- Fanbases
- Game Design Balance
Roundtable
- Audio Basics
- Representation in Games
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!
- Writing for Games
- Intellectual Property and the Public Domain
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.
- Optimization
- Pokémon
In this week's episode, Mark tackles optimization and Martha attempts to Catch 'em all.
- Game Dev as a Day Job
- Unions
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.
- 90s Consoles
- Video Game Soundtracks
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.
- Space Exploration games
- Gaming Habits
This week, Stephen promises he can stop whenever he wants, Martha gets there eventually, and Mark earns 100%.
- Hub Worlds and Safe Houses
- Environmental Storytelling
This week on the program, Mark starts playing Spider-Man, Stephen ignores your narrative, and Martha is very smart.
- Modding
- Self-publishing Must-haves
This week on Nice Games Club your nice hosts talk all about Modding and Self-Publishing Must-Haves. Stephen explains different viewpoints on mod-ownership, Martha goes fishing on easier mode and Mark makes too many gifs.
- Pitching to Consoles
- Turn-Based RPGs
This week, Mark doesn’t respect your secrets (but will keep them), Martha tells us where D&D really comes from, and Stephen reveals that he will play a Kirby RPG if someone makes one for him.
- Developing Ideas
- Game Dev Success
This week, a listener gives Martha a great topic, Mark establishes a Do-ocracy, and Stephen has trouble with transitions.
- Level Design
- HUDs
This week on Nice Games Club your nice hosts discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of Level Design and Heads Up Displays. Mark has opinions about Sonic, Stephen picks his hill to die on and Martha brings in a pinch hitter.
- Language of Games
- Sequels
This week, Martha admits to piracy, Stephen tells Nintendo to just stop making GameCube controllers already, and Mark tells his favorite video game story which is about buttons because Mark is boring.
- Roguelikes
- Crowdfunding
This week, your nice hosts cover the topics of Rogue-likes and Crowdfunding while sneaking in a third topic about E3.
- Code Libraries
- Tutorials
This week on Nice Games Club your nice hosts discuss Code Libraries, Tutorials and all the juicy pre-E3 news that was available at the time of this recording. Stephen debates the merits of show vs.