Make the Game with Matt Hackett

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Make the Game with Matt Hackett

Show Notes

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

Amazon wishlist (thanks!)

๐Ÿ“™ How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself

Game Marketing GOLD with Chris Zukowski

Twitter: @richtaur

Podcast: Make the Game

๐Ÿ“บ YouTube: @Valadria

RedLetterMedia

SEA (space videos)

Join the Valadria Discord

YouTube: @richtaur

Steam: Witchmore, Pixel Washer

The Clark Tank!

Game Maker's Toolkit

๐Ÿ”ฅ 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

๐Ÿ“ˆ 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)

๐Ÿฅ“ 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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Links and more: https://www.valadria.com/how-to-get-back-into-game-development/

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