- Designing Horror Games
- Designing Sports Games
#139
This week, your nice hosts talk about a pair of game genres that none of them are that wild about, and Mortho returns to brighten the proceedings!
2019.07.16
Roundtable
- Patches and Add-on Content
- International Age Ratings Systems
#136
Stephen has been working on patches for Treasure Stack and Mark has been busy getting age ratings around the world for Widget Satchel so this episode is jam packed with knowledge! Mark tricks his parents, Martha hides from E.T.
2019.06.25
- Extra Modes
- Unit Testing
#133
This week in the clubhouse, Stephen wants do more with less, Mark wants to do more with more, and Martha wants to do less to more.
2019.06.04
- Game Length
- Saving and Loading Systems
#131
This week in the clubhouse, Stephen breaks the ice, Martha dreams of writing passwords, and Mark makes a Jurassic Park reference (@ us if you recognize it!).
2019.05.21
- Scoring Systems
- Lives and Continues
#130
This week on Nice Games Club we rack up a ridiculous number of points while discussing scoring systems, lives and continues! We debate whether these systems are relics from the arcade past or are still relevant game mechanics.
2019.05.13
- Video Game Events
- Color Theory
#127
This week, Martha fills the clubhouse with tales of her trip to the League of Legends Spring Split event in St.
2019.04.23
- Resource Management in Games
- Boss Battles
#126
This week on Nice Games Club we talk all about Resource Management in Games and Boss Battles! Join us as we discuss mana, cooldowns, super meters and how to make boss battles unique but not frustrating.
2019.04.16
- Team Building
- Game Identities
#123
Mark and Dale are at GDC so Ellen Burns-Johnson joins us to talk all about Team Building and Game Identities! Join us for this chill evening recording session and discuss the more existential side of game development.
2019.04.02
- Localization Systems
- Accessibility
#121
In this episode your Nice Hosts talk all about two important aspects of game design that can help more people play your games- Localization Systems and Accessibility!
2019.03.20
- Fanbases
- Game Design Balance
#119
2019.03.05
- Audio Basics
- Representation in Games
#118
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!
2019.02.26
- Writing for Games
- Intellectual Property and the Public Domain
#115
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.
2019.02.06
- Optimization
- Pokémon
#112
In this week's episode, Mark tackles optimization and Martha attempts to Catch 'em all.
2018.11.15
- Game Dev as a Day Job
- Unions
#111
This week on Nice Games Club we talk all about the labor of love that is making games for a living: how it can be great, how it can be not-so-great and how it could get better.
2018.11.06
- 90s Consoles
- Video Game Soundtracks
#108
This week your Nice Hosts turn the Club House into a time machine to discuss 90s consoles and listen to some wicked video game soundtracks.
2018.10.17