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
  • Marketing and PR with Robby Bisschop of PiratePR

    Marketing and PR with Robby Bisschop of PiratePR
    Apr 9 2025

    Article: https://www.valadria.com/robby-bisschop-piratepr/


    🎬 TIMELINE

    0:00 Intro

    0:13 Marketing and PR

    35:37 How to get wishlists

    49:32 How long to market a game?

    59:17 Marketing beats

    1:07:05 Keyscammers

    1:25:40 Outro


    🏴‍☠️ Hire Robby: https://piratepr.com/

    📙 Buy my book: https://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Video-Game-Yourself/dp/1736576208/

    🐷 Washlist Pixel Washer: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2572060/Pixel_Washer/


    #gamedev #marketing #podcast

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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Webbiness and Refactoring

    Webbiness and Refactoring
    Jan 8 2025

    See valadria.com for more info!


    📋 Show Notes

    • A Wizard's Lizard
    • From Quake mods to game director with Jon Hackett
    • 🐷 Pixel Washer
    • PowerWash Simulator
    • Dr Wahwee
    • Tiled (map editor)
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    50 mins
  • Playtests, Prototypes, and Permission Games

    Playtests, Prototypes, and Permission Games
    Nov 13 2024
    https://www.valadria.com/playtests-prototypes-permission-games/ Show Notes 📙 How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself (Gumroad, Itch, signed copies)Pixel WasherHow to make a good Steam pagePixel Washer: 3-day devlogLost Decade GamesSteam Hardware & Software SurveyGame Tester💰 The Money EpisodeThe illusion of skill: how to make a better game in less timeProduction PointIndie Game SimMaking an Indie Game About Indie Game MakingHow has web dev changed in the last decade?💀 How to handle the death of a platform (for example: Twitter)Game Dev Comics by Matt Hackett@richtaur.bsky.socialMaking Big Indie Games (Gumroad, Itch)Join the Valadria Discord60 minute video coaching/consulting Thanks for listening. Now it's time for you to go make the game!
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    54 mins
  • Godot and YouTube with Sean McKenzie (Bacon and Games)

    Godot and YouTube with Sean McKenzie (Bacon and Games)
    Oct 2 2024

    🔗 Show Notes

    • Bacon and Games
    • How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself
    • Steam Dev Cheat Sheet
    • How to Find a Video Game Publisher (Tips for Indie Devs)
    • Armor Games
    • Valadria Discord
    • 10 Godot Features Hidden in Plain Sight 👀
    • 🚫 No Stacking | Make the Game
    • Heartbeast
    • 🔥 Steam Game Promo Art - Photography and Fire
    • Making Big Indie Games
    • Game Maker's Toolkit
    • Cursor Adventure
    • Kenney's Cursor Pixel Pack
    • Golf Story
    • Game Dev Difficulty Tiers
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • What's the best thing you ever made?

    What's the best thing you ever made?
    May 7 2024

    https://www.valadria.com/the-best-thing-you-ever-made/


    0:00 Intro

    0:23 What's the best thing you ever made?

    3:28 You didn't miss the boat

    5:11 Three hours is all you need

    9:48 Breaking down hard problems

    19:37 Outro


    📙 https://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Video-Game-Yourself/dp/1736576208/


    #gamedev #creative #podcast

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    20 mins