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Matt Hackett

@richtaur.bsky.social

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Friendly neighborhood game dev (he/him) 🐷 Working on Pixel Washer: https://playacclaim.com/pixel-washer/ 📙 Buy my book! How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself: https://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Video-Game-Yourself/dp/1736576208/

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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · Oct 17

A bird told me loads of devs are flocking here so it is my duty to post the

📈 Steam Dev Cheat Sheet

A curated list of best practices and Steam knowledge, so handy! I'm working on a new version, follow for more #gamedev #indiedev

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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 5h

Beautiful! I vote for Rydia 💚

Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 1d

stunning 😍🦇💉

Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 2d

[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 · 5d

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 · 6d

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 · 7d

it's gotta be may

Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 7d

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!

www.valadria.com

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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 8d

Hell yeah these are amazing

Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 8d

Challenge: Impossible

Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 9d

Great picks

Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 11d

In our household we hate them so much we call them hell pies

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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 11d

I experienced this just last night and it was beautiful

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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 12d

That's a great album! Wake Up is my favorite but pretty much all bangers

Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 12d

That would definitely be more on theme haha!

Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 13d

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 · 14d

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

Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 15d

beautiful 😍

Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 15d

these are really nice swords ⚔️

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · 15d

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 · 18d

That's really cool!

Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 20d

Beautiful 😍

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unbreaded | Tic Tactic @unbreaded.bsky.social · 20d

TIC TACTIC IS OUT NOW ON STEAM!

(launch trailer was too big for bsky so please accept this clip instead)

#indiegames #deckbuilder #roguelike

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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 22d

👀

Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 22d

this is awesome! 🗺️

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Matt Hackett @richtaur.bsky.social · 22d

the peaks while going up content mountain *chef's kiss*

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Team Lazerbeam @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social · 22d

TBT getting ready to ship the prototype for our game, this time 1 year ago.

High fives to @richtaur.bsky.social for his wonderful game Development Map.

#gamedev #indiedev #gamedevelopment

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