- Day-One Patches
- Crunch
#165
2020.03.10
It's a gamedev podcast!
The show where nice gamedevs Lydia Symchych, Mark LaCroix, and Stephen McGregor (with friends and guests) talk gaming and game development!
Nice Games Bulletin
#164
Ellen Burns-Johnson joins us in the club house to discuss the latest in game dev news! We talk about the latest releases, GDC getting "postponed", Kickstarter unionizing and more. Be nice and have a listen!
2020.03.03
"We are making progress toward that, then." What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-20)
#162
We're back! This week, your nice hosts talk about what they did over their winter break, from taking up residence in a new clubhouse, to developing a new logo and website, and more! But in the end, everything is still nice.
2020.02.19
Nice Games Jam
It's another Nice Games Jam! This time, our boyfriend Dylan sent in a particularly interesting challenge, asking your nice hosts to design a game where the player's load-out impacts the game's controls.
2020.02.11
- Audio Basics
- Representation in Games
In this episode, your nice hosts make sure you know that Treasure Stack, the game Stephen "is paid to work on," is coming out Friday, March 1st!
2020.02.04
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
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