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Matt Hackett

@richtaur.bsky.social

Friendly neighborhood game dev (he/him) πŸ“™ 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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Oh, I forgot, your reply is DEAD!

15.02.2026 05:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the only irrefutable game dev advice:

15.02.2026 05:32 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

16 is the sweet spot to me!

14.02.2026 08:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Chess 2: The Endless Knight

13.02.2026 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love to see it!

12.02.2026 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“ˆ 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:

πŸ“ˆ What Works For Getting Wishlists?

Great advice for Steam devs from @piratepr.com!

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

12.02.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

12.02.2026 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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?

12.02.2026 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Same!! Good on ya πŸ’ͺ😎

07.02.2026 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tiny tiny little hummingbird tongue

Tiny tiny little hummingbird tongue

blep

07.02.2026 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

04.02.2026 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
[Phil Connors (Bill Murray) in Groundhog Day (1993) at the groundhog day event] Well, I got a new game idea ... again

[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

02.02.2026 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You can do it πŸ’ͺ

30.01.2026 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🌍 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...

29.01.2026 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tiniest little hummingbird tongue

Tiniest little hummingbird tongue

look at that tiny blep!!!

29.01.2026 05:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

maybe this could heal me

29.01.2026 05:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

beautiful 😍

21.01.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

good job content marketing!

21.01.2026 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Feel that ❀️

21.01.2026 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats πŸŽ‰

20.01.2026 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh!Ware on Steam Sow the seeds of victory, forge alliances, and carve your own destiny. A spiritual Mancala roguelike where every marble shapes the board and your fate. Every pit is a choice and every marble, a desper...

It's been a long time coming! Oh!Ware, a roguelike inspired by Mancala, is officially live on Steam!

πŸ”΅ Collect marbles.
βš”οΈ Challenge gods and spirits.
✨ Bend destiny.

WISHLIST NOW!
store.steampowered.com/app/4121430/...

19.01.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 12

The memories! The ART! Ahhh so good

18.01.2026 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Here's a great opportunity to promote your game:

#indiegamedev (via @jeremyjackson.bsky.social)

17.01.2026 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Awesome, cheers for this!

I'm working on Pixel Washer, a simple and cozy game about the satisfaction of washing dirty pixels. Being published by @playacclaim.bsky.social!

πŸš™πŸ«§πŸ”«πŸ·

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

17.01.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Such a crisp and clean shot!

13.01.2026 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So good

13.01.2026 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I tried and failed very badly πŸ’€

09.01.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hmmmmmmm that's very true

09.01.2026 05:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the nightly struggle 😭 relatable!

08.01.2026 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Really sad to see this news from Cloudhead (developers of Pistol Whip).

Hope everybody recovers as quickly and painlessly as possible.

If you're looking to hire some incredible devs, see the linked spreadsheet:

07.01.2026 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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