Interview

with Daniela Gamarra
#267

It's part three of our unintentional "Gamedev in..." series! Your nice hosts speak with Daniela Gamarra about making games in Peru.

2022.06.30
 
with Chris Totten
#264

It's a sequel to last week's episode! This week, your nice hosts speak with Kent State University animation and game design professor Chris Totten about formal game design education.

2022.06.09
 
with Truman Simpson
#263

In this episode Truman Simpson joins us to talk about teaching game development to young people, through Gameheads, an organization for which Truman is a long standing volunteer.

2022.06.03
 
with Anna-Lena Pontet and Luzia Hüttenmoser
#261

At GDC, your nice hosts met and spoke with this week's returning guests.

2022.05.19
 
with Mark Hamilton and Ellen Burns-Johnson
#260

It's a Nice Postmortem!

2022.05.12
 
with Hunter Bond and Mike Ducarme
#256

It's a Nice Postmortem! Hunter Bond and Mike Ducarme talk the making of Infernax—an old school adventure platformer with puzzle elements, unholy curses, and lots of old-school awesomeness.

2022.04.29
 
with August Brown
#255

What does your work week look like? Are you locked into a 9-to-5 the way that Dolly Parton described it, or are you free to set your own schedule? What about your team as a whole? 

2022.04.15
 
with Alina Matson
#252

This week we're joined by Alina Matson, developer of Fitment—a microworkout app designed with cozy gamers in mind.

2022.03.17
 
with Katrina Ostrander and Jon Kiehne
#247

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.

2021.12.10
 
with Sami Sati and Erick Sati
#242

This week the clubhouse is joined by our second favorite pair of game development brothers - Sami Sati and Erick Sati, developers of Astral Gunners.

2021.11.11
 
with Peter Yang
#231

It's a packed clubhouse for this special episode! Your regular hosts are joined by two guests: Peter Yang and Dale LaCroix.

2021.08.26
 
with Dana Ware
#230

This week, your nice hosts welcome creative director and all-around "VR Specialist" Dana Ware to talk about location-based entertainment, the incredible potential of VR during a pandemic, and where VR will be in 5 years.

2021.08.19
 
with Reese Valentine and Mackenzie Denker
#221

Starting an indie studio is hard, starting a worker-owned cooperative is harder.

2021.06.24
 
with Adam Davis
#219

Can games be used for therapeutic purposes? Absolutely! In this episode we talk with Adam Davis, therapeutic Game Master, and a co-founder and executive director of Game to Grow, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

2021.06.03
 
with Mark Mandel
#217

There's a second Mark in the clubhouse! This week we're joined by Mark Mandel, who is involved in many things worth mentioning!

2021.05.20