- Instructions
- Cynicism
#362
It's a nice sleepover as this (and next) week's episode is recorded from Ellen's basement in Duluth. Mark has an angle, Ellen shares her topic, and Stephen manages.
2024.08.29
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!
- Theming vs. Aesthetics
- Parries
#361
It’s hot in the clubhouse and hot in Ellen’s greenhouse this week, so your hosts are eager to crunch through some discussion.
2024.08.22
with Dave McKee
#360
We invite music producer and sound designer Dave McKee into the clubhouse to talk about accessibility in games this week.
2024.08.15
- Targeting Multiple Platforms
- Spirit Island Spirits
#359
We face complexity head-on this episode with two topics that will get your neurons firing. Mark walks through considerations involved with publishing a game to multiple platforms.
2024.08.08
with Scott Lembcke
#358
"Pillar of the community" and creator of Chipmunk2D Scott Lembcke visits the clubhouse to talk velocity, constraints, and rigidbodies.
2024.08.01
- Familiarity
- Pacing Mechanics
#357
In this episode, Stephen gets excited about Summer Games Done Quick, reveals some Doctor Who spoilers, and then is shocked that Flappy Dragon has more dragons.
2024.07.25
Nice Games Jam
#356
In the first Nice Games Jam in a few months (and we made it a long one!), your nice hosts explore the history of bicycles to develop a racing board game.
2024.07.18
- Creative Direction
- Time Management
#355
Time is money, friend! Okay, not always. Sometimes time is a puzzle involving many interlocking responsibilities.
2024.07.11
with Ron Gilbert
#354
Your nice hosts welcome famed designer Ron Gilbert (Monkey Island, Thimbleweed Park) into the clubhouse to discuss the virtues of inexperience, friction for its own sake, how it's all about story, and it's puzzles all the way down.
2024.07.05
- Code Libraries
- Game Overs
#353
This week, your nice hosts talk about code that isn't yours and ask about the natural conclusion of the narrative. Mark is handy, Ellen kinda wants to add a note, and Stephen is grounded.
2024.06.27
with Ryan Adams
#352
This week we invite Ryan Adams, of Corgi Art House fame, to discuss his expertise in game production.
2024.06.20
- Pivoting
- Working on Multiple Projects
#351
This episode recounts each guests' recent project - Stephen is developing a new spirit for Spirit Island, Ellen is getting into music, and Mark talks at length about his car.
2024.06.13
with Kobe Anthony (aka MEMODEMO)
#350
As MEMODEMO, Kobe Anthony creates music for video games and inspired by video games. In this episode, we learn about Kobe's creative process for composing music.
2024.06.06
Nice Thinking
#349
Stephen brings a half-baked thought into the clubhouse for this Nice Thinking episode: how can we improve dialogue systems? He's got some opinions, which Mark and Ellen immediately debunk, but it leads to some engaging conversation.
2024.05.29
Your game has a message... did you write it?
#348
Last month, Mark gave a talk at the IGDATC Gamedev Meeting about what it might mean to take game development seriously as an artistic practice, theorizing that video games are still a very young and immature medium by that stand