Matt Hackett

Matt Hackett

Game developer and author of How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself.
Jan
09
2-year indie postmortem

📊 My 2-year indie postmortem

2 indie years: what went right, what went wrong, and lessons learned. Let's go!
12 min read
Dec
12
Pigxel the pig with the Tiled map editor logo

❄️ Chilled-out gamedev with Tiled

Experience some real-life game dev with me & Tiled, the open source map editor.
3 min read
Dec
05
3 Game Dev Bosses

⚔️ 3 Game Dev Bosses

Making games is hard. All of it is hard, but especially the bosses. There are many, but here are three
3 min read
Oct
31
How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself (50% OFF!)

🎃 Spooky sales & a special Halloween level

Solo game dev book How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself is 50% off for one week! Also some spooky pixels.
3 min read
Oct
24
PIXELS + ECS

🐷 Pixel Washer devlog: introduction

Pixel Washer! The what, why, and what's next?
8 min read
Oct
17
Make the Game with Geoff Blair (and Matt Hackett)

🎙 Make the Game with Geoff Blair

This is my 251st podcast with Geoff Blair, cohost of our long-running podcast Lostcast!
1 min read
Oct
10
Steam Dev Cheat Sheet

📈 The Steam Dev Cheat Sheet

It's The Steam Dev Cheat Sheet! A dense collection of best practices, magic formulas, and Steam knowledge.
11 min read
Oct
03
How to Make a Web Game All By Yourself

🕷 How to Make a Web Game All By Yourself

A 20-minute talk to help you make a web game as a solo developer.
16 min read
Sep
26
Heart Beast / Game Dev

💟 Main Project Syndrome with Ben Anderson (HeartBeast)

A fun chat with Ben Anderson (AKA HeartBeast) about game dev, YouTube, & game engines.
1 min read
Sep
19
Unity Debacle

🔥 The Unity Debacle

Unity *sigh* what are you doing?? Let's talk it out, as well as owning your game dev tools.
2 min read