- Secrets & Easter Eggs
- Player Trust
#296
In this episode, Mark makes up a reason to take a road trip, Ellen outwits everyone, and Stephen was also there.
2023.03.16
Roundtable
- Visual Composition
- Minigames
#294
This week, your nice hosts talk about last week and next week. Mark wants you to frame things, Stephen wants a definition, and Ellen wants you to start a fight with her on Discord.
2023.03.02
- Save Data
- Interdisciplinary Communication
#289
The clubhouse comes together this week to realize the danger and fear surrounding Save Data. Mark talks about the advantages of Json and xml, then immediately tells why he choose neither of them for his project.
2022.11.30
- Cameras
- Bug Tracking and Triage
#286
Lots of technical talk in this episode as your nice hosts wade into these two large topics!
2022.11.10
- Branding & Iconography
- The Ethics of Engagement
#284
It's spooky season! Stephen is SO over it, but he can't escape all the scary stuff happening in this week's episode.
2022.10.28
- Pre-production
- Idle Games
#282
Your nice hosts start off strong with an excellently performed intro, and it just gets better from there!
2022.10.13
- Keeping a Game Design Journal
- Bringing Other Media into Games
#280
In this slightly-longer-than-normal episode, we start with a pandemic check-in. (Bivalent boosters are available! Go get 'em!) Ellen leads us on a journaling journey, sharing the embarrassing evidence of past attempts.
2022.09.30
- Verisimilitude
- Indie Game Credits
#278
Your nice hosts' pronunciation is on point this week as they say a really hard word a large number of times!
2022.09.14
- Broken games
- Support Systems
#276
In this episode the your nice hosts discuss broken games, solved games, and purposely broken games. Ellen realizes that even if it is broken, doesn't mean you need to fix it.
2022.09.01
- GameMaker for Unity Devs
- Inspiration from Behavioral Economics
#274
Your nice hosts accidentally stumble into the thesis of the show as this episode explores these two topics!
2022.08.17
- Maintaining an Open-Source Project
- Should we design for Killers?
#270
In this larger than normal episode, your nice hosts bring a lot to the top of the show with a bunch of exciting news. And there's still two topics to discuss after that!
2022.07.20
- Curling
- Off-Ramps
#268
2022.07.07
- Parasocial Relationships
- Narrative Pacing
#266
2022.06.23
- Diagramming Gameplay Loops
- Art Direction
#262
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!
2022.05.26
- Building Assets and Plugins
- Ink Engine
#253
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.
2022.03.24