Make the Game: Building a career's worth of games industry knowledge
Make the Game with Matt HackettShow Notes
Welcome to the first episode of Make the Game! We're going to make video games together and it's gonna be a blast.
I'm Matt Hackett and for this first episode let's start with a ton of great places online to gear up your games industry knowledge. Heard of Gamedeveloper.com, Game Maker's Toolkit, Sequelitis? If not you are in for a TREAT and if so let's talk about how great they are and give you even more resources to explore. A fountain of knowledge awaits you.
Show Notes
More about me
Past: LDG and Lostcast
gamedeveloper.com - My articles there
Game Maker's Toolkit
Lost Garden
Red Blob Games
The 7 game dev resources that are SO GOOD they will change how you SPEAK
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