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Feb
13
Matt Hackett can't seem to ever put his stupid phone down.

🎧 How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself: The Audiobook

How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself: The Audiobook is out NOW on Amazon, Audible, Spotify, and like 9,743 more platforms.
3 min read
Jan
25
The MONEY Episode: Make the Game with Matt Hackett

💰 The Money Episode

MONEY! Now that you're awake, let's discuss UI, "game shells", and yeah, money!
2 min read
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