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Sep
04
Promo Art

đŸ”Ĩ Steam Game Promo Art - Photography and Fire

This is the story of the new Steam promo art for Pixel Washer. Pigs, toys, models, and CLEANSING FIRE await!
17 min read
Aug
21
Steam Overview

🛠ī¸ Steam overview for game devs

Steam is amazing! It's also overwhelming, so let's take a quick tour.
5 min read
Aug
07
Pixel Washer Devlog 2

🐷 Pixel Washer: Devlog 2

Here's some real-world game dev! Let's look at all the new goodies in Pixel Washer.
3 min read
Jul
24
Stop Citing Other Games

đŸšĢ STOP describing your game using other games

Here are 3 reasons to describe your game itself instead of saying, "It's like X meets Y"
7 min read
Jun
26
Games That Pay the Bills

💰 Making games that pay the bills: 6 steps to profitability

A process that helps come up with hooky concepts and estimate how successful they could be on Steam.
9 min read
Jun
11
5 Features For All Games

🛠 5 features I include in all my games

Work faster and smarter!
6 min read
May
22
Climbing Content Mountain

🏔 Climbing content mountain

Tips & advice for climbing content mountain, that gigantic, intimidating middle part of finishing a game.
6 min read
May
07
What's The Best Thing You Ever Made?

🏆 What's the best thing you ever made?

What's the BEST thing you ever made? Think about that while we discuss this and other topics like creativity & determination.
3 min read
Apr
23
How to do GDC with Matt Hackett (and yep that's a quick selfie I took with Harry Brewis!)

🕹ī¸ How to do GDC

How to attend GDC on an indie budget: badges, hotels, parties, and more!
2 min read
Apr
09
Don't Stop Posting: Make the Game with Matt Hackett

🛑 Don't Stop Posting

Don't stop posting! In The New Internet, it's never been more important to keep posting, to keep getting the word out about your game.
1 min read