🌈
uv1 = uv + (split, split)
uv2 = uv + (split, -split)
uv3 = uv + (-split, -split)
One of my goals for 2025 is to actually play more indie games! Competing in Pokemon Go has eaten up almost all of my gaming time this year so I wanna make more of an effort to actually play other stuff lol
If you have any suggestions hit me with them!
If you have any suggestions hit me with them!
December 28, 2024 at 9:17 PM
One of my goals for 2025 is to actually play more indie games! Competing in Pokemon Go has eaten up almost all of my gaming time this year so I wanna make more of an effort to actually play other stuff lol
If you have any suggestions hit me with them!
If you have any suggestions hit me with them!
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Update 5 for my good old "Fluffy Tree" article. This time with added knowledge from @h3r2tic.bsky.social &@pomperi.bsky.social: simonschreibt.de/gat/airborn-...
#gamedev #techart #ItsSooooFluffy
#gamedev #techart #ItsSooooFluffy
December 9, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Update 5 for my good old "Fluffy Tree" article. This time with added knowledge from @h3r2tic.bsky.social &@pomperi.bsky.social: simonschreibt.de/gat/airborn-...
#gamedev #techart #ItsSooooFluffy
#gamedev #techart #ItsSooooFluffy
Somehow I completely failed to realize that The Game Awards were last night, but I've seen way more people talking about @tgagwcaga.bsky.social today so sounds like this is the more exciting awards event to catch up on😂
December 13, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Somehow I completely failed to realize that The Game Awards were last night, but I've seen way more people talking about @tgagwcaga.bsky.social today so sounds like this is the more exciting awards event to catch up on😂
Hi again Bluesky!
Was off the grid for a month but I came back to my followers having doubled anyway?? 🤯
Introduce yourself and/or share something cool you're working on, I wanna meet y'all!!
Was off the grid for a month but I came back to my followers having doubled anyway?? 🤯
Introduce yourself and/or share something cool you're working on, I wanna meet y'all!!
December 11, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Hi again Bluesky!
Was off the grid for a month but I came back to my followers having doubled anyway?? 🤯
Introduce yourself and/or share something cool you're working on, I wanna meet y'all!!
Was off the grid for a month but I came back to my followers having doubled anyway?? 🤯
Introduce yourself and/or share something cool you're working on, I wanna meet y'all!!
After putting it off for literally years, I'm finally getting around to gitting gud at Houdini.
To my tech art/3d art friendos, any resources y'all would recommend to check out?
To my tech art/3d art friendos, any resources y'all would recommend to check out?
November 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM
After putting it off for literally years, I'm finally getting around to gitting gud at Houdini.
To my tech art/3d art friendos, any resources y'all would recommend to check out?
To my tech art/3d art friendos, any resources y'all would recommend to check out?
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Shader Artists!
Here's a super handy reference for the formulas behind Photoshop's blending modes✨
Here's a super handy reference for the formulas behind Photoshop's blending modes✨
October 31, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Shader Artists!
Here's a super handy reference for the formulas behind Photoshop's blending modes✨
Here's a super handy reference for the formulas behind Photoshop's blending modes✨
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Ready for spooky szn 🙂↕️🎃
October 29, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Ready for spooky szn 🙂↕️🎃
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Free #UnrealEngine stuff!
I've just shared some of my simple but useful material functions for anyone to visualize, copy, and paste into their projects using blueprintUE. Feel free to use them however you like!
I'll be posting more free resources over the weekend.
blueprintue.com/profile/bonz...
I've just shared some of my simple but useful material functions for anyone to visualize, copy, and paste into their projects using blueprintUE. Feel free to use them however you like!
I'll be posting more free resources over the weekend.
blueprintue.com/profile/bonz...
October 25, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Free #UnrealEngine stuff!
I've just shared some of my simple but useful material functions for anyone to visualize, copy, and paste into their projects using blueprintUE. Feel free to use them however you like!
I'll be posting more free resources over the weekend.
blueprintue.com/profile/bonz...
I've just shared some of my simple but useful material functions for anyone to visualize, copy, and paste into their projects using blueprintUE. Feel free to use them however you like!
I'll be posting more free resources over the weekend.
blueprintue.com/profile/bonz...
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October 28, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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There are 59 places left on my Realtime VFX Starterpack. If you are a Tech/VFX artist or you know some which are not yet on the list, let me know!
go.bsky.app/3R8aUNM
#gamedev #realtimevfx #indiedev
go.bsky.app/3R8aUNM
#gamedev #realtimevfx #indiedev
October 27, 2024 at 7:11 PM
There are 59 places left on my Realtime VFX Starterpack. If you are a Tech/VFX artist or you know some which are not yet on the list, let me know!
go.bsky.app/3R8aUNM
#gamedev #realtimevfx #indiedev
go.bsky.app/3R8aUNM
#gamedev #realtimevfx #indiedev
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Let's give away some free textures!
These sketchy tiling textures are a great base for stylized materials in Substance Painter + Designer, Blender, Unreal Engine, all sorts really!
I hope you enjoy using them, and please share the love! 🙌
jakebenbow.gumroad.com/l/JB_TilingPainterlyTextures_Vol2
These sketchy tiling textures are a great base for stylized materials in Substance Painter + Designer, Blender, Unreal Engine, all sorts really!
I hope you enjoy using them, and please share the love! 🙌
jakebenbow.gumroad.com/l/JB_TilingPainterlyTextures_Vol2
Tiling Painterly Textures Vol. 2
Another collection of 8 painterly tiling textures. I've included a colour and a grayscale version of the four different textures so they're flexible in how they can be applied, but either way they'll ...
jakebenbow.gumroad.com
October 22, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Let's give away some free textures!
These sketchy tiling textures are a great base for stylized materials in Substance Painter + Designer, Blender, Unreal Engine, all sorts really!
I hope you enjoy using them, and please share the love! 🙌
jakebenbow.gumroad.com/l/JB_TilingPainterlyTextures_Vol2
These sketchy tiling textures are a great base for stylized materials in Substance Painter + Designer, Blender, Unreal Engine, all sorts really!
I hope you enjoy using them, and please share the love! 🙌
jakebenbow.gumroad.com/l/JB_TilingPainterlyTextures_Vol2
Shoutout to Higround for sending me the Kojima Productions collab keyboard and mousepad!
My office desk was in desperate need of decoration, and this is probably as sick as it gets
My office desk was in desperate need of decoration, and this is probably as sick as it gets
October 25, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Shoutout to Higround for sending me the Kojima Productions collab keyboard and mousepad!
My office desk was in desperate need of decoration, and this is probably as sick as it gets
My office desk was in desperate need of decoration, and this is probably as sick as it gets