Valadria: The land of making & selling games

Oct

06

🐷 Pixel Washer Launches October 15 Into Early Access

Pixel Washer Launches October 15 Into Early Access! Let's chat about the game and how/why games take so long to make.

Oct 6, 2026

1 min read

Sep

16

❤️ How to support an indie game

4 ways to help out an indie game dev. Show your support to get more cool games!

Sep 16, 2026

4 min read

Sep

02

⚡️ How Heartbeast Shipped a Game in 4 Months

Tips to help develop a game FAST!

Sep 2, 2026

6 min read

Aug

05

🗓️ How Steam Personalized Calendar can help you sell games

MORE Steam min-maxing?! Yup even more to know, that's OK, this one's pretty small.

Aug 5, 2026

5 min read

Jun

03

🐷 Wash away the pain with the Pixel Washer demo

The Pixel Washer demo is out NOW! Relax with about 30 minutes of soothing, satisfying pixel washing.

Jun 3, 2026

3 min read

May

06

♟️ Learning VS Doing

(removing the cobwebs) HELLO again and welcome to a new Make the Game. Let's talk about Learning VS Doing, games publishing, and more.

May 6, 2026

2 min read

Dec

31

🧠 Game Dev Takeaways From 2025

This year I learned that I need to make games faster and focus on Steam, among many learnings listed here. Let's discuss!

Dec 31, 2025

6 min read

Dec

17

🎙️ Acclaim, Side Projects, and Content Marketing

Matt discusses publishing with Acclaim, how to juggle a job and game dev pursuits, plus thoughts on content marketing.

Dec 17, 2025

2 min read

Nov

05

📺 Video: Publishing with Acclaim

Let's talk about Acclaim publishing my game Pixel Washer! Exciting times ahead.

Nov 5, 2025

1 min read

Oct

15

"It matters more that it exists." with Matt Hackett (left) and Thomas Stewart (right)

🛠️ Building a fulfilling creative career as a solo dev

An honest conversation about designing your indie game dev life with Thomas Stewart.

Oct 15, 2025

2 min read