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Nice Games Club - a gamedev podcast!

Lydia, Stephen, and Mark

The podcast where nice gamedevs talk gaming and game development. Nice!

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"That’s not a friendship!" Parasocial Relationships;...

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2022/06/23

Your nice hosts bring deep topics to the clubhouse this week! Listen in as Stephen forgets the name of the Uncharted lead character (but remembers the voice actor), Ellen brings up Mass Effect many, many times and Mark describes more interesting tidbits about Widget Satchel's development.Serious Play ConferenceLumbearJack - YouTubeSlayers X: Terminal Aftermath: Vengance of the Slayer - SteamMax's award! - TwitterReed the Robotanist - SteamHere's a CableACE award.0:09:25Parasocial

Nice Thinking: "A Local Indies Tournament"

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2022/06/16

It's a packed episode this week, with birthdays, illnesses, and some Nice Thinking. Stephen, Mark, and Ellen discuss how the group might put on a tournament for local gamers, featuring locally-made indie games. How can one create a competition that involves many different games of widely different genres? Hopefully your nice hosts are up to the challenge. Either way, you're in for a treat! Plus, we get to finally hear Stephen's TRUE feelings about Star Trek.Prehistoric Planet on Apple TV - BBCThe

Teaching Gamedev to Young People, Again! (with Chris...

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2022/06/09

It's a sequel to last week's episode! This week, your nice hosts speak with Kent State University animation and game design professor Chris Totten about formal game design education. We get into the details of theory and practice, and discuss how teaching gamedev is both similar and different from other professional and artistic fields.Teaching Gamedev to Young People, Again!Game DesignIRLAn Architectural Approach to Level Design - Christopher W. TottenKudzu - Pie for Breakfast Studios, itch.ioLa

Teaching Gamedev to Young People (with Truman Simpson)

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2022/06/03

In this episode Truman Simpson joins us to talk about teaching game development to young people, through Gameheads, an organization for which Truman is a long standing volunteer. The clubhouse discusses the importance of seeing what is possible and what is achievable, and Stephen is jealous of today's youths.Teaching Gamedev to Young PeopleGame DesignIRLGameheadsTruman Simpson volunteers with Gameheads. Gameheads is an organization that teaches youth and prepares them for careers in game

"Start fresh, in a certain way." Diagramming Gameplay...

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2022/05/27

In this episode, Stephen, Mark, and Ellen talk about gameplay loops. Then, they talk about art direction. Then they talk about loops. And then art direction. And then, more loops. Just kidding! It’s a regular roundtable discussion about diagramming gameplay, establishing art direction, and when to take out the garbage.Habitica: Gamify Your LifeEducating Intuition - Robin M. Hogarth, University of Chicago Press0:15:20Diagramming Gameplay LoopsActionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and

Machine Learning (with Anna-Lena Pontet and Luzia...

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2022/05/19

At GDC, your nice hosts met and spoke with this week's returning guests. We were so impressed with their project "[i] doesn't exist," we wanted to have them on a full episode to talk about the unique machine learning system they built for it. Be nice and have a listen!LUAL Games on Twitter"[i] doesn't exist" demo - itch.io[I] doesn't exist - a modern text adventure - KickstarterIf you're in Sweden, Lu and Al and their game will be at Arctic Game Week next week, May 25-28, 2022.We first met Lu and Al

Postmortem: "LxJamathon" (with Mark Hamilton and...

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2022/05/12

It's a Nice Postmortem! Ellen brings her instructional design colleague Mark Hamilton to discuss the development process behind the LxJamathon, a combination of both a hackathon and a game jam meant to allow instructional designers to practice their skills! Find out what went well and what didn't in this fascinating look into the event.Postmortem: "LxJamathon"ProductionInstructional Design Reddit - RedditInstructional Design Discord - DiscordLxJamathon Website - Ellen Burns-Johnson and Mark

Nice Games Jam: "Blame the Cat! (with Monica Fan)"

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2022/05/06

Game designer Monica Fan joins us this week for a Nice Games Jam that is extra-mischievous and extra-cute. There's drama amongst the roommates, and we're pretty sure the cat's to blame. But can we prove it? Can your Nice Hosts (and Nice Guest) make a playable prototype by the end of the episode? How many times will Stephen say "meow" before the outro rolls? So many questions!Monica Fan @DesignerMonica - TwitterWait Wait...Don't Tell Me! - NPRHere's the best way to shuffle a pack of cards – with a

Postmortem: "Infernax" (with Hunter Bond and Mike...

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2022/04/29

It's a Nice Postmortem! Hunter Bond and Mike Ducarme talk the making of Infernax—an old school adventure platformer with puzzle elements, unholy curses, and lots of old-school awesomeness. From its earliest conception to playtesting, promoting, and publishing, what did they do and what did they learn?Postmortem: "Infernax"ProductionInfernax - TwitterJust Shapes and BeatsBerzerk StudioAs promised, Hunter's PO Box: PO Box 10275, Albuquerque, NM 87184Hunter BondGuestMike DucarmeGuest

GDC 2022 Special (Part 2)

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2022/04/21

Settle in, because we could only trim the 5+ hours of interviews we recorded last month at GDC down to 2 hours. Of course, if you want to hear all of it, there's always the Patreon... 😉The game Mark has been working on, "Dreamsettler," was officially announced on April 5th!GDC 2022 Special (Part 2)Cat Cafe ManagerRoost GamesStrange Horticulture, a game about selling plants, is one of the best games thi…Nicole CarpenterPolygonSmall LifeyueqiWUPuzzles for ClefWeasel TokenDune: Spice Wars launches in

Work Weeks (with August Brown)

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2022/04/15

What does your work week look like? Are you locked into a 9-to-5 the way that Dolly Parton described it, or are you free to set your own schedule? What about your team as a whole? In this week's episode, August Brown is back on the show to help us explore the topic of work week structure. The company where August currently works, Armor Games, has made headlines by shifting permanently to a four-day work week. We ask him how it's going, what other work-week configurations might have benefits for

Nice Thinking: "Games With Your Dogs"

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2022/04/07

Dog lovers are in for a treat this week as we discuss ideas for games to play with your dog! Mark and Ellen enthusiastically bring many ideas to the clubhouse, while Stephen has a unique perspective on the topic. Also: Ellen beats Metroid Dread! (There are spoilers for the game in the episode.)Turns out Stephen was wrong, there are credits in the most recent build of Fingeance!Peter Yang was on previously to discuss his work on pitching tabletop games.Pitching Tabletop GamesIndie Boards and

GDC 2022 Special (Part 1)

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2022/03/31

Your nice hosts, plus Dale, traveled to California for free bagels (and other reasons) in this first part of our yearly GDC special.GDC 2022 Special (Part 1)Games Industry GatheringYerba Buena GardensIGF Accepts Over 400 Entries for GDC 2022Independent Games Festival'Unpacking' and 'Inscryption' Lead in IGF 2022 NominationsIndependent Games FestivalInscryption wins the IGF Grand Prize and GDC Game Of The Year Award 2022Jai Singh BainsRock Paper Shotgun

"Source code is viewable." Building Assets and...

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2022/03/24

This week your nice hosts are joined again by Alina Matson in a fun roundtable episode! Join us as we continue through Ellen's Metroid Dread journey, Stephen's newest discovery, and Mark's potential bonus side hustle.Alina was previously on the show to talk about visual coding!Visual Coding0:05:33Building Assets and PluginsCharles was last on the show on this episode about Level Editors.Level EditorsCharles destroys his brother on the airRewired Unity PluginGuavamanUnity Asset StorePlaymaker

Visual Coding (with Alina Matson)

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2022/03/18

This week we're joined by Alina Matson, developer of Fitment—a microworkout app designed with cozy gamers in mind. Alina talks about how she has used the popular Unity plugin Playmaker to kick-start her transition from a career in mechanical engineering to gamedev. Positive vibes abound. Plus, surprise singing!Visual CodingProgrammingToolsPlaymaker - Hutong Games, Unity Asset StoreBolt - Unity, Unity Asset StoreBlueprint Visual Scripting - Unreal EngineProcessingScratch - MIT10 Most Nostalgic Flash

“Done enough.” Milestone Builds; Wikis and Guides

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2022/03/10

It's a day of celebration in the clubhouse as Ellen finally starts Metroid Dread. Meanwhile, Mark delivers, and Stephen looks it up (but isn't happy about it).André 3000 on the 10th anniversary of his ‘Class of 3000’ soundtrack - David Dennis Jr., AndscapeHint, hint... - Mike Rose, Twitter0:13:18Milestone BuildsMilestoneWikipedia0:46:47Wikis and GuidesHow to pause Elden RingJeffrey ParkinPolygon

Game Dev London does Nice Games Jam

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2022/03/03

For our 250th episode, your nice hosts play a few rounds of a pair of games made by the folks from Game Dev London as part of their very own Nice Games Jam! Ellen makes fun sounds, Mark counts all his Jefferies Tubes, and Stephen is reliable as the morning sun.We talked about big episode numbers in:"A Spark Plug." 200th Episode SpecialStephen's grumpy tweet.Game Dev London0:18:36Safecracker!!Nice Games Club's 1hr Game Jam Challenge - Part 1Game Dev LondonYouTubeCreating "Safecracker!!" in part 1 of

"I got all the moons." Games You Get for Free; Joy...

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2022/02/26

This week, your Nice Hosts talk about "games you get for free" on various gaming platforms. Also, the trio explores the relationship between "fun" and "joy"—and where does "engaging" fit in? Ellen won't tell us the grade, and Stephen is told he has to yell at Mark.Amber Waves of Games"America the Beautiful" sung by Ray Charles - YouTubeYou made it! Thanks for another unforgettable year of Global Game Jam!15:00Games You Get for FreeXbox Game Pass Ultimate tip: How to get 3 years of access to hundreds

"Additional things and stuff."

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2022/02/17

Hiatus flew by this year for your nice hosts, but they're back in the newly-renovated clubhouse with their annual recounting of what they got up to while away. Ellen keeps a promise, Stephen returns a gift, and Mark sees thru' these architects eyes.Our renovated clubhouse table.These foam acoustic panels came vacuum-sealed, so they needed to be soaked in water to inflate them.Of course, once-inflated, the water-logged panels needed to be dried out, which meant an hour in the dryer.It was pretty hard

Nice Thinking: "Sledgehammer Bride" [Nice Replay]

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2022/02/10

#240Sledgehammer BrideNice Thinking2021.10.28It's Stephen's turn at Nice Thinking, our new episode format where we brainstorm around a single concept someone brings into the clubhouse. Get ready for your first contact with the Sledgehammer Bride!Glom will be part of Wordplay 2021, November 13-14 - Hand Eye SocietySledgehammer Bride Stephen McGregorGame DesignNarrativeA Brief History of Beat ’em Up Video Games - Hero ConceptProspective Teachers Misperceive Black Children as Angry - Bryan

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