with Zach Barth
#293
Your nice hosts invite Zachtronics founder Zach Barth to discuss the closing of the studio and the logistics of moving on from that.
2023.02.22
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!
Nicest of 2022
#291
The year 2022 in review! Yes, it's now halfway through February, but being a few weeks late is part of the annual "Nicest Of" tradition.
2023.02.16
"Leveling out the table."
#292
2023.02.08
- Verisimilitude
- Indie Game Credits
Your nice hosts' pronunciation is on point this week as they say a really hard word a large number of times!
2023.02.02
Nice Thinking
This week, we invite our first guest for Nice Thinking! Adam Clewes-Boyne is putting together an initiative for neurodiversity advocacy and education in the games industry, specifically focused on ADHD.
2023.01.26
- Learning to Use Tools
- Co-Op Games
As the podcast approaches its fifth anniversary, your hosts get a little (more) frivolous.
2023.01.19
with Andrew Eiche
Your nice hosts talk to Andrew Eiche, COO at Owlchemy Labs (Job Simulator, Vacation Simulator, Cosmonious High) about the state of VR in 2022, and where VR and VR development tools may be going in the coming years.
2023.01.12
Nice Games Jam
Game designer Osama Dorias returns to the clubhouse to help design a game that can be played remotely, and provides some (much needed?) structure to the Nice Games Jam process.
2023.01.05
with Alina Matson
This week we're joined by Alina Matson, developer of Fitment—a microworkout app designed with cozy gamers in mind.
2022.12.29
with Katrina Ostrander and Jon Kiehne
Your nice hosts (Ellen, mainly) conduct a double-interview, with a consummate professional and a committed amateur, on the subject of game design though the lens of tabletop game mastering.
2022.12.22
- Curling
- Off-Ramps
2022.12.15
with Sarah Yu and Beth
#290
Sarah Yu and Beth, developers of Bugaboo Pocket, join us once again in the clubhouse after our chance meeting at GDC!
2022.12.08
- 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
"Time is just a search bar away."
#288
2022.11.26
with Millie Walker
#287
This week, fellow nice gamedev Millie Walker enters the clubhouse to discuss her approach to combining genres. It's an episode full of synthesis, but not photosynthesis because Stephen doesn't want to talk about his bonsai tree.
2022.11.17