Game Design

Topic Category Host or Guest # Episode Starts at
Boss Battles Game Design Martha Megarry 126 “Three-headed monster.” 0:35:12
Power-ups Game Design Mark LaCroix 243 “The different beams I can do.” 0:23:09
Lives and Continues Game Design Stephen McGregor 130 “Once more with feeling!” 0:38:52
Scoring Systems Game Design Mark LaCroix 130 “Once more with feeling!” 0:15:10
Game Length Game Design Stephen McGregor 131 “A secret room with secret stuff!” 0:13:08
Visual Novels Game Design, Marketing, Narrative Gloria Kim, Lane Davis 93 Visual Novels n/a
Violence in Games Game Design Dev Jana 25 Violence in Games n/a
Unreal Engine Game Design, Production, Programming, Tools Zack Gilbertson 307 Unreal Engine for Indies n/a
Tips for Designing Games for Learning Events, Game Design, UI / UX Ellen Burns-Johnson 203 Tips for Designing Games for Learning n/a
Tiny Horrors Game Design, Narrative Rosalie Vile 299 Tiny Horrors n/a
Therapeutic Games Game Design, Tabletop Adam Davis 219 Therapeutic Games n/a
The Taxonomy of Horse Games Game Design, Gaming, Production Alice Ruppert 303 The Taxonomy of Horse Games n/a
Nice Thinking about NiceGameJam Games with Potential Game Design 309 The Nice Board Game Industrial Complex, a Nice Games Club Skunkworks Project 0:46:06
Teaching Gamedev to Young People, Again! Game Design, IRL Chris Totten 264 Teaching Gamedev to Young People, Again! n/a
Teaching Gamedev to Young People Game Design, IRL Truman Simpson 263 Teaching Gamedev to Young People n/a
Sledgehammer Bride Game Design, Narrative Stephen McGregor 240 Sledgehammer Bride n/a
Excerpt from a conversation with Dr. David Chandross Art, Game Design, Misc., Narrative 330 Serious Play Conference Special 0:28:07
Excerpt from a conversation with Roz Hussin Game Design, IRL, Misc. 330 Serious Play Conference Special 0:45:07
Rhythm Rumble Game Design Stephen McGregor 285 Revisiting Rhythm Rumble n/a
Postmortem: "Scrapeboard" Events, Game Design, Hardware Frank DeMarco, Blake Andrews 277 Postmortem: "Scrapeboard" n/a
Postmortem: "C.A.R.L." Game Design, Marketing, Production Andrew Kenady 297 Postmortem: "C.A.R.L." n/a
Nice Thinking Notes Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 295 Pizza Land n/a
Megagames Game Design, Gaming, Physical Games Trenton Greyoak 329 Megagames n/a
Media Influences Game Design, IRL, Narrative Xalavier Nelson Jr. 193 Media Influences n/a
Level Editors Game Design, Programming, Tools, UI / UX Charles McGregor 183 Level Editors n/a
Level and Interaction Design Game Design Nina Marotta 269 Level and Interaction Design n/a
Learning Through Games Game Design, UI / UX Ellen Burns-Johnson 75 Learning Through Games n/a
Indiedev During the Pandemic Game Design, IRL Glen Henry 188 Indiedev During the Pandemic n/a
Horror Games 201 Game Design James Pratt, Torple Dook, Max Kunze 327 Horror Games 201 (with multiple guests) n/a
Horror Games 101 Game Design Samuel Guglielmo, Nikk F, Conner Rush, Schera Wyss, Henry Hoare 325 Horror Games 101 (with multiple guests) n/a
Giblet the Trash Can Game Design, IRL Ellen Burns-Johnson 227 Giblet the Trash Can n/a
Games With Your Dogs Game Design, Physical Games Ellen Burns-Johnson 254 Games With Your Dogs 0:10:25
Gameful UX Game Design, UI / UX Allan Rust 215 Gameful UX n/a
Game-based Learning Events, Game Design, Production Jennifer Javornik 331 Game-based Learning n/a
Adventurer, Please Game Design, Tabletop 250 Game Dev London does Nice Games Jam 0:41:19
Safecracker!! Game Design, Tabletop 250 Game Dev London does Nice Games Jam 0:18:36
Fusing Genres Game Design, Marketing Millie Walker 287 Fusing Genres n/a
Cheating Game Design, Gaming Dale LaCroix 213 Evil Games Club 6! 0:34:48
Playing Outside Your Genre / Difficulty Accessibility, Game Design Adia Alderson, Dylan Skerbitz 213 Evil Games Club 6! 0:05:21
Small Projects Game Design, Narrative Adia Alderson 189 Evil Games Club 5! 0:45:46
Writing for Games Game Design, Narrative Adia Alderson 160 Evil Games Club 4! 0:10:00
Crafting Systems Game Design Adia Alderson 47 Evil Games Club 2! 0:02:46
Designing like a Dungeon Master Game Design, Narrative, Tabletop Katrina Ostrander, Jon Kiehne 247 Designing like a Dungeon Master n/a
Designing for VR Game Design, IRL, VR / AR / XR Dana Ware 230 Designing for VR n/a
Designing a Spiritual Successor Game Design, Gaming, Production Dmitry Samartsev, aka Special Bread 279 Designing a Spiritual Successor n/a
Creative Career Paths Art, Game Design, IRL, Misc. Will Bredbeck 335 Creative Career Paths n/a
Community Development Game Design, Marketing, Production Christine Marten 184 Community Development n/a
Cheating, Part 2 Game Design, Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 316 Cheating, Part 2 0:16:58
Characterization in Pet Management Games Art, Game Design, Gaming Sarah Yu, Beth 290 Characterization in Pet Management Games n/a
Character Dialogue Game Design, Production Felix Foster 67 Character Dialogue n/a
Building Blocks of Design Art, Game Design, IRL, Tabletop, Tools Osama Dorias 211 Building Blocks of Design n/a
Board Game Design Game Design, Tabletop David R. Megarry 150 Board Game Design n/a
Fall Damage Game Design Stephen McGregor 308 "You've probably seen them in Zelda." 56:40
Lessons from Tears of the Kingdom Game Design Mark LaCroix 308 "You've probably seen them in Zelda." 0:26:40
Designing Party Games Game Design Mark LaCroix 8 "Will you be the best with me?" 0:38:30
Roguelikes Game Design, Gaming Stephen McGregor 92 "Who are you wearing? Nintendo." 0:29:45
Designing Horror Games Game Design Stephen McGregor 139 "Who approved these topics?" 0:16:46
Rhythm Games Game Design Martha Megarry 166 "When in doubt, call it Gan Ainm." 0:52:45
Naming Things Game Design, Marketing, Production Mark LaCroix 166 "When in doubt, call it Gan Ainm." 0:17:47
Stealth Games Game Design Martha Megarry 140 "We’re criming you!" 0:01:30
Messages and Meanings Game Design Mark LaCroix 15 "We are artists and we should be artists." 0:52:56
Games in Games Game Design, Gaming Mark LaCroix 68 "Videogame turducken." 0:43:35
Bringing Other Media into Games Art, Game Design Stephen McGregor 280 "Two bits of goop." 0:54:36
Keeping a Game Design Journal Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 280 "Two bits of goop." 0:16:16
Idle Games Game Design, Gaming Mark LaCroix 282 "Today’s the day that I screw things up." 0:31:45
Grind Game Design, Gaming Ellen Burns-Johnson 224 "To whom it may concern." 0:47:59
Messages and Meanings (revisited) Game Design Mark LaCroix 57 "This misinformation vortex." One year of Nice Games Club! 0:48:44
Prototyping (revisited) Game Design, Production 57 "This misinformation vortex." One year of Nice Games Club! 0:40:08
Fingeance Portmortem Game Design, Production Stephen McGregor 216 "They wouldn't fully respawn." Fingeance Postmortem n/a
Elegance Game Design Ellen Burns-Johnson 326 "The opposing metric of jank." 0:33:00
Game Shows Game Design Mark LaCroix 237 "The drama of the reveal." 0:33:38
Prototypes Game Design Stephen McGregor 237 "The drama of the reveal." 5:15
Storytelling Game Design, Narrative Mark LaCroix 222 "The anitidote to hype." 0:10:00
Narrative Pacing Game Design, Narrative Stephen McGregor 266 "That’s not a friendship!" 0:45:21
Game Design Primer Game Design Stephen McGregor 28 "That makes me retroactively nervous." 0:31:06