Make the Game with Matt Hackett

Make the Game with Matt Hackett

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Make the Game with Matt Hackett episodes

  • Learning VS Doing

    📝 Show Notes

    Boy I sure do mention a lot of things in 42 minutes:

    • Pixel Washer
    • 📙 How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself
    • Acclaim
    • Alessandro Marani
    • Charlie Dean
    • Geoff Blair
    • A free tip from Miyamoto: Make your first level last
    • Songs of Syx
    • Sequelitis - Mega Man Classic vs. Mega Man X
    • How to Market a Game
    • Indie Game Clinic
    • Obsidian
    • 📈 The Steam Dev Cheat Sheet
    • ⏱ How long should your game be?
    • How limitations set you free
    • 🕯 This Is All That Matters About Games Marketing
    • Tiled (open source map editor)
    • 🛑 Don't Stop Posting
    • Valadria Discord
    • [Redacted] The Safehouse (article, Steam page)
    • You were played out with music by Joshua Morse (new songs out!!)
    43 min
  • Acclaim, Side Projects, and Content Marketing

    🔗 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
    42 min
  • 🎙️ Sprint Planning, Complexity, and Marketing

    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

    41 min
  • Marketing and PR with Robby Bisschop of PiratePR

    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

    1 hr 28 min
  • Webbiness and Refactoring

    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)
      • 50 min
    • Playtests, Prototypes, and Permission Games

      https://www.valadria.com/playtests-prototypes-permission-games/


      Show Notes

      • 📙 How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself (Gumroad, Itch, signed copies)
      • Pixel Washer
      • How to make a good Steam page
      • Pixel Washer: 3-day devlog
      • Lost Decade Games
      • Steam Hardware & Software Survey
      • Game Tester
      • 💰 The Money Episode
      • The illusion of skill: how to make a better game in less time
      • Production Point
      • Indie Game Sim
      • Making an Indie Game About Indie Game Making
      • How 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.social
      • Making Big Indie Games (Gumroad, Itch)
      • Join the Valadria Discord
      • 60 minute video coaching/consulting

        • Thanks for listening. Now it's time for you to go make the game!

        55 min
      • Godot and YouTube with Sean McKenzie (Bacon and Games)

        🔗 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
          • 1 hr 28 min
        • What's the best thing you ever made?

          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

          21 min
        • How to do GDC

          We're talking about:

          1. Preparing for GDC
          2. Getting a badge (or not)
          3. Lodging around GDC
          4. A tour of Moscone Center
          5. Navigating GDC parties
          6. General tips & advice


            7. 🔗 Show Notes

            • Game Developers Conference
            • Making a mobile video for quick, in-person demonstration
            • 🐷🫧 Add Pixel Washer to your Steam washlist
            • Bay Area Rapid Transit
            • Yerba Buena Gardens
            • gdcparties.com
            • hbomberguy

              • Thanks for listening! Please subscribe and rate this podcast 5 stars wherever you can. Good luck with your game 🛠️

              18 min

            About Make the Game with Matt Hackett

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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.