Shackman's VFX Sketchbook

Personal Work
#1

Greetings! I am Shackman, aka a dude who was once so broke he had to live in a bamboo shack with half a wall between mattress and toilet :slight_smile:
Currently I live in a place with real walls and work mostly as a game programmer. I’ve been dabbling in VFX for a long time but decided to finally pursue it as my main direction.

I’m a long time lurker on this forums and love going through VFX sketchbooks, so I’ve finally decided to make one myself.

I’m currently working on an idle mobile game that is really just a playground for me to create VFX. The plan is to convert it to a VR game in the near future.

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This is the effect for locating the entry gate to the potato verse (every potato has one). I’m currently working on the core and then will create a nicer gate opening animation. I’m also thinking about playing with the digital rain, I think it would be cool if it starts forming the gate.

Feedback is always appreciated and I’m also very open to sharing any kind of assets that you may want to use too!

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#2

I took a break from Potato VFX as I had applied for a dream job as a VR Developer and got to the next round where I did a paid test. So I figured I’ll only do VR in my free time and I’ve been wanting to do this breakfast tornado in VR. Didn’t get the job but at least I was paid for the test which I really appreciate. And I got my tornado :slight_smile:

Now it’s back to Potato, currently rewriting the whole game so the player has more agency. Once that is done I’ll publish it on those free browser games sites and focus mostly on XR from there on out. It’s the coolest medium :slight_smile: