"Stephen, his arms wide!" Redundancy; Arcades [Nice Replay]
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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
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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
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Show Details1hr 16minNice Games Jam: "Roboston!" (part 2)
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Show Details1hr 12minMedia Influences (with Xalavier Nelson Jr.)
Show Details59min 21sNice Games Jam: "Roboston!"
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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!"
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Show Details1hr 40min"How Quality Is It?" Leadership; Pricing
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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
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Show Details1hr 17min"GDC Auxli- Aux- Alternative!" Nice Games Bulletin
Show Details1hr"Please cheat, I don't care." Unlocks; Case Study (Mutazione/Later Alligator)
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Show Details1hr 48minNice Games Jam: "Buttons and Triggers and Sticks, Oh My!" [Nice Replay]
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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
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Show Details1hr 29min"Calendar math!" Calendar Math; Calendar Math
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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)
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Show Details53min 35s"Casper the Not-So-Friendly Goose." Nice Games Bulletin
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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
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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
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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
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Show Details47min 42s“Does This Game Mechanic Spark Joy?” Team Building; Game Identities
Show Details49min 39sGDC 2019 Special
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Show Details1hr 15minDeveloper/Publisher Relations (with Kongregate’s August Brown)
Show Details1hr 5min“Let Reggie Get Back To Work” Fanbases; Game Design Balance
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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]
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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
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