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Make the Game with Matt Hackett

Make the Game with Matt Hackett

Written by: Valadria
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 Learn to make and sell indie games with Matt Hackett, author of How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself.Valadria Science Fiction
Episodes
  • Acclaim, Side Projects, and Content Marketing

    Acclaim, Side Projects, and Content Marketing
    Dec 17 2025

    🔗 Show Notes

    • Acclaim / Pixel Washer
    • Washlist Pixel Washer on Steam
    • 🔥 Acclaim is publishing my game Pixel Washer
    • 🕹️ How I got a publisher for my indie game
    • 📺 Video: Publishing with Acclaim
    • Diggy, an open source JavaScript game engine (with example game)
    • Onslaught! Arena by Lost Decade Games
    • Onslaught! Arena
    • Bacon and Games
    • Game Dev Comics by Matt Hackett
    • Buffer (for scheduling posts)
    • Matt's Canon EOS M50 Guide
    • 🛠️ Building a fulfilling creative career as a solo dev
    • Star Spark
    • Jonas Tyroller
    • Juniper Dev
    • 🎶 Music by Joshua Morse
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    41 mins
  • 🎙️ Sprint Planning, Complexity, and Marketing

    🎙️ Sprint Planning, Complexity, and Marketing
    Jul 23 2025

    Links and more: https://www.valadria.com/sprint-planning-complexity-and-marketing/


    🎬 Time Codes

    0:00 Intro

    0:23 Work schedules / time tracking / sprint planning

    4:28 Game architecture complexity

    8:50 Splitting time on indie game development / other stuff

    14:09 Marketing / promotion

    21:08 A challenge for you

    23:40 Ramble on

    34:06 Promoting games on social media

    37:20 Outro
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    41 mins
  • 🛠️ How to get BACK into game development

    🛠️ How to get BACK into game development
    May 7 2025

    Links and more: https://www.valadria.com/how-to-get-back-into-game-development/
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    1 hr and 41 mins
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