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Hacking the Grepson 117: The World Outside
Where outside do you want to go today?
Hacking the Grepson 116: Godot Sandbox Tinkering
Matt has created a 2D overhead sandbox project in Godot with the help of Claude Code. Mike looks at it and thinks it is pretty neat. Then both Matt and Mike talk about it. Gamedev continues apace!
Hacking the Grepson 115: Rorasuketo Creator Interview
Last time on the podcast we talked about a game in development called Rorasuketo. This time we talk about it again, but with one small change: the creator is with us! Matt and Mike and Cam chat about…
Hacking the Grepson 114: Rorasuketo
Roller derby, JRPGs, blogging, existential panic...Matt and Mike cover it all by introducing a long-running game project by a fellow developer nearly done with their own game, Rorasuketo. *…
Hacking the Grepson 113: Gaming with Godot
In order to expand their gamedev sensibilities a bit more, Matt and Mike talk about their decision to give Godot a try in helping them create a game. * Godot
Hacking the Grepson 112: Game Dev Blahs
It's been a while since we talked about game development and, more specifically, Let's Make a Game!, our project to actually make a video game together. Holidays and Advent of Code happened, which…
Hacking the Grepson 111: Happy New Grep 2026
Happy New Year, as it is officially 2026, according to when this was recorded. Matt is out for this episode, so Mike shares some silly HtG songs he's made with source material from the first 100…
Hacking the Grepson 110: Advent of Code 2025, Day 7-12
Matt and Mike wrap up the 2025 edition of Advent of Code by going through days 7 through 12. * https://adventofcode.com/2025
Hacking the Grepson 109: Advent of Code 2025, Day 7 Live
Matt and Mike take a look at Advent of Code 2025, Day 7 live on the episode! We try to make heads or tails of it in half an hour. Will we solve it? Clickbait description demands you listen and find…
Hacking the Grepson 108: Advent of Code 2025, Day 1-6
It's December, which means it's Advent of Code time! Taking a break from our "Let's Make a Game!" project to instead help elves figure out programming problems is what this episode is all about. Matt…
Hacking the Grepson 107: Gamely Checking
More words and thoughts and ideas and progress on our combined efforts at figured out both Defold and Love2D to make a game. Matt talks about playing around with his slingshot prototype and Mike…
Hacking the Grepson 106: Gamey Checky
Mike shares some updates on the game-making progress achieved recently (still no finished game to share with each other yet, but working on it!).
Hacking the Grepson 105: Game Checkin: Sprites and Animation
Matt and Mike continue their Let's Make a Game experiment, spending time going over the progress made so far in their Love2D and Defold prototypes. Matt also shows how Claude works on the command…
Hacking the Grepson 104: Game-Making Check-In
Matt and Mike check in again on their progress of making a game. More discussion ensues about preferences, recent games played, and about Defold and Love2D, including some recent efforts made by both.
Hacking the Grepson 103: What Game Engine Should We Use?
Matt and Mike continue to discuss more details about the game they're going to make. On this episode the decision of which engine/language/IDE they're going to primarily use is made...sort of.
Hacking the Grepson 102: What Kind of Game Should We Make?
Our new season, focused solely on making a video game of some sort, continues apace. This is a lengthy one, filled with discussions of game mechanics, likes/dislikes, and potential ideas to follow up…
S2E101 Hacking the Grepson 101: Let's Make a Game!
For Season 2 of Hacking the Grepson, we're going to make a game! What kind of game? Which platform(s)? What genre/theme/setting? Who knows?! Let's try to start attempting to figure it out.
S1E100 Hacking the Grepson 100: Season 1 Recap
We've done a hundred episodes of this podcast. Wow. Matt and Mike come to terms with this fact, and perhaps give an idea of what's to come with the next hundred episodes.
S1E99 Hacking the Grepson 099: Teams
You can't always do everything by yourself. That's when you need a group of people! Are those people working towards a common goal? Well, then you might have a team. Matt and Mike, as a team, talk…
S1E98 Hacking the Grepson 098: Tutorialization
How much can a developer assume about a user of their software? It's not always immediately clear, but as time has gone on the way that tutorials have presented themselves has changed. Mike uses an…
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Hacking the Grepson has published 100 episodes since July 2022, covering topics in Education, Hobbies.
Hacking the Grepson is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 38m.
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