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Matt Hackett
@richtaur.bsky.social
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Friendly neighborhood game dev (he/him) 📙 Wrote How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself: https://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Video-Game-Yourself/dp/1736576208/ 🐷 Working on Pixel Washer: https://playacclaim.com/pixel-washer/
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 5d
[David Lynch looking awesome in sunglasses] i hope you all are having a lot of fun working on your favorite projects
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 18h
New game dev podcast time! Thomas Stewart and I had a great chat, check it out:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Ph... #indiegamedev
Building a Fulfilling Creative Career as a Solo Indie Developer | Matt Hackett
Check out @Valadria ➤ Valadria Website: https://www.valadria.com/ ➤ Pixel Washer: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2572060/Pixel_Washer/ ➤ Game Dev Book: https://amzn.to/4gYkiWR Follow me or buy…
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 1d
Fighting the good fight 💪 appreciate you
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 1d
Congrats 🎉
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 1d
Happy 2nd anniversary to the Steam Dev Cheat Sheet 🥂

LMK if any info is out of date! Good luck with your game 🎮

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STEAM DEV CHEAT SHEET Quick access to a collection of best practices & magic formulas: STEAM CAPSULE (Your Game) The single most IMPORTANT element since it's seen the most Clear Readable Game name Genre Hook(s) Hire on artist! THE DISCOVERY ALGORITHM Get 7,000+ wishlists before launch Get 10+ reviews ASAP (positive or negative, just need 10) The only punishing review status is OVERWHELMINGLY NEGATIVE (the rest are neutral for traffic) WISHLISTS About 15% of wishlists convert in the first week. ALL wishlisters are emailed at launch. Discount 20%+ to email wishlisters after launch. SALES ESTIMATES FROM REVIEWS One review represents about 20-55 soles. It's the New Boxleiter Number! ~30 is good So 100 reviews = about 3,000 copies sold. TRAILER (Viewers skip through trailers) Start strong Omit intro logos Direct to gameplay 60 seconds or less End with ONE CTA: Wishlist it or buy it Made in October 2023 From the author of How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself valadria.com
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 2d
Beautiful! I vote for Rydia 💚
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 4d
stunning 😍🦇💉
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 5d
[David Lynch looking awesome in sunglasses] i hope you all are having a lot of fun working on your favorite projects
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 7d
brb I'm gonna go have these game dev youtubers duke it out
A YouTube playlist showing two videos: 1. GAMEPLAY LOOPS - Go from Ideas to Gameplay using Gameplay Loops 2. make games using CHAINS! - Game Loops Are Out, Chains Are In
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 8d
to me it defines an independent work that made it into popular culture. it's very common for indie stuff to fly under the radar, but when everyone keeps talking about it (and/or it makes a ton of money) it reaches that "darling" status
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 9d
it's gotta be may
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 9d
Here's how I got a publisher for my indie game:

www.valadria.com/how-i-got-a-... #indiegamedev
🕹️ How I got a publisher for my indie game
Pixel Washer and Acclaim: the story so far!
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 10d
Hell yeah these are amazing
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 10d
Challenge: Impossible
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 12d
Great picks
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 13d
In our household we hate them so much we call them hell pies
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 13d
I experienced this just last night and it was beautiful
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 14d
That's a great album! Wake Up is my favorite but pretty much all bangers
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 14d
That would definitely be more on theme haha!
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 15d
Play another game you have around (eg chess) - the winner of that game gets the points for this Scrabble word
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 17d
Relatable 😭 I'm like a dog that was fed a meal at a place one (2) times and keep returning hoping for another but left wanting
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 17d
beautiful 😍
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 17d
these are really nice swords ⚔️
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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 17d
If the world seems miserable and hopeless:
- Take a nice hot shower
- Eat something
- Give a stranger a compliment
- Leave a nice comment on an indie creator's work
- Watch something you really love
- Put away the social media sometimes
- Remember you can make it
- Remember we can make it together
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 20d
That's really cool!
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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 22d
Beautiful 😍
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