40 episodes
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.
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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
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How to do GDC
We're talking about:
Preparing for GDC
Getting a badge (or not)
Lodging around GDC
A tour of Moscone Center
Navigating GDC parties
General tips & advice
🔗 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 🛠️
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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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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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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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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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