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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.

Make the Game with Matt Hackett 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.

    Don't Stop Posting

    Don't Stop Posting

    We cover a lot in this episode! Look at all these links:


    Amazon wishlist (thanks!)
    📙 How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself
    Game Marketing GOLD with Chris Zukowski
    Twitter: @richtaur
    Podcast: Make the Game
    📺 YouTube: @Valadria
    RedLetterMedia
    SEA (space videos)
    Join the Valadria Discord
    YouTube: @richtaur
    Steam: Witchmore, Pixel Washer
    The Clark Tank!
    Game Maker's Toolkit
    🔥 The Steam Dev Cheat Sheet
    Create Your Steam Page
    No Stacking | Make the Game
    Killed by Google (Google Graveyard)
    Fruit Ninja designer Luke Muscat talks going solo dev
    YouTube: Make the Game (playlist)
    TikTok: @richtaur
    Chef Reactions
    📈 4 viral game hooks for game designers
    Game Dev Comics by Matt Hackett
    Lostcast (my old podcast)
    Kenney (public domain assets)
    r/Games - Indie Sunday (oops I said r/gaming)
    Game Dev Coaching/Consulting
    GDC (Game Developers Conference)
    🥓 Bacon and Games
    Wonderland Engine (I meant downloadable engine; games run in the browser!)
    Building a Web Game in a Day
    7 tips from 7 days of game dev for 7 Day Roguelike
    You were played out with Remember Me by Joshua Morse

    Coming soon: a GDC postmortem, pitch decks, and publishers. Thanks for listening!


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    • 59 min
    No Stacking

    No Stacking

    More info: https://www.valadria.com/no-stacking/

    🔗 LINKS
    Book: https://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Video-Game-Yourself/dp/1736576208/
    Coaching: https://www.valadria.com/game-dev-coaching-consulting/

    🎬 TIMELINE
    0:00 Intro
    1:05 GDC 2024
    7:27 No Stacking
    25:21 Goals
    34:51 Outro

    🎹 MUSIC
    Electro Breaks Loop: https://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_3.php?q=749
    Phantom Anthem Wubs: https://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_3.php?q=879
    Interstellar Winnebago: https://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_3.php?q=1050
    Joshua Morse: https://joshuamorse.bandcamp.com/

    #gamedev #indiedev #podcast #gdc


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    • 37 min
    Seeing Things in Steam Next Fest

    Seeing Things in Steam Next Fest

    Links galore: https://www.valadria.com/seeing-things-steam-next-fest-greg-love/



    🎬 TIMELINE

    0:00 Intro

    4:14 Story Machine

    11:50 Seeing Things

    19:26 Steam Next Fest

    36:30 Live streams

    42:20 What's next?

    45:59 Release after SNF?

    49:39 Multiple demos

    55:19 Outro



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



    #gamedev #steam #podcast


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    • 57 min
    The Money Episode

    The Money Episode

    Links & more: https://www.valadria.com/the-money-episode/



    🎬 Timeline

    0:00 Intro

    1:36 User Interface (UI)

    10:32 Configurable input

    21:10 Climbing the wall

    26:40 A "game shell"

    37:48 The Money Part

    43:02 Kickstarter(s)

    50:35 Coaching

    53:06 Outro


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    • 54 min
    My 2-year indie postmortem

    My 2-year indie postmortem

    Article: https://www.valadria.com/my-2-year-indie-postmortem/



    🎹 Music

    https://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_3.php?q=879

    https://stevenmelin.itch.io/lo-fi-atmospheres-music-pack

    https://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_3.php?q=1601


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    • 15 min
    Gamedev Bosses & Coping with Solodev

    Gamedev Bosses & Coping with Solodev

    Show Notes


    The Early Days of id Software
    How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself
    🐷 Pixel Washer (Steam page)
    Silver, a font for games by Poppy Works
    Jeremy Jackson
    Performative Game Development: The Design and Marketing of Nuclear Throne



    Music


    Frozen Karma
    SuloSounds
    Phantom Anthem Wubs
    I Am a Monster Sans Vocals


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    • 20 min

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