Vincent Nicopolsky

@vincent-nicopolsky.com

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He/Him - ADHD - Husband to a Witch - Father UI Programmer at @riyogames.bsky.social https://plimsky.github.io/ Passionate about art, video games, movies & connecting with people. Oh, and cats. ❤️✨ Oh, and we are all humans 🏳‍🌈 #Ally #NoAI

Between 1999 and 2005, Camelot operated as a full tilt Mario sports machine, pumping out 8 different golf and tennis titles.

Right in the middle of that sports marathon, they took a quick two year pitstop from 2001 to 2002 to drop back-to-back JRPG masterpieces: Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age.

Then, without missing a beat, they jumped right back onto the tennis court.

A gravel walking path leading through a structural archway completely blanketed in dense, green, heart-shaped vine leaves.

A high-angle, dramatic first-person perspective shot looking down the blurred blade of the Master Sword, which points directly at the chest of a Link plush doll lying on a wooden desk. A glossy blue ceramic ocarina rests right next to the plushie's head.

A glass display case showcasing HO scale model trains on multiple shelves. Small white labels on the left pillar read "ECHELLE HO" and "HO SCALE". Inside the case, a reddish-brown Canadian National (CN) cargo car and a Canadian Pacific passenger car are visible on miniature gravel tracks.

A screenshot of the Steam event page for the "Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Digital Showcase," featuring a grid of indie game titles. The tile for the game "Threads of Time" is comically highlighted with several bright red arrows pointing at it from different angles, along with an edited-in meme of a white Wojak face excitedly pointing at the game cover.

A dark bird perched on a tree branch against a clear blue sky, holding a scrap of white nesting material in its beak.

A close-up of a person's left hand showing a messy application of thick, teal-colored nail polish on the fingernails, with much of the polish on the surrounding skin. The thumb is perfect though.

Fan art of the video game "Journey." A red-robed traveler walks up a glittering golden sand dune toward a bright light.

A screenshot from the fitness app Strong showing a weightlifting workout log from Wednesday, August 6, 2025. The session lasted 56 minutes with a total volume of 8548 lb, achieving 2 personal records (PRs).
The workout includes four exercises:
* Squat (Barbell):
* Warm-up: 115 lb for 5 reps.
* Set 1: 135 lb for 6 reps.
* Set 2: 155 lb for 5 reps.
* Set 3: 175 lb for 3 reps.
* Bench Press (Barbell):
* Warm-up: 18 lb for 6 reps.
* Set 1: 68 lb for 12 reps.
* Set 2: 88 lb for 10 reps.
* Set 3: 108 lb for 4 reps, marked as a "WEIGHT" PR.
* Preacher Curl (Machine):
* Warm-up: 50 lb for 5 reps.
* Set 1: 70 lb for 12 reps, marked as a "VOL." (volume) PR.
* Set 2: 75 lb for 5 reps.
* Set 3: 80 lb for 5 reps.
* Leg Extension (Machine):
* Warm-up: 60 lb for 5 reps.
* Set 1: 80 lb for 12 reps.
* Set 2: 100 lb for 7 reps.
* Set 3: 115 lb for 9 reps.
A column on the right displays the calculated one-rep max (1RM) for each set performed.

An abstract artwork where we can see a glowing white cat sitting in the middle of a reflective surface with some glowing flowers around him watching a bright star in the sky. The color range reminds the Trans flag: blue and rose. We are all humans.

A photo of an iced latte and an almond croissant in a coffee table.

Link from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker sails a red boat with a dragon head, known as the King of Red Lions, on a wavy blue ocean. In the background, seagulls fly near a large, dark fortress under a bright blue sky.

The famous blob saying "oh no" from the artist Alex Norris

À hand holding a miniature canadian flag

Screenshot of the UMG Widget Preview plugin enabled in an unreal engine project. This plugin is labeled as experimental.

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time poster.

The famous Alex Norris's Blob saying "oh no"

Photo of a cat inside a cat tree house. We can see one paw pointing outside the box.

An enormous pikachu plush in a Costco center. I have mighty needs. He looks so squishy!

Screenshot of the Bluesky Alt Text Rating tool, showing statistics about alt text usage. The input is ‘vincent-nicopolsky.com’. It analyzes 158 posts, 27 of which contain images, 8 are replies, and 16 posts include alt text. The final score is 59.26%, with a gauge pointing to yellow-green and a smiling emoji.

An infographic summarizing ‘The Paradox of Tolerance’ by philosopher Karl Popper. It begins with the question: ‘Should a tolerant society tolerate intolerance?’ The answer, illustrated with references to historical fascist regimes, is ‘No.’ The graphic explains that unlimited tolerance can lead to the destruction of tolerance itself. It argues that extending tolerance to those who are openly intolerant can empower them to suppress tolerance. The message concludes by stating that defending tolerance requires not tolerating the intolerant, and any movement promoting persecution and intolerance should be outside the law. Source: ‘The Open Society and Its Enemies’ by Karl R. Popper.

A screennshot of the infamous "Compiling Shaders" popup from Unreal Engine 4. There are 43920 shaders to compile.

Gameplay Video in first person view. I have a flash light and I'm walking toward a deep fog. When I press a specific key, the flashlight produces a intense and quick flash that remove the fog that was in the cone to reveal hidden objects and character temporarily.

A toddler plastic cup with some churros covered in sugar and cinnamon.
Taste is: not churros.

Art cover of the game Star Wars: Bounty Hunter

At black and white cat beneath an artificial Christmas tree.

The book "The Art and Making of Arcane: League of Legends" lies flat on a wooden surface. The cover is vibrant pink with white graffiti-like scribbles and features a Jinx with large, feathery wings sitting on what appears to be a throne.

Photo of my cat named Sirius posing like a mini lion at the top of its condo cat.

A video of my game that I'm working on. It's a first person horror game. In this video, we enter into a house with no lights. In the house we can see only a cupboard with 3 drawers and a lamp on it. We advance and light up the lamp then search for something in the drawers. We find a +1000 followers item! Thank you for following me 💖

Screenshot of one of the pages of the magazine where it's written "Gentlemen, start your engines". I think this is a reference to the Show Ru Paul's Drag Race where she (Ru) says "Ladies, start your engine, and may the best the drag queen, win!". Love it! Haaaaaa

The image shows a code snippet from a C++ function called GetCameraView within a UMotionCameraComponent class. The highlighted section focuses on applying an inertia effect to the camera's rotation. It checks if it's the first initialization and, if not, interpolates the CurrentRotation towards the UpdatedCameraRotation using FMath::RInterpTo for a smooth camera movement.

This image shows a material graph in Unreal Engine 5. It uses a texture sample and some math operations to create a visual effect, likely related to highlighting or outlining an object.

This is a screenshot of a UI element in Unreal Engine 5. It shows a 2048x2048 image called "M_UI_Inspection_MeshOver" used as a brush for a UI element, likely a visual effect for object inspection.

This is Unreal Engine C++ code for player interaction. When the player interacts with an object, the code isolates that object in a Scene Capture 2D component, likely for a visual effect or UI element.

This image shows the components of a "Fog_MotionCharacter" Blueprint in Unreal Engine 5. It likely represents a player or AI character.

Key Components:

Movement/Collision:
CapsuleComponent (standard collision)
Collision Feeler (precise checks)
Visuals:
Mesh (character model)
FlashLight
Sound:
BPC_SpeakerComponent
Camera:
MotionCameraComponent with SceneCapture2D
Gameplay:
Fog_CrouchComponent (crouching)
AbilitySystemComponent (character abilities)
This hierarchy suggests a character with standard movement, a camera system, visual elements, sound, and gameplay abilities.

This image shows the properties of a render target in Unreal Engine 5. It's mostly using default settings, with only two modifications:

Size X: 2048
Size Y: 2048
This sets the render target resolution to 2048x2048 pixels. All other parameters are inherited from the "RenderTarget" Texture Group or use the engine's default values.

A screenshot of the workout tracking app Strong on iOS displaying two workouts.
The first workout, labeled "Upper Body - 1," was completed on Monday, November 11th. It took 1 hour and 2 minutes, involved a total of 10,817 lbs lifted, and resulted in 2 personal records (PRs). Exercises included bench press, iso-lateral chest press, seated row, lateral raise, inverse Zottman curls, and hanging leg raises.
The second workout, labeled "Morning Workout," was completed on Friday, November 8th. It took 26 minutes and involved a total of 12,487 lbs lifted. Exercises included barbell squats and leg press.

A photo of my child but with so much circular movement that we can't see the face. Haha.

A screenshot of a workout summary from a fitness app. The workout was a full body session completed on Monday, November 4, 2024, at 11:17 AM. The workout lasted 33 minutes and included 4 personal records (PRs). The total weight lifted during the workout was 5,773 lbs.
The exercises performed were:
* Bench press: Best set of 168 lbs for 3 reps.
* Squat: Best set of 155 lbs for 7 reps.
* Inverse Zottman curl: Best set of 30 lbs for 9 reps.

À photo of myself holding my baby of 16 months in a forest in autumn with a beautiful light.

Get to know my taste. For every like, I will post one game I love.