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David Ricardo

UI Programmer @ Bacalhau Games

Shipped Dune: Awakening.
Unreal Engine game developer crafting immersive interfaces for AAA survival games.

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CHAPTER 01 — ORIGIN

From solo dev
to AAA studios

I’m a Game Developer with a passion for creating immersive and fun games. After years of releasing personal Unreal Engine titles and mods, I joined Bacalhau Games where I contributed to Dune: Awakening — a massive open-world survival MMO.

Specialized in Unreal Engine 5, C++, Blueprints, UMG, and modern UI/UX patterns. Always learning, always iterating.

My full journey →

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Arrakis

Currently surviving the desert

CHAPTER 02 — JOURNEY

Journey so far

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2024 — PRESENT

UI Programmer

Funcom + Bacalhau Games

Dune: Awakening

Open-World Survival MMO

• Designed core UI systems in UE5
• Built responsive HUD, inventory, map & other interfaces
• Optimized multiplayer performance

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2023

Joined Bacalhau Games 🐟

• First steps in the game industry

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2017 — 2023

Indie Developer & Modder

• Developed multiple Unreal Engine and other projects
• Popular Bannerlord mods on Nexus Mods
• Featured on itch.io

CHAPTER 03 — TOOLKIT

What I ship with

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Unreal Engine 5

Specialist

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C++ & Blueprints

Intermediate

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UMG / UI Systems

Expert

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Git • Perforce • Jira

Advanced

CHAPTER 04 — WORK

Projects

Let's build something epic

Open to new opportunities, collaborations, or just a chat about games.