Nice Games Jam
Ellen is back to help out with a Nice Games Jam! Our prompt: create a JRPG-inspired game in under an hour. But like any good JRPG, it took twice as long to complete as expected...
2020.01.28
It's a gamedev podcast!
The show where nice gamedevs Ellen Burns-Johnson, Mark LaCroix, and Stephen McGregor (with friends and guests) talk gaming and game development!
with August Brown
This week, August Brown (senior producer for Kongregate Publishing) enters the clubhouse to reveal the secrets of successful developer/publisher relationships!
2020.01.21
- Writing for Games
- Intellectual Property and the Public Domain
Your Nice Hosts are back from PodCon 2 and fresh off the Global Game Jam where Martha wrote a game for the first time! We talk all about that experience as well as celebrate Public Domain Day for the first time in 20 years.
2020.01.14
with Marina Kittaka
This week, your nice hosts are joined by Marina Kittaka, artist and co-developer on the upcoming Anodyne 2: Return to Dust.
2020.01.07
"100 times nice." 100th Episode Special
2019.12.31
- Language of Games
- Sequels
This week, Martha admits to piracy, Stephen tells Nintendo to just stop making GameCube controllers already, and Mark tells his favorite video game story which is about buttons because Mark is boring.
2019.12.24
Nicest of 2019
#161
It's time once again to bring you the Nicest Games of 2019! Or rather, the nicest games that we played in 2019. We also talk about our game dev resolutions and the games we are excited for in 2020.
- Writing for Games
- Reravel
- Video Game Nostalgia
#160
2019.12.10
- Calendar Math (Production Schedules)
- Calendar Math (Real Time in Games)
#159
This week on the show, your nice hosts take two very different in-depth approaches to a topic that pops up a lot on the show: the ever-challenging calendar math!
2019.12.03
"Space ferrets lift off!" Widget Satchel Special
#158
2019.11.29
Nice Games Jam
#157
This week, our boyfriend Dylan gave your nice hosts a prompt to create "a narrative game where the story is told backwards." This one is a slow burn, but it really cooks by the end!
2019.11.19
- Localization
- Navigation
- Dale’s Additional Travel Tips
#156
Nice Games Club Social Media Manager (and Evil Games Co-host) Dale LaCroix joins us to discuss Localization and Navigation, both in games and IRL. Is Google Translate enough for your game? Will your awesome pun work in Spanish?
2019.11.12
with Eric Johnson
#155
2019.11.05
- Finding Fidelity
- Taking Feedback
#154
2019.10.29
- Multi-Generational Gaming
- Noble Failures
#153
It's story time this week in the clubhouse. Featuring updates on projects from Martha, endless family game fights with Stephen, and Mark's shady past as a rhythm game DJ (he needed the money, but there was no money).
2019.10.22