Matt Hackett

lol yeah it's the worst

🕹️ How to do GDC | Make the Game Links & more: https://www.valadria.com/how-to-do-gdc/ Hi game devs! It's time for another advice video that's really for me but also I make public to help fellow my devs (and sell books)! This time…

Have fun at GDC next week, if you're going!

Here's a lil advice video I made after attending for like a decade:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AUD... #indiegamedev

WAVEFORM PSX (Vol. 2), by Joshua Morse 4 track album

happy Friday new Joshua Morse fusion album just dropped 🎶

joshuamorse.bandcamp.com/album/wavefo...

Important news:

This wizard has scrolls in his beard!

Genius.

Spotted from @remotegamejobs.com; GameDev.tv is offering 5 indie game devs $500 each as a sponsorship and applications close March 8th. That may be comparatively small to some, but to a lot of teams that can be a big help, and I love to see this kind of generous support.

gamedev.tv/p/indie-game...

Steam community requesting additional body types for added immersion.

A large block of sentient tofu

Steam community: “Can we play as a male character?”

Me (indie dev in this economy):
“Best I can do is sentient tofu.”

Pixel Washer on Steam Pixel Washer is a cozy, zen-like game where you play as a cute piggy power washing beautiful pixelated worlds. Wash dirty sprites, upgrade your power washer, and clean up this filthy town.

(crawling out of my game dev hole real quick)

OH RIGHT my upcoming wash 'em up Pixel Washer is part of the #BIGSpringShowcase TOMORROW! 8AM Pacific

🐷🫧 Cute piggies and relaxing gameplay comin' atcha

store.steampowered.com/app/2572060/...

So cool!!

Sounds like a cool game! I added you here: bsky.app/starter-pack...

🌴DEMO ANNOUNCEMENT🌴 Surprise! I am thrilled to announce that the demo for Ourlands, my cozy island builder, just went live! Take a break from, well, everything, and go craft your perfect slice of paradise.

Enjoy!

s.team/a/2074470

Horse fest?! I love the games industry

The boxes were so rare! Being the first set with gold cards made it feel so special (much like OG Zelda, it just occurred to me)

Aww yeah Legends! That's when I started playing/collecting. It was a glorious set

You can do it 💪😎

Beautiful 🤩

Oh, I forgot, your reply is DEAD!

This is the only irrefutable game dev advice:

16 is the sweet spot to me!

Chess 2: The Endless Knight

I love to see it!

📈 What Works For Getting Wishlists? PR and marketing expert Robby Bisschop gives us 5 ways to get wishlists for our Steam games.

Happy anniversary to:

📈 What Works For Getting Wishlists?

Great advice for Steam devs from @piratepr.com!

www.valadria.com/what-works-f... #indiegamedev

Oh yeah I can't even imagine what Valve could fund with their billions upon billions ... probably every indie game dev I've ever talked to lol

I think about this every time I see a dev posting about how they made their entire budget back 3 hours after launch or whatever.

Cool, happy for you, now where's your dev fund?

Same!! Good on ya 💪😎

Tiny tiny little hummingbird tongue

blep

GRIDbeat! Demo on Steam Dungeons! Danger! Rhythm Action! You just hacked into the biggest corporation in the world and stole an unfeasibly valuable amount of data, but getting in was the easy part. To get back out you’ll nee...

GRIDBEAT! DEMO IS ON STEAM!
tinyurl.com/gridbeatdemo
Ridiculous and Acclaim are proud to announce that a playable demo of GRIDbeat! is now available on STEAM.

We challenge you to see if you can beat the GRID… before it beats YOU!

#ridiculousgames #indiedev #rhythmgame @playacclaim.bsky.social

[Phil Connors (Bill Murray) in Groundhog Day (1993) at the groundhog day event] Well, I got a new game idea ... again

Happy Groundhog Day to game devs especially

You can do it 💪

🌍 How Translations Could Double Your Steam Success Tap into more of Steam's massive audience by translating your Steam page (and game).

Posted one year ago today:

🌍 How Translations Could Double Your Steam Success

Are you translating your Steam page? What about your game?? #indiegamedev

www.valadria.com/how-translat...

Tiniest little hummingbird tongue

look at that tiny blep!!!