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Hi, and thanks for your interest in covering Ludagon.

Chances are that you’re here because of a technology demo named “Postcard” and you’re looking for more about what it is, who made it, and what’s next. I’ll do my best to answer that here, and you’re welcome to write to me (Ricky) at: info@ludagon.com

What is Postcard?

Postcard is a playable technology demonstration, like a mini videogame, that mixes 3D scanning with game production methods that turns real-world places into photorealistic game worlds. It was made by Ricky Vuckovic, a game developer from Canberra, Australia, as an experiment in making games set in real-world places.

This short game features seven locations around Canberra as playable areas to walk around with photorealistic detail.

Each area has been 3D scanned by Ricky, capturing as many angles of each location as possible through half an hour of reference video recording per area, as well as recording sounds on site of the ambience as well as footsteps across the varying surfaces of gravel, grass, wood, and concrete. The footage is transformed into a 3D model through a process named Photogrammetry, and the gorgeous visuals are made with a technique named Gaussian Splatting.

What locations are in Postcard?

The locations in the launch version of Postcard are all from Canberra, Australia:

Mount Rogers
Blundells Cottage
National Library of Australia
Himalayan Cedar track at the National Arboretum Canberra
Callam Offices
Commonwealth Place
Water pump at Red Hill

Who is Ricky?

Ricky Vuckovic is a lifelong Canberran who wrote his first basic programs at the age of 4 on his older brother’s Commodore 64. Since then, he has spent decades making games and interactive works, often as a solo developer working across code, music, design, and animation. Alongside his professional work in learning design, Ricky develops original videogames in his own time.

His past projects include the self-published children’s mobile game Pogg, as well as Guide Star, an original arcade game commissioned by Canberra Museum and Gallery for its 2024-2025 exhibition Outer Space: Stromlo to the Stars.

What’s next?

Postcard is Ricky’s first step towards establishing his own independent videogame studio, Ludagon. He enjoys games with a sense of place, curiosity, and exploration, which are core themes of the two new game designs he is prototyping. One of these upcoming titles extends Postcard’s idea of using real-world places in games, and telling real stories and sharing local culture and a sense of place through the medium of videogames. Canberra will be a big part of it.

Where can I get Postcard?

Postcard is available for free on Steam from 30 April 2026. It runs on Windows computers, and most likely Linux through Steam’s “Proton” layer.

Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4032540/Postcard/

Screenshots the media can use

ZIP file of the 8 images used in the Steam page

Please credit either “Ricky Vuckovic”, “Ludagon”, or even “Ricky Vuckovic of Ludagon”.

Contact

info@ludagon.com