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!

  • Watching Games
  • Narrative in Games
  • Board Games

Our 10th(!!!) episode has your nice hosts teetering on the edge of not-so-niceness as they each describe something they just don't get (or don't quite like) in gaming, and hope the other two can bring them around.

2018.11.27
 
  • Gaming Mastery
  • Strategy Guides and Wikis
  • Designing Party Games

Some firsts in this episode: Our first iTunes review (thanks, Abdiwak!), our first episode of interconnected topics, and our first big ideological disagreement (ooo, drama!).

2018.11.20
 
  • Optimization
  • Pokémon
#112

In this week's episode, Mark tackles optimization and Martha attempts to Catch 'em all.

2018.11.15
 
  • Game Dev as a Day Job
  • Unions
#111

This week on Nice Games Club we talk all about the labor of love that is making games for a living: how it can be great, how it can be not-so-great and how it could get better.

2018.11.06
 
with Freya Holmer
#110

Freya Holmér, co-founder of Neat Corporation (makers of VR stealth game Budget Cuts) and creator of Shader Forge, joins the clubhouse remotely from Sweden, while your nice hosts join Freya on her regular gamedev Twitch

2018.10.30
 
with Krista McCullough
#109

On this week’s episode, your nice hosts talk with local artist/developer and VR Creative at Pixel Farm, Krista McCullough, about VR workflows and a lot more!

2018.10.23
 
  • 90s Consoles
  • Video Game Soundtracks
#108

This week your Nice Hosts turn the Club House into a time machine to discuss 90s consoles and listen to some wicked video game soundtracks.

2018.10.17
 
Code Comment: "Adjacency"
#107

This week’s episode is another edition of Code Comment, where your nice hosts look at the project, code, assets, and design of an indie game to see how it’s made.

2018.10.10
 
  • Space Exploration games
  • Gaming Habits
#106

This week, Stephen promises he can stop whenever he wants, Martha gets there eventually, and Mark earns 100%.

2018.10.02
 
Nice Games Jam
#105

This week on Nice Games Club we are trying out a new type of episode: Nice Games Jam! We get a topic from Martha’s boyfriend Dylan and then attempt to create a playable game by the end of the episode.

2018.09.25
 
  • Hub Worlds and Safe Houses
  • Environmental Storytelling
#104

This week on the program, Mark starts playing Spider-Man, Stephen ignores your narrative, and Martha is very smart.

2018.09.18
 
  • Modding
  • Self-publishing Must-haves
#103

This week on Nice Games Club your nice hosts talk all about Modding and Self-Publishing Must-Haves. Stephen explains different viewpoints on mod-ownership, Martha goes fishing on easier mode and Mark makes too many gifs.

2018.09.11
 
Code Comment: "Verdant Skies"
#102

This week, we look at Verdant Skies, the sci-fi life-simluation game from Howling Moon Software, available now on Steam,

2018.09.06
 
  • Pitching to Consoles
  • Turn-Based RPGs
#101

This week, Mark doesn’t respect your secrets (but will keep them), Martha tells us where D&D really comes from, and Stephen reveals that he will play a Kirby RPG if someone makes one for him.

2018.08.29
 
"100 times nice." 100th Episode Special
#100

In this episode, your nice hosts celebrate 100 episodes of Nice Games!

2018.08.22