Roundtable

  • Holistic Game Design
  • Work/Life Balance
#151

Your nice hosts catch up on all the game releases that gamedev Twitter was going on about during the last few weeks.

2019.10.08
 
  • XOXO Festival
  • Randomization
#148

This week Martha just got back from the XOXO Festival and Conference in Portland! She gives a run down of all the cool video game related content and what it was like to be there.

2019.09.17
 
  • Rumble
  • Making Games for Spaces
#147

It's still Wednesday in the clubhouse, which means an extra-long meta section where your nice hosts discuss showing off games at the recent 2DCon convention, Martha maturing both as a person and a culture, and what it feels like to have

2019.09.10
 
  • Power Fantasies
  • Game Trailers
#144

This week your Nice Hosts break open Power Fantasies and Indie Game Trailers and analyze what makes them work! Can boredom be a game mechanic?

2019.08.20
 
  • Game Libraries
  • Marketing 001
#142

While Stephen is away at the Game Devs of Color Expo in New York, Ellen Burns-Johnson joins in the club house to discuss organizing your game library and what to do when you actually

2019.08.06
 
  • Stealth Games
  • Motion Controls
#140

This week your Nice Hosts appear out of nowhere to discuss Stealth Games and Motion Controls! Mark shoots lasers, Stephen time travels and Martha joins a geriatric gang.

Dishonored 2 cover art copyright Bethesda.

2019.07.23
 
  • 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
 
  • 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
 
  • 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