"Start fresh, in a certain way." Gameplay Diagrams; Art Direction
Show Details1hr 8minMachine Learning (with Anna-Lena Pontet and Luzia Hüttenmoser)
Show Details55min 11sPostmortem: "LxJamathon" (with Mark Hamilton)
Show Details1hr 3minNice Games Jam: Blame the Cat!
Show Details1hr 17minPostmortem: "Infernax" (with Hunter Bond and Mike Ducarme)
Show Details1hr 17minGDC 2022 Special (Part 2)
Show Details2hr 19minWork Weeks (with August Brown)
Show Details1hr 4minGDC 2022 Special (Part 1)
Show Details51min 51sGames With Your Dogs
Show Details52min 18s"Source code is viewable." Building Assets and Plugins; Ink Engine
Show Details55min 35sVisual Coding with Playmaker (with Alina Matson)
Show Details59min 9s"Done enough." Milestone Builds; Wikis and Guides
Show Details1hr 18minGame Dev London does Nice Games Jam
Show Details1hr 17min"I got all the moons." Joy vs Fun; Games You Get for Free
Show Details1hr 4min"Additional things and stuff." What We Did On Our Winter Break
Show Details1hr 4minNice Thinking: "Sledgehammer Bride" [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 1minBuilding Blocks of Design (with Osama Dorias) [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 2minNice Thinking: "The New Clubhouse" [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 11min"To whom it may concern." Ethical Consumption; Grind [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 21minNice Games Jam: "Glom" [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 17min"My face is over here." Special In-Person Special [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 14minTherapeutic Games (with Adam Davis) [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 9min"They wouldn't fully respawn." Fingeance Postmortem [Nice Replay]
Show Details48min 13sNicest of 2021
Show Details1hr 47minDesigning like a Dungeon Master (with Katrina Ostrander and Jon Kiehne)
Show Details1hr 16min"Game Dev is Jazz" Player Count, Hidden Information
Show Details1hr 1min"Maximum Whooo!" Learning to Use Tools; Co-Op Games
Show Details1hr 19min“The different beams I can do.” Power-ups; Franchises
Show Details1hr 13minEarly Access in Games (with Sami and Erick Sati)
Show Details56min 25s"..." Debugging; Silent Protagonists
Show Details1hr 10minNice Thinking: "Sledgehammer Bride"
Show Details1hr 2min"Oh is that Rugrats?" Relaxing Games; Commitment
Show Details1hr 4min"Just-In-Time Compiler." Deluxe Editions; Illusions of Choice
Show Details1hr 2min"The drama of the reveal" Prototypes; Game Shows
Show Details58min 43s"Forged by that experience."
Show Details1hr 19min"Godot! God-ot? Godot." Learning a Game Engine; Guns
Show Details1hr 4minThe New Clubhouse
Show Details1hr 8minStar Trek games (Enterprising Individuals)
Show Details1hr 29minNice Games Club: Ƈɧɇᵴʂ 2⁴ (Live at 2D Con 2021)
Show Details50min 16sPitching Tabletop Games (with Peter Yang)
Show Details1hr 6minDesigning for VR (with Dana Ware)
Show Details1hr 7min"The random bobblehead." Bonus Content; Giving Talks
Show Details1hr 19minGiblet the Trash Can
Show Details55min 47sGDC 2021 Special
Show Details1hr 23min"The Corrupt Goo" Gamepads; Nature in Games
Show Details1hr 24minPalace of Versailles
Show Details1hr 36min"To Whom It May Concern." Ethical Consumption; Grind
Show Details1hr 19min"So, you made a game engine?"
Show Details1hr 8minCo-Op Studios (with Reese Valentine and Mackenzie Denker)
Show Details55min 12s"The antidote to hype." Storytelling; Exploits
Show Details57min 13s"My face is over here." Special In-person Special
Show Details1hr 12minTherapeutic Games (with Adam Davis)
Show Details1hr 11min"Kids like cubes these days." Novelty; Intuition
Show Details1hr 10minOpen Source Software (with Mark Mandel)
Show Details1hr 6minGameful UX (with Allan Rust)
Show Details1hr 3min"They wouldn't fully respawn." Fingeance Postmortem
Show Details47min 49sEvil Games Jam: Casino Go Fish
Show Details1hr 36minEvil Games Club 6!
Show Details1hr 12min"Brainy, not academic." PC Builds, Book Review
Show Details1hr 2minBuilding Blocks of Design (with Osama Dorias)
Show Details1hrGlom
Show Details1hr 16min"Go pound a Monster." Your Internal Battery; Finding Your Artistic Voice
Show Details1hr 13min"All of this mess that I'm throwing at you." Fonts; Jank
Show Details1hr 9min"It’s March tomorrow." What We Did on Our Winter Break
Show Details1hr 30min"Stephen, his arms wide!" Redundancy; Arcades [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 19min"Empty the bucket." Burnout; Asynchronous and Asymmetric Gameplay [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 11minNice Games Jam: "Roboston!" [Nice Replay]
Show Details2hr 30minGamedev in the Philippines (with Ryan Sumo) [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hrNice Games Jam: "Dark Star" [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 49minMental Health (with Alanna Linayre) [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 21minNice Games Jam: "Anarchitects!" [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 15min"I will not threaten you with a noogie." Serious Play Conference; Working with Family [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 14minAgile Development (with Eric Johnson) [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 3min"Kapow?" Fun in Games; Porting Your Game [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 36minNicest of 2020
Show Details1hr 28min"Mindworm husbandry." 4X Games; Actionable Gamification
Show Details1hr 13minFamilies in Games (with The Korths)
Show Details1hr 5minTips for Designing Games for Learning
Show Details48min 56sBusiness Speak for Indies (with Tiffany Otto)
Show Details1hr 13min"Not Like Beauty and the Beast." Fail States; Worldbuilding
Show Details1hr 29min200th Episode Special: Bonus
Show Details2min 11s"A Spark Plug." 200th Episode Special
Show Details1hr 55min"Random hilarious nonsense." Games for Young Children; Comedy
Show Details1hr 18minGamedev in Kenya (with Alila Omondi Wekoto, Denis Odero and Shyam Shah)
Show Details1hr 16minNice Games Jam: "Roboston!" (part 2)
Show Details1hr 27minGame Audio Tools and Workflows (with Chel Wong)
Show Details1hr 22min"Human, play Dom-jot?" Games in Other Media; Online Play
Show Details1hr 23minImpostor Syndrome (with Heather Gartner)
Show Details1hr 12minMedia Influences (with Xalavier Nelson Jr.)
Show Details59min 21sNice Games Jam: "Roboston!"
Show Details1hr 3min"Claps in the chat." Online Events; Documentation
Show Details1hr 5minProgramming VR Games (with Jonathan Jennings)
Show Details1hr 8minNice Games Jam: LIVE (last minute promo)
Show Details1min 40sEvil Games Club 5
Show Details1hr 8minIndie Dev during the Pandemic (with Glen Henry)
Show Details1hr 8min"A way to farm notions." Prototyping; Design Pillars
Show Details1hr 19minMental Health in Games (with Alanna Linayre)
Show Details1hr 20min"Empty the bucket." Burnout; Asynchronous and Asymmetric Gameplay
Show Details1hr 10minCommunity Development (with Christine Marten)
Show Details53min 26sLevel Editors (with Charles McGregor)
Show Details1hr 2min"I will not threaten you with a noogie." Serious Play Conference; Working with Family
Show Details1hr 13minNice Games Jam: "Dark Star"
Show Details1hr 48min“I’m ashamed, but also so proud.” NDAs; Replayability
Show Details1hr 19minNice Games Jam: "Anarchitects!"
Show Details1hr 15min"A place where people live." Animation; Sense of Place
Show Details1hr 40min"How Quality Is It?" Leadership; Pricing
Show Details1hr 32min"Gamedev in the Philippines." Interview with Ryan Sumo
Show Details58min 28s"Kapow?" Fun in Games; Porting Your Game
Show Details1hr 35min"Balance all those prices." Economies; Ergonomics
Show Details1hr 27minBuilding Substance (with Adobe's Sébastien Deguy and Jérémie Noguer)
Show Details1hr 1min"Click here for fleet operations." Nice Games Bulletin
Show Details1hr 24min"Martha, Martha, Martha!" Ending Projects; Starting Projects
Show Details1hr 47min"Stephen, His Arms Wide!" Redundancy; Arcades
Show Details1hr 18minNice Games Jam: "5-4-7-3"
Show Details1hr"The New Normal." Working From Home; Games To Play While Social Distancing
Show Details1hr 11min"GDC" 2020 Special
Show Details1hr 6min"When In Doubt, Call It Gan Ainm." Naming Things; Rhythm Games
Show Details1hr 29min"If you're feeling saucy..." Day-One Patches; Crunch
Show Details1hr 17min"GDC Auxli- Aux- Alternative!" Nice Games Bulletin
Show Details1hr"Please cheat, I don't care." Unlocks; Case Study (Mutazione/Later Alligator)
Show Details1hr 6min"We are making progress toward that, then." What We Did On Our Winter Break
Show Details1hr 48minNice Games Jam: "Buttons and Triggers and Sticks, Oh My!" [Nice Replay]
Show Details54min 11s"It’s Black History Month, y’all!" Audio Basics; Representation in Games. [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 9minNice Games Jam: "Ants of Destiny: Morsels of the Queen." [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 45minDeveloper/Publisher Relations (with August Brown). [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 5min"Steal this episode." Writing for Games; IP and Public Domain. [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 16minNostalgia and the Lo-fi Aesthetic (with Marina Kittaka). [Nice Replay]
Show Details39min 50s"100 times nice." 100th Episode Special [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 5min"Somebody’s first episode." Language of Games; Sequels. [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 42minNicest of 2019
Show Details55min 21s"Evil Games Club 4" Writing For Games; Re-ravel; Video Game Nostalgia
Show Details1hr 29min"Calendar math!" Calendar Math; Calendar Math
Show Details1hr 6min"Space Ferrets Lift Off!" Widget Satchel Special
Show Details1hr 6minNice Games Jam: "Re-ravel: A Backwards Storytelling Game"
Show Details1hr 22min"All Your Maps Are Belong To Us." Localization; Navigation
Show Details1hr 30minAgile Development (with Eric Johnson)
Show Details1hr 2min"Abstracted to the Point of Silliness." Finding Fidelity; Taking Feedback
Show Details55min 49s"She also cheats a lot." Multigenerational Gaming; Noble Failures
Show Details53min 35s"Casper the Not-So-Friendly Goose." Nice Games Bulletin
Show Details58min 15s"I don't always want to do that." Holistic Game Design; Work/Life Balance (again!)
Show Details1hr 15minBoard Game Design (with David R. Megarry)
Show Details49min 7sNice Games Jam: "Buttons and Triggers and Sticks, Oh My!"
Show Details54min 46s"Intentionally Random." XOXO Festival; Randomization
Show Details1hr 38min"In situ." Rumble; Making Games for Spaces
Show Details1hr 11min"There's Loot In Your DNA!" Nice Games Bulletin
Show Details56min 2sUser Interfaces (with Jajeev Nithiananda)
Show Details51min 3s"Explosions!" Power Fantasies; Game Trailers
Show Details1hr 5minNice Games Jam: "Ants of Destiny: Morsels of the Queen"
Show Details1hr 45min"Space Ferret Seeks PR Support" Game Libraries; Marketing 001 (with Ellen Burns-Johnson)
Show Details59min 1sNostalgia and the Lo-fi Aesthetic (with Marina Kittaka)
Show Details39min 37s"We're Criming You!" Stealth Games; Motion Controls
Show Details1hr 4min"Who approved these topics?" Horror Games; Sports Games
Show Details1hr 14min“Vampires!” Nice Games Bulletin
Show Details1hr 23minRunning An Indie Studio (with Matt Gravelle)
Show Details1hr“E for Everybody!” Patches and Add-on Content; International Age Rating Systems
Show Details1hr 16minE3 2019 Special
Show Details1hr 18minNice Games Jam: “Rules”
Show Details1hr 4min“That wasn’t the angle I was going for.” Extra Modes; Unit Testing
Show Details1hr 1minNarrative Design (with Beth Korth)
Show Details58min 20s“A secret room with secret stuff!” Game Length; Save Systems
Show Details1hr 13min“Once More With Feeling!” Scoring Systems; Lives and Continues
Show Details57min 14s“It’s time for Gex.” Nice Games Bulletin!
Show Details1hr 24minNice Games Jam: “Blob Ball”
Show Details52min 35s“When two colors of paint really love each other…” Gaming Events; Color Theory
Show Details1hr 6min“Three-Headed Monster” Resource Management in Games; Boss Battles
Show Details1hr 14min“I had a tiny violin around here somewhere…” Nice Games Bulletin!
Show Details47min 42s“Does This Game Mechanic Spark Joy?” Team Building; Game Identities
Show Details49min 39sGDC 2019 Special
Show Details1hr 18min“I Definitely Thought Of That Ahead Of Time” Localization Systems; Accessibility
Show Details1hr 15minDeveloper/Publisher Relations (with Kongregate’s August Brown)
Show Details1hr 5min“Let Reggie Get Back To Work” Fanbases; Game Design Balance
Show Details1hr 13min“It’s Black History Month, y’all!” Audio Basics; Representation in Games
Show Details1hr 9min“But Other Developers Made It” Nice Games Bulletin!
Show Details57min 50sNice Games Jam: “The Blizzard of Whatever Year That Was”
Show Details1hr 14min“Steal This Episode” Writing for Games; Intellectual Property and the Public Domain
Show Details1hr 16minWhat We Did On Our Winter Break
Show Details1hr 5minA Nice Bonus: Sega Consoles
Show Details17min 20sNicest of 2018
Show Details1hr 10min“Right the dang now!” Scope Creep; eSports. [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 12minNice Games Jam: “Haha!” [Nice Replay]
Show Details58min 57s“I have so much feelings…” Loot Systems; Loot Boxes. [Nice Replay]
Show Details57min 57s“We are artists and we should be artists.” Demoing; Project Management; Messages. [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 15min“You can see the cabbage in it.” Immersion; First Impressions. [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 6minThe Gaming Press (with Game Informer’s Ben Hanson). [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 14min“Try it once.” Watching Games; Narrative; Board Games. [Nice Replay]
Show Details43min 42s“Will you be the best with me?” Mastery; Strategy Guides; Party Games. [Nice Replay]
Show Details1hr 6min“How would I know that?” Optimization strategies; Pokémon
Show Details1hr 31min“Game Workers Unite!” Game Dev as a Day Job; Unions
Show Details1hr 12minSelf-education, et al. (with Neat Corp’s Freya Holmér)
Show Details1hr 47minVR Workflows (with Krista McCullough)
Show Details56min 23s“All That and a Bag of Chips.” 90s Consoles; Video Game Soundtracks
Show Details1hr 14minCode Comment: “Adjacency”
Show Details1min 52s“They don’t call it ‘full.'” Space Exploration Games; Gaming Habits
Show Details1hr 8min“Pass them Laughs (Haha!)” Nice Games Jam Special
Show Details58min 35s“Safety gone!” Hub Worlds and Safehouses; Environmental Storytelling
Show Details1hr 2min“Put it in a WordSpace!” Modding; Self-publishing Must-Haves
Show Details1hr 20minCode Comment: “Verdant Skies”
Show Details1min 40s“Don’t start with me.” Pitching to consoles; Turn-based RPGs
Show Details1hr 22min“100 times nice.” 100th Episode Special
Show Details1hr 4minCode Comment: “Fingeance”
Show Details2min 27s“I like naps.” Developing Ideas; Game Dev Success
Show Details1hr 4minVirtual Reality (with Andrew Fladeboe)
Show Details42min 54s“But WE Know What We’re Talking About.” Level Design, HUDs
Show Details1hr 14minCode Comment: “Metro Nexus”
Show Details3min 23s“Somebody’s first episode.” The Language of Games; Sequels
Show Details1hr 42minVisual Novels (with Gloria Kim and Lane Davis)
Show Details50min 47s“Who are you wearing? Nintendo.” Rogue-likes, Crowdfunding
Show Details1hr 30minCode Comment: “Widget Satchel”
Show Details2min 26s“Press A to Jump” Code Libraries; Tutorials
Show Details58min 40s“A mean secret that stays in this room.” Media Relations; Star Trek Games!
Show Details1hr 30minThe Gaming Press (with Game Informer’s Ben Hanson)
Show Details1hr 14minCode Comment: “HoverboardVR”
Show Details1min 13s“Not for me I hate them.” Platformers; Player Agency
Show Details1hr 15minWorkflows (with Aubrey Jane Scott)
Show Details54min 7s“We should go outside!” Game Demos; Physical Games
Show Details1hr 7minCode Comment: “Claw Breaker”
Show Details1min 41s“This is why I subscribe.” Video Game Nostalgia; The PC Games Market
Show Details1hr 12min“A thousand monies.” Bad Game Design; Character Design
Show Details1hr 2minGDC Special 2018
Show Details31min 5sNice Plays: “Everything” (2017) and “Slime Rancher” (2017)
Show Details1min“That Gets Real Meta, Real Fast” – Research for Games; Game Dev Philosophies
Show Details1hr 16min“Smart Lazy” Game Programming; Work Spaces
Show Details1hr 19minLearning Through Games (with Ellen Burns-Johnson)
Show Details1hr 5minNice Plays: “Verdant Skies” (2018) and “Newt One” (2018)
Show Details1min 30s“Idea! Idea! Idea! Idea!” Achievements/Trophies; Puzzle Design
Show Details1hr 11min“Martha’s Philosophy on Life.” Video Game Merch; Starting a Game
Show Details1hr 4minGlobal Game Jam 2018 Special
Show Details51min 35s“Videogame turducken.” Steam; Games in Games
Show Details1hr 9minCharacter Dialogue (with Felix Foster)
Show Details55min 9sNicest of 2017
Show Details57min 46s“I have so much feelings…” Loot Systems; Loot Boxes
Show Details57min 25sReleasing a Game (with Ben Burnes)
Show Details43min 22s“Schrödinger’s Animal Crossing.” Influences; Repetition
Show Details1hr 15min“Shaniqua Shepard sounds cool.” Fighting Games; Character Roleplaying
Show Details1hr 26min“This misinformation vortex.” One year of Nice Games Club!
Show Details1hr 18minPuzzle/Escape Rooms (with Art Allen)
Show Details1hr 4min“Boo!” Upcoming Games; Release Dates; Win Conditions
Show Details57min 4sPreserving the Dreamcast (with Ben Franks)
Show Details48min 5s“Right the dang now!” Scope Creep; eSports
Show Details1hr 11min“I do business.” DLC and Expansions; Genre in Games
Show Details1hr 12min“Evil Games Club 2!” Crafting Systems; Game Jams; Bad Gamedev Habits
Show Details1hr 10minPlaytesting (with “#1 Playtester” Dale LaCroix)
Show Details55min 37s“Qapla’!” Linguistics for Game Designers; Making Your Own Tools
Show Details1hr 2min“You can see the cabbage in it.” Game Immersion; Main Menus and First Impressions
Show Details1hr 6min“Proper ones and twos.” Inputs/Controls; Coding Styles; Shooters
Show Details1hr 41minCommunity Management (with Holly Harrison)
Show Details50min 33s“Ugly and hard to use.” Your Game’s Website; Exhibits and Installations; Losing
Show Details1hr 39min“Maybe a Zeldo.” Enemy AI; Co-op Games; Speedrunning
Show Details1hr 21minGames User Research, Redux! (with Hannah Murphy)
Show Details45min 22s“My computer vapes.” Building a PC; Pen and Paper RPGs; E3 Recap
Show Details1hr 29minEvil Games Club! An Evil Introduction; Gamer Motivation Profiles; Mario Kart
Show Details1hr 34min“We joke here.” Future Projects; Steam Direct; Racing Games
Show Details1hr 22minGames User Research and Analytics (with Nic VanMeerten)
Show Details39min 37s“75% Sure.” Runtimes, SDKs, and APIs; Mobile Games; Difficulty
Show Details1hr 27min“I am a Juice Journeyman!” Serial Game Design, Video Game Juice (with Lane Davis)
Show Details53min 17s“That makes me retroactively nervous.” GlitchCon Debrief, Game Design Primer, Multitasking
Show Details1hr 9min“The Stevechievement.” Version Control, Art Direction, Console vs PC Development
Show Details1hr 14minViolence in Games (with Dev Jana)
Show Details46min 38sLIVE from GlitchCon 2017 (with Rebekah and Adam Saltsman)
Show Details48min 19s“I trolled myself.” Business Stuff, Nintendo Switch, Competitive Play
Show Details1hr 5minGlitchCon 2017 Preview (Hype! Hype! Hype!)
Show Details33min 40sPutting on a GlitchCon! (with Alex Chang)
Show Details48min 31sWin a ticket to GlitchCon!
Show Details2min 24s“Mutual butt-kicking.” Getting Out of a Rut, Bots, Procedural Generation
Show Details53min 32sCo-Op Recap: Problematic Games (with Sara Ferret and Ajuawak Kapashesit)
Show Details31min 8s“Pick up all the things!” Prototyping, Point and Clicks, User Interfaces
Show Details1hr 33minGamedev Education (with Rachel Peterson)
Show Details36min 54s“We are artists and we should be artists.” Demoing and Playtesting, Project Management, Messages and Meanings
Show Details1hr 15minGDC 2017 Special (Part 2)
Show Details41min 37sGDC 2017 Special (Part 1)
Show Details1hr 6minGDC 2017 Preview
Show Details1min 52sCo-Op Recap – Transmedia (with Lane Davis and Felix Foster)
Show Details35min 43sSolo Development (with Will Tice)
Show Details20min 51s“Can I tweet about this?” Glitch’s Immersion, Work/Life Balance, Tools of the Trade
Show Details1hr 4minExtracurricular Activities (with Ryan Foss)
Show Details29min 15s“Try it once.” Watching Games, Narrative in Games, Board Games
Show Details43min 35s“Will you be the best with me?” Gaming Mastery, Strategy Guides, Designing Party Games
Show Details1hr 6minMusic for Indie Games (with Troy Strand)
Show Details38min 16sNicest of 2016
Show Details25min 51sCo-Op Recap – Interactive Fiction (with Adia Alderson)
Show Details33min 13s“Bananas, from here to eternity” – Bugs, Game Jams, Developer Art
Show Details1hr 2minResources for Game Makers (with Evva Kraikul)
Show Details28min 30s“It’s against the law to stop” – Westworld, Crafting Systems, Designing Games for Non-Gamers
Show Details43min 34sSteam Greenlight (with Andy and Beth Korth)
Show Details21min 29s“We In This” – Impostor Syndrome, Games Conferences, VR Development
Show Details1hr 23min