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!
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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!
🧵...
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"If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more."
Los Campesinos:
Los Campesinos:
Here’s how much money Los Camp! make from streaming… - Los Campesinos!
loscampesinos.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more."
Los Campesinos:
Los Campesinos:
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JAWS (1975) dir. Steven Spielberg/AFTER HOURS (1985) dir. Martin Scorsese cinematic parallels
December 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
JAWS (1975) dir. Steven Spielberg/AFTER HOURS (1985) dir. Martin Scorsese cinematic parallels
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This ticket is now being offered for free! Go play a fun game with my cool friend
Hey London pals, I have a friend with an extra ticket to Lander 23, Punchdrunk’s immersive multiplayer stealth game, 3.30pm on Wed 10th in Woolwich. Ticket is £40. Please DM me if you're interested and available and I'll connect you!
December 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This ticket is now being offered for free! Go play a fun game with my cool friend
Ahh cool Wilmot's Warehouse made the Guardian's 30 Best Boardgames for Christmas! Loads of other great stuff in there too..
Roll with it: the 30 best board games for Christmas 2025
If Monopoly is your festive fallback for family fun then go directly to Jail and do not pass Go. A new wave of party pleasers, trick takers and strategy games can transport you to Stalingrad, the spir...
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Ahh cool Wilmot's Warehouse made the Guardian's 30 Best Boardgames for Christmas! Loads of other great stuff in there too..
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About Fishing - an eerie Lynchian fishing mystery game inspired by Shenmue & Sega Bass Fishing! www.alphabetagamer.com/about-fishin...
Gameplay Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4umw...
by #gamedev Water Museum #indiedev #gaming #indiegames
Gameplay Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4umw...
by #gamedev Water Museum #indiedev #gaming #indiegames
December 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
About Fishing - an eerie Lynchian fishing mystery game inspired by Shenmue & Sega Bass Fishing! www.alphabetagamer.com/about-fishin...
Gameplay Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4umw...
by #gamedev Water Museum #indiedev #gaming #indiegames
Gameplay Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4umw...
by #gamedev Water Museum #indiedev #gaming #indiegames
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I don't share stuff from my sketchbook that often but I'm really happy with how these retro cars look.
Pen studies from photos in a 5"x5" sketchbook. #art #illustration
Pen studies from photos in a 5"x5" sketchbook. #art #illustration
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I don't share stuff from my sketchbook that often but I'm really happy with how these retro cars look.
Pen studies from photos in a 5"x5" sketchbook. #art #illustration
Pen studies from photos in a 5"x5" sketchbook. #art #illustration
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Day seven of #ArtAdventCalendar
Her Constant Companion
Her Constant Companion
December 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Day seven of #ArtAdventCalendar
Her Constant Companion
Her Constant Companion
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just saw the news about Martin Parr’s passing.
I’ve many treasured memories watching his documentaries with pals
One especially close to my heart is this one on Dudley’s Teddy Gray’s sweet factory
An truly PERFECT way to spend 20 mins on a Sunday
youtu.be/OU4m3TF8Xbc
I’ve many treasured memories watching his documentaries with pals
One especially close to my heart is this one on Dudley’s Teddy Gray’s sweet factory
An truly PERFECT way to spend 20 mins on a Sunday
youtu.be/OU4m3TF8Xbc
Documentary / Martin Parr - Teddy Gray's Sweet Factory / Multistory
YouTube video by Multistory
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
just saw the news about Martin Parr’s passing.
I’ve many treasured memories watching his documentaries with pals
One especially close to my heart is this one on Dudley’s Teddy Gray’s sweet factory
An truly PERFECT way to spend 20 mins on a Sunday
youtu.be/OU4m3TF8Xbc
I’ve many treasured memories watching his documentaries with pals
One especially close to my heart is this one on Dudley’s Teddy Gray’s sweet factory
An truly PERFECT way to spend 20 mins on a Sunday
youtu.be/OU4m3TF8Xbc
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Re-reading Lord of the Rings at the moment, and I'd forgotten how relentlessly Gandalf drags Hobbits.
"Of course, The Enemy has overlooked one thing: dipshits such as yourself, Frodo. Buffoons with fat feet and shithole burrows. Yes, perhaps your painful loser energy may surprise Sauron yet!"
"Of course, The Enemy has overlooked one thing: dipshits such as yourself, Frodo. Buffoons with fat feet and shithole burrows. Yes, perhaps your painful loser energy may surprise Sauron yet!"
December 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Re-reading Lord of the Rings at the moment, and I'd forgotten how relentlessly Gandalf drags Hobbits.
"Of course, The Enemy has overlooked one thing: dipshits such as yourself, Frodo. Buffoons with fat feet and shithole burrows. Yes, perhaps your painful loser energy may surprise Sauron yet!"
"Of course, The Enemy has overlooked one thing: dipshits such as yourself, Frodo. Buffoons with fat feet and shithole burrows. Yes, perhaps your painful loser energy may surprise Sauron yet!"
A new detective game worth keeping an eye on - releases next year
Inkblood - Official Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by GameTrailers
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A new detective game worth keeping an eye on - releases next year
everyone firing up the Nightreign DLC for the first time this week
December 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
everyone firing up the Nightreign DLC for the first time this week
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Mockingbird’s Muses prints!
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Mockingbird’s Muses prints!
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Introducing Eteo: a new independent game studio founded by Gregorios Kythreotis, creative director of Sable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GIp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GIp...
Eteo | Official Studio Announcement
YouTube video by Eteo Games
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Introducing Eteo: a new independent game studio founded by Gregorios Kythreotis, creative director of Sable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GIp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GIp...
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I'm incredibly excited to launch Effulgence RPG into Early Access. For the launch I also made a "almost official" trailer with my & my wife.
Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3302080/...
#pcgaming #rpg #turnbased #indiedev #indiegamedev #ascii
Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3302080/...
#pcgaming #rpg #turnbased #indiedev #indiegamedev #ascii
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm incredibly excited to launch Effulgence RPG into Early Access. For the launch I also made a "almost official" trailer with my & my wife.
Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3302080/...
#pcgaming #rpg #turnbased #indiedev #indiegamedev #ascii
Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3302080/...
#pcgaming #rpg #turnbased #indiedev #indiegamedev #ascii
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The greatest achievement of my entire epistolary career was the day I got two letters printed on the same page.
A good deed and a crush, telling a single, increasingly horrifying, story from two unconnected people.
A good deed and a crush, telling a single, increasingly horrifying, story from two unconnected people.
October 17, 2023 at 9:24 AM
The greatest achievement of my entire epistolary career was the day I got two letters printed on the same page.
A good deed and a crush, telling a single, increasingly horrifying, story from two unconnected people.
A good deed and a crush, telling a single, increasingly horrifying, story from two unconnected people.
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Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.
Note how these awful people are getting exactly the exclusions of children that they demanded and *that still isn’t enough for them*: they demand everyone be delighted about it and kiss their arses for being brilliant.
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Cruelty is anhedonic. It rarely delivers the euphoria promised because, in the abstract, what feels righteous and joyful inevitably reveals itself to be sordid and small. Then it's "No not like that". "No not enough". "No the real battle, the forever war to make this feel good starts now". Forever.
Also humanity has benefitted enormously from a huge range of contributions neurodivergent people have made, in all aspects of our lives (whether diagnosed or not) - and it would be nice to hear politicians expressing that idea sometimes, rather than always treating them as an expensive problem.
The inverse of this idea that '"normal feelings" have been pathologised' is we have perhaps historically been treating lots of stuff as 'normal' that maybe should have resulted in a diagnosis! But oh well one of them is 'cheaper' in the short term so.
Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Also humanity has benefitted enormously from a huge range of contributions neurodivergent people have made, in all aspects of our lives (whether diagnosed or not) - and it would be nice to hear politicians expressing that idea sometimes, rather than always treating them as an expensive problem.
Happy praying to a god about whom you know nothing day to those who celebrate!
December 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Happy praying to a god about whom you know nothing day to those who celebrate!
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[day four of living with the sex robot] do you have any games on you
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 AM
[day four of living with the sex robot] do you have any games on you
someone should invent a new kind of toilet that children can't look at their phones on
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
someone should invent a new kind of toilet that children can't look at their phones on
what a fun, cheerful fellow I am
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
what a fun, cheerful fellow I am
Please write to your MP if you can, especially if you have a Labour MP
We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Please write to your MP if you can, especially if you have a Labour MP
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"I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.”
What does this do for women's rights?
What does this do for women's rights?
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.”
What does this do for women's rights?
What does this do for women's rights?
Hey, do I know anyone who would be able to help or advise with making Blender scripts to automate exporting 3d models for Unreal Engine? We want to eg have a single file with lots of assets nicely laid out, and an export script that saves out multiple fbxs at the origin). That's a thing, right?
December 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Hey, do I know anyone who would be able to help or advise with making Blender scripts to automate exporting 3d models for Unreal Engine? We want to eg have a single file with lots of assets nicely laid out, and an export script that saves out multiple fbxs at the origin). That's a thing, right?