Nice Games Club - a gamedev podcast!
By Lydia, Stephen, and Mark
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kavi
Jan 20, 2025
Finally a podcast that talks shop for gamedev. Can't believe I've missed out on this!!
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The podcast where nice gamedevs talk gaming and game development. Nice!
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Mental Health and Discrimination (with Ashley Phipps)
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May 22, 2025 |
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"This is an impossible challenge" Friction by Design; Diversity in Scoring
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May 15, 2025 |
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Video Game IP Law (with Haley MacLeon)
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May 08, 2025 |
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"Our sense of epoch." Let's Plays; Responsive Game Design
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May 01, 2025 |
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Nice Games Jam: "The Intergalactic Dining Consortium"
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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"You shouldn't pet the wolf." The art of Saying No; Tiny Interactions
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Time Traveler Estate Sale"
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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"Nice Games Club cannot solve all of your problems." Begging for Money; Quality of Life
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Nice Thinking: "Nice Games Alliance Workshops"
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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"A Paragraph Signing" Incremental Learning ; Making Science Fiction Worlds
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Dinosaurs of North Dakota"
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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"More Ellen in the future." What We Did On Our Winter Break (2024-25)
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Puzzle Systems (with Arvi "Hempuli" Teikari) [Nice Replay]
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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“That’s way too many pawns.” Communicating Difficulty; Remixed Play Modes [Nice Replay]
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Optimization (with Jarryd Huntley) [Nice Replay]
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Nice Thinking: "Dialogue Through Goals" [Nice Replay]
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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"The lensing effect of the window." Theming vs. Aesthetics; Parries [Nice Replay]
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Tutorialization with Puzzles (with Luke Spierewka) [Nice Replay]
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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"A slow meat computer" King Making; Thinky Bits (Off-Screen Gameplay) [Nice Replay]
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Eddies" [Nice Replay]
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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The Intersection of Puzzle and Story (with Ron Gilbert) [Nice Replay]
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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"The super-powerful beam or whatever." Code Libraries; Game Overs [Nice Replay]
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Nicest of 2024
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Serialization (with Joanna May)
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Space Mall Mystery VHS Game"
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Digital Escape Rooms (with Lydia Symchych)
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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Nice Thinking: "Iterative Game Jam"
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Puzzle Systems (with Arvi "Hempuli" Teikari)
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Soapbox Derby OF TIME"
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Tutorialization with Puzzles (with Luke Spierewka)
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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"Please go vote." Runtime Asset Management; Double Jump vs. Dash
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Combat Design (with Timothy Staton-Davis)
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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“That’s way too many pawns.” Communicating Difficulty; Remixed Play Modes
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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"Numbers go up." Scoring 101; Turning off the Gamedev Brain
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Optimization (with Jarryd Huntley)
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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"It's hard how my mind works." Audio Middleware; Psychic Distance
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Nice Thinking: "Player Personas"
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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The Duluth Basement Session
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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"Apply your context, thusly." Instructions; Cynicism
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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"The lensing effect of the window." Theming vs. Aesthetics; Parries
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Accessibility (with Dave McKee)
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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"Imagine it's running on a potato." Targeting Multiple Platforms; Spirit Island Spirits
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Physics 101 (with Scott Lembcke)
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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"Gentlemen, is this where the fisticuffs occur?" Familiarity; Pacing Mechanics
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Nice Games Jam: "The Bike Boom"
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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"Ellen's going to be so mad!" Creative Direction; Time Management
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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The Intersection of Puzzle and Story (with Ron Gilbert)
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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"The super-powerful beam or whatever." Code Libraries; Game Overs
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Game Production (with Ryan Adams)
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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"One thing cannot hold all the passion I have." Pivoting; Working on Multiple Projects
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Creative Process & Workflow for Music (with Kobe Anthony (aka MEMODEMO))
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Nice Thinking: "Dialogue Through Goals"
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May 29, 2024 |
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Your game has a message... did you write it?
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May 23, 2024 |
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"A slow meat computer" King Making; Thinky Bits (Off-Screen Gameplay)
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May 16, 2024 |
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Work Cultures (with Chris Bergman)
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May 10, 2024 |
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"Everything is everything." South by Southwest 2024; Player Friction
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May 02, 2024 |
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GameMaker (with Seth Fulkerson)
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Visual Worldbuilding (with Laura Onderwater)
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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GDC 2024 Special (Part 3) (with Alyssa Walles and Audi Sorlie)
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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GDC 2024 Special (Part 2)
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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GDC 2024 Special (Part 1)
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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"Things just happen, somewhere." Partnering Up; Control Flow
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Eddies"
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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"Hundreds of questions like that." What We Did On Our Winter Break (2023-24)
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Getting Things Going (with Rick Stemm) [Nice Replay]
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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"Metroid is very serious." Secrets & Easter Eggs; Player Trust [Nice Replay]
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Pothole Run" [Nice Replay]
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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"One size bigger and red." CSS; Skill Trees [Nice Replay]
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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"Shiny rocks get me every time." Branding & Iconography; The Ethics of Engagement [Nice Replay]
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Cat Time" [Nice Replay]
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Much Ado About Unity (with Freya Holmér) [Nice Replay]
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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"Today’s the day that I screw things up." Pre-production; Idle Games [Nice Replay]
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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The Logistics of Moving On (with Zach Barth) [Nice Replay]
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Cheating (omnibus edition)
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Nicest of 2023
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Creative Career Paths (with Will Bredbeck)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Nice Games Jam: "The Loft"
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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"Am I making a joke?" Debug Functionality; Polish
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Scoping for Your Project (with John Donkin and Rob Donkin)
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Game-based Learning (with Jennifer Javornik)
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Serious Play Conference Special
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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Megagames (with Trenton Greyoak)
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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"Smarter, more evolved." Polymorphism; Save Scumming
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Horror Games 201 (with multiple guests)
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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"The opposing metric of jank." Composition over Inheritance; Elegance
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Horror Games 101 (with multiple guests)
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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"Sweet, sweet Toronto sounds." Completionism; Educating Intuition
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Much Ado About Unity (with Freya Holmér)
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Working on a Bigger Team (with Julia Keren-Detar)
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Cat Time"
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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"Stephen, explain this." Grind; Emphasizing Uniqueness
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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Getting Things Going (with Rick Stemm)
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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"Sad or fascinating?" Cheating, Part 3; Putting the Real World in Games
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Leadership (with Frani Esquenazi)
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Cheating, Part 2
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Writing for Games (with Anna C Webster)
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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"Salt, in everything?" Player Motivations; Copying Others
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Postmortem: "An Outcry" (with Quinn K)
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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"Ask your friends." Finding Help; Companion Characters
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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The State of "Dogpile!"
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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"What's a little grand larceny?" Licensing; Cheating, Part 1
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Nice Thinking: "The Nice Board Game Industrial Complex, a Nice Games Club Skunkworks Project"
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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"You've probably seen them in Zelda." Lessons from Tears of the Kingdom; Fall Damage
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Unreal Engine for Indies (with Zack Gilbertson)
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Chaos Canyon"
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May 25, 2023 |
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Wandering into Game Development (with Jamaal Sawyer-Dymski and Greg Borreson)
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May 18, 2023 |
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"Play thrice, and make thrice." Stephen's "Rule of Threes"; The Psychology of Animation
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May 15, 2023 |
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The Taxonomy of Horse Games (with Alice Ruppert)
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May 04, 2023 |
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"I love it when you kinda agree." Endings; Lusory Attitude
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Pothole Run"
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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"One size bigger and red." CSS; Skill Trees
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Tiny Horrors (with Rosalie Vile)
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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GDC 2023 Special
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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Postmortem: "C.A.R.L." (with Andrew Kenady)
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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"Metroid is very serious." Secrets & Easter Eggs; Player Trust
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Nice Thinking: "Pizza Land"
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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"Layers and layers of hair." Visual Composition; Minigames
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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The Logistics of Moving On (with Zach Barth)
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Nicest of 2022
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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"Leveling out the table." What We Did On Our Winter Break (2022-23)
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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"Insert interesting car here." Verisimilitude; Indie Game Credits [Nice Replay]
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Nice Thinking: "Neurodiversity in Gamedev (with Adam Clewes-Boyne)" [Nice Replay]
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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"Maximum Whooo!" Learning to Use Tools; Co-Op Games [Nice Replay]
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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The State of VR in 2022 (with Andrew Eiche) [Nice Replay]
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Nice Games Jam: "StorySlide (with Osama Dorias)" [Nice Replay]
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Visual Coding (with Alina Matson) [Nice Replay]
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Designing like a Dungeon Master (with Katrina Ostrander and Jon Kiehne) [Nice Replay]
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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"No referees?!" Curling; Off-Ramps [Nice Replay]
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Characterization in Pet Management Games (with Sarah Yu and Beth)
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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"You lost all your dragons." Save Data; Interdisciplinary Communication
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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"Time is just a search bar away."
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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Fusing Genres (with Millie Walker)
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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"I realize you were making a more point thing?" Cameras; Bug Tracking and Triage
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Nice Thinking: "Revisiting Rhythm Rumble"
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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"Shiny rocks get me every time." Branding & Iconography; The Ethics of Engagement
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Physical Releases for Indies (with Ryan Brown)
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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"Today’s the day that I screw things up." Pre-production; Idle Games
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Nice Games Jam: "StorySlide (with Osama Dorias)"
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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"Two bits of goop." Keeping a Game Design Journal; Bringing Other Media into Games
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Designing a Spiritual Successor (with Dmitry Samartsev, aka Special Bread)
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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"Insert interesting car here." Verisimilitude; Indie Game Credits
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Postmortem: "Scrapeboard" (with Frank DeMarco and Blake Andrews)
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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"Always be the banker." Broken games; Support Systems
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Dogpile! (part 2)"
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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"I’m not coding your game, y’all figure that out." GameMaker for Unity Devs; Inspiration from Behavioral Economics
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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The State of VR in 2022 (with Andrew Eiche)
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Dogpile!"
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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Nice Thinking: "Neurodiversity in Gamedev (with Adam Clewes-Boyne)"
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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"Killed the flightmaster, killed the griffin..." Maintaining an Open-Source Project; Should we design for Killers?
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Level and Interaction Design (with Nina Marotta)
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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"No referees?!" Curling; Off-Ramps
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Gamedev in Peru (with Daniela Gamarra)
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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"That’s not a friendship!" Parasocial Relationships; Narrative Pacing
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Nice Thinking: "A Local Indies Tournament"
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Teaching Gamedev to Young People, Again! (with Chris Totten)
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Teaching Gamedev to Young People (with Truman Simpson)
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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"Start fresh, in a certain way." Diagramming Gameplay Loops; Art Direction
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May 27, 2022 |
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Machine Learning (with Anna-Lena Pontet and Luzia Hüttenmoser)
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May 19, 2022 |
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Postmortem: "LxJamathon" (with Mark Hamilton and Ellen Burns-Johnson)
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May 12, 2022 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Blame the Cat! (with Monica Fan)"
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May 06, 2022 |
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Postmortem: "Infernax" (with Hunter Bond and Mike Ducarme)
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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GDC 2022 Special (Part 2)
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Work Weeks (with August Brown)
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Nice Thinking: "Games With Your Dogs"
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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GDC 2022 Special (Part 1)
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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"Source code is viewable." Building Assets and Plugins; Ink Engine
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Visual Coding (with Alina Matson)
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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“Done enough.” Milestone Builds; Wikis and Guides
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Game Dev London does Nice Games Jam
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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"I got all the moons." Games You Get for Free; Joy vs. Fun
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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"Additional things and stuff." What We Did On Our Winter Break (2021-22)
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Nice Thinking: "Sledgehammer Bride" [Nice Replay]
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Building Blocks of Design (with Osama Dorias) [Nice Replay]
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Nice Thinking: "The New Clubhouse" [Nice Replay]
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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"To whom it may concern." Ethical Consumption; Grind [Nice Replay]
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Glom" [Nice Replay]
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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“My face is over here.” Special In-Person Special [Nice Replay]
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Therapeutic Games (with Adam Davis) [Nice Replay]
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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"They wouldn't fully respawn." Fingeance Postmortem [Nice Replay]
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Nicest of 2021
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Designing like a Dungeon Master (with Katrina Ostrander and Jon Kiehne)
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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"Gamedev is jazz." Player Count; Hidden Information
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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"Maximum Whooo!" Learning to Use Tools; Co-Op Games
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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“The different beams I can do.” Power-ups; Franchises
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Early Access (with Sami Sati and Erick Sati)
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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"..." Debugging; Silent Protagonists
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Nice Thinking: "Sledgehammer Bride"
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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"Oh is that Rugrats?" Relaxing Games; Commitment
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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"Just-In-Time Compiler." Deluxe Editions; Illusions of Choice
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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"The drama of the reveal." Prototypes; Game Shows
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Oct 09, 2021 |
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"Forged by that experience." Frustration; Meetings
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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"Godot! God-ot? Godot." Learning a Game Engine; Guns
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Nice Thinking: "The New Clubhouse"
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Star Trek games (from Enterprising Individuals)
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Ƈɧɇᵴʂ 2⁴ (Live at 2D Con 2021)"
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Pitching Tabletop Games (with Peter Yang)
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Designing for VR (with Dana Ware)
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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"The random bobblehead." Bonus Content; Giving Talks
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Nice Thinking: "Giblet the Trash Can"
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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GDC 2021 Special
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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"The Corrupt Goo." Gamepads; Nature in Games
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Palace of Versailles"
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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"To whom it may concern." Ethical Consumption; Grind
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Jul 10, 2021 |
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"So, you made a game engine?"
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Co-op Studios (with Reese Valentine and Mackenzie Denker)
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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"The anitidote to hype." Storytelling; Exploits
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Jun 19, 2021 |
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“My face is over here.” Special In-Person Special
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Therapeutic Games (with Adam Davis)
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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"Kids like cubes these days." Novelty; Intuition
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May 27, 2021 |
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Open Source Software (with Mark Mandel)
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May 20, 2021 |
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Gameful UX (with Allan Rust)
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May 14, 2021 |
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"They wouldn't fully respawn." Fingeance Postmortem
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May 06, 2021 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Evil Games Jam: Casino Go Fish"
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Evil Games Club 6!
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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"Brainy. Not academic." Ellen's PC Build - The Journey Begins; Press Reset by Jason Schreier
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Building Blocks of Design (with Osama Dorias)
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Glom"
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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"Go pound a Monster." Your Internal Battery; Finding Your Artistic Voice
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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"All of this mess that I'm throwing at you." Fonts; Jank
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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"It’s March tomorrow." What We Did On Our Winter Break (2020-21)
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Roboston! (Live at 2D Con 2020)" [Nice Replay]
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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"Empty the bucket." Burnout; Asynchronous and Asymmetric Gameplay [Nice Replay]
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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"Stephen, his arms wide!" Redundancy; Arcades [Nice Replay]
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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Gamedev in the Philippines (with Ryan Sumo) [Nice Replay]
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Dark Star" [Nice Replay]
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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Mental Health (with Alanna Linayre) [Nice Replay]
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Anarchitects!" [Nice Replay]
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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"I will not threaten you with a noogie." Serious Play Conference 2020; Working with Family [Nice Replay]
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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Agile Development (with Eric Johnson) [Nice Replay]
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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"Kapow?" Fun in Games; Porting Your Game [Nice Replay]
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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Nicest of 2020
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Dec 26, 2020 |
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"Mindworm husbandry." 4X Games; Actionable Gamification by Yu-kai Chou
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Families in Games (with Beth Korth and Andy Korth)
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Tips for Designing Games for Learning
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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Business Speak (with Tiffany Otto)
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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"Not like Beauty and the Beast." Fail States; Worldbuilding
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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200th Episode Special: Bonus Content
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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"A Spark Plug." 200th Episode Special
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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"Random hilarious nonsense." Games for Young Children; Comedy in Games
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Gamedev in Kenya)
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Oct 31, 2020 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Roboston! (part 2)"
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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Game Audio Tools and Workflows (with Chel Wong)
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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"Human, play Dom-jot?" Games in Other Media; Online Play
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Impostor Syndrome (with Heather Gartner)
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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Media Influences (with Xalavier Nelson Jr.)
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Roboston! (Live at 2D Con 2020)"
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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"Claps in the chat." Online Events; Documentation
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Programming VR Games (with Jonathan Jennings)
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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Last-minute promo: We're LIVE tonight on Twitch!
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Aug 29, 2020 |
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Evil Games Club 5!
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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Indiedev During the Pandemic (with Glen Henry)
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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"A way to farm notions." Prototyping; Design Pillars
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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Mental Health (with Alanna Linayre)
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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"Empty the bucket." Burnout; Asynchronous and Asymmetric Gameplay
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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Community Development (with Christine Marten)
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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Level Editors (with Charles McGregor)
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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"I will not threaten you with a noogie." Serious Play Conference 2020; Working with Family
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Dark Star"
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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"I’m ashamed, but also so proud." NDAs; Replayability
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Anarchitects!"
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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"A place where people live." Animation; Establishing a Sense of Place
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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"How Quality Is It?" Leadership; Pricing
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Gamedev in the Philippines (with Ryan Sumo)
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May 26, 2020 |
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"Kapow?" Fun in Games; Porting Your Game
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May 19, 2020 |
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"Balance all those prices." Economies; Ergonomics
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May 13, 2020 |
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Building Substance (with Sébastien Deguy and Jérémie Noguer)
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May 05, 2020 |
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"Click here for fleet operations." Nice Games Bulletin
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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"Martha, Martha, Martha!" Ending Projects; Starting Projects
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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"Stephen, his arms wide!" Redundancy; Arcades
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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Nice Games Jam: "5-4-7-3"
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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"The new normal." Working From Home; Games to Play While Social Distancing
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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"Please cheat, I don't care." Unlocks; Case Study (Mutazione & Later Alligator)
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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"GDC" 2020 Special
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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"When in doubt, call it Gan Ainm." Naming Things; Rhythm Games
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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"If you're feeling saucy..." Day-One Patches; Crunch
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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"GDC Auxli- Aux- Alternative!" Nice Games Bulletin
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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"We are making progress toward that, then." What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-20)
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Buttons and Triggers and Sticks, Oh My!" [Nice Replay]
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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"It's Black History Month, y'all!" Audio Basics; Representation in Games [Nice Replay]
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Ants of Destiny: Morsels of the Queen" [Nice Replay]
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Jan 28, 2020 |
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Developer/Publisher Relations (with August Brown) [Nice Replay]
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Jan 21, 2020 |
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"Steal this episode." Writing for Games; Intellectual Property and the Public Domain [Nice Replay]
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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Nostalgia and the Lo-fi Aesthetic (with Marina Kittaka) [Nice Replay]
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Jan 07, 2020 |
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"100 times nice." 100th Episode Special [Nice Replay]
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Dec 31, 2019 |
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"Somebody's first episode." Language of Games; Sequels [Nice Replay]
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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Nicest of 2019
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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Evil Games Club 4!
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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"Calendar math!" Calendar Math (Production Schedules); Calendar Math (Real Time in Games)
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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"Space ferrets lift off!" Widget Satchel Special
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Reravel: A Backwards Storytelling Game"
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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"All your maps are belong to us." Localization; Navigation; Dale’s Additional Travel Tips
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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Agile Development (with Eric Johnson)
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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"Abstracted to the point of silliness." Finding Fidelity; Taking Feedback
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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"She also cheats a lot." Multi-Generational Gaming; Noble Failures
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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"Casper the Not-So-Friendly Goose." Nice Games Bulletin
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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"I don't always want to do that." Holistic Game Design; Work/Life Balance
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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Board Game Design (with David R. Megarry)
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Buttons and Triggers and Sticks, Oh My!"
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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"Intentionally random." XOXO Festival; Randomization
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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"In situ." Rumble; Making Games for Spaces
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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"There's loot in your DNA!" Nice Games Bulletin
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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User Interfaces (with Jajeev Nithiananda)
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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"Explosions!" Power Fantasies; Game Trailers
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Ants of Destiny: Morsels of the Queen"
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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"Space ferret seeks PR support." Game Libraries; Marketing 001
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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Nostalgia and the Lo-fi Aesthetic (with Marina Kittaka)
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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"We’re criming you!" Stealth Games; Motion Controls
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Jul 23, 2019 |
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"Who approved these topics?" Designing Horror Games; Designing Sports Games
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Jul 16, 2019 |
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Vampires! Nice Games Bulletin
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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Running An Indie Studio (with Matt Gravelle)
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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"E for Everybody!" Patches and Add-on Content; International Age Ratings Systems
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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E3 2019 Special
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Rules"
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Jun 11, 2019 |
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“That wasn’t the angle I was going for.” Extra Modes; Unit Testing
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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Narrative Design (with Beth Korth)
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May 28, 2019 |
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“A secret room with secret stuff!” Game Length; Saving and Loading Systems
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May 21, 2019 |
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“Once more with feeling!” Scoring Systems; Lives and Continues
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May 13, 2019 |
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“It’s time for Gex.” Nice Games Bulletin
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May 07, 2019 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Blob Ball"
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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“When two colors of paint really love each other…” Video Game Events; Color Theory
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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“Three-headed monster.” Resource Management in Games; Boss Battles
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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“I had a tiny violin around here somewhere…” Nice Games Bulletin
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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"Does this game mechanic spark joy?" Team Building; Game Identities
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Apr 02, 2019 |
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GDC 2019 Special
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Mar 26, 2019 |
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"I definitely thought of that ahead of time." Localization Systems; Accessibility
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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Developer/Publisher Relations (with August Brown)
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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"Let Reggie get back to work." Fanbases; Game Design Balance
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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"It's Black History Month, y'all!" Audio Basics; Representation in Games
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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"But other developers made it." Nice Games Bulletin
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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Nice Games Jam: "The Blizzard of Whatever Year That Was"
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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"Steal this episode." Writing for Games; Intellectual Property and the Public Domain
|
Feb 06, 2019 |
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What We Did On Our Winter Break (2018-19)
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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Nicest of 2018
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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"Right the dang now." Scope Creep; eSports [Nice Replay]
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Jan 08, 2019 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Pass them Laughs (Haha!)" [Nice Replay]
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Jan 01, 2019 |
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"I have so much feelings..." Loot Systems; Loot Boxes [Nice Replay]
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Dec 25, 2018 |
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"We are artists and we should be artists." Demoing and Playtesting; Project Management; Messages and Meanings [Nice Replay]
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Dec 18, 2018 |
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"You can see the cabbage in it." Video Game Immersion; Main Menus and First Impressions [Nice Replay]
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Dec 11, 2018 |
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The Gaming Press (with Ben Hanson) [Nice Replay]
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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"Try it once." Watching Games; Narrative in Games; Board Games [Nice Replay]
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Nov 27, 2018 |
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"Will you be the best with me?" Gaming Mastery; Strategy Guides and Wikis; Designing Party Games [Nice Replay]
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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"How would I know that?" Optimization; Pokémon
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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"Game workers unite!" Game Dev as a Day Job; Unions
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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Self-education, et al. (with Freya Holmer)
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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VR Workflows (with Krista McCullough)
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Oct 23, 2018 |
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"All that and a bag of chips." 90s Consoles; Video Game Soundtracks
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Oct 17, 2018 |
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Code Comment: "Adjacency"
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Oct 10, 2018 |
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"They don't call it 'full.'" Space Exploration games; Gaming Habits
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Oct 02, 2018 |
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Nice Games Jam: "Ha-Ha!"
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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"Safety gone!" Hub Worlds and Safe Houses; Environmental Storytelling
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Sep 18, 2018 |
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"Put it in a WordSpace!" Modding; Self-publishing Must-haves
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Sep 11, 2018 |
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Code Comment: "Verdant Skies"
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Sep 06, 2018 |
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"Don’t start with me." Pitching to Consoles; Turn-Based RPGs
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Aug 29, 2018 |
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"100 times nice." 100th Episode Special
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Aug 22, 2018 |
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Code Comment: "Fingeance"
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Aug 15, 2018 |
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"I like naps." Developing Ideas; Game Dev Success
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Aug 07, 2018 |
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Virtual Reality (with Andrew Fladeboe)
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Jul 31, 2018 |
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"But WE know what we're talking about." Level Design; HUDs
|
Jul 24, 2018 |
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Code Comment: "Metro Nexus"
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Jul 17, 2018 |
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"Somebody's first episode." Language of Games; Sequels
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Jul 10, 2018 |
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Visual Novels (with Gloria Kim and Lane Davis)
|
Jul 03, 2018 |
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"Who are you wearing? Nintendo." Roguelikes; Crowdfunding
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Jun 26, 2018 |
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Code Comment: "Widget Satchel"
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Jun 19, 2018 |
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"Press A to jump." Code Libraries; Tutorials
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Jun 12, 2018 |
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"A mean secret that stays in this room." Media Relations; Star Trek Games
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Jun 05, 2018 |
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The Gaming Press (with Ben Hanson)
|
May 29, 2018 |
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Code Comment: "HoverboardVR"
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May 22, 2018 |
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"Not for me I hate them." Platformers; Player Agency
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May 15, 2018 |
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Workflows (with Aubrey Jane Scott)
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May 08, 2018 |
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"We should go outside!" Making a Demo; Physical Games
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May 02, 2018 |
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Code Comment: "Claw Breaker"
|
Apr 25, 2018 |
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"This is why I subscribe." Nostalgia; PC Games Market
|
Apr 17, 2018 |
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"A thousand monies." "Bad" Game Design; Character Design
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Apr 10, 2018 |
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GDC 2018 Special
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Apr 03, 2018 |
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Nice Plays: "Slime Rancher" (2017)
|
Mar 26, 2018 |
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Nice Plays: "Everything" (2017)
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Mar 26, 2018 |
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"That gets real meta, real fast." Research for Games; Gamedev Philosophies
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Mar 20, 2018 |
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"Smart lazy." Game Programming; Work Spaces
|
Mar 15, 2018 |
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Learning Through Games (with Ellen Burns-Johnson)
|
Mar 06, 2018 |
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Nice Plays: "Newt One" (2018)
|
Feb 27, 2018 |
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Nice Plays: "Verdant Skies" (2018)
|
Feb 27, 2018 |
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"Idea! Idea! Idea! Idea!" Achievements; Puzzle Design
|
Feb 21, 2018 |
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"Martha's philosophy on life." Merch; Starting a Game
|
Feb 13, 2018 |
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Global Game Jam 2018 Special
|
Feb 07, 2018 |
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Nice Plays: Nioh (2017)
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Jan 30, 2018 |
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Nice Plays: Lethal League (2014)
|
Jan 30, 2018 |
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"Videogame turducken." Steam; Games in Games
|
Jan 23, 2018 |
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Character Dialogue (with Felix Foster)
|
Jan 16, 2018 |
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Nicest of 2017
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Jan 09, 2018 |
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"I have so much feelings..." Loot Systems; Loot Boxes
|
Jan 02, 2018 |
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Nice Plays: Ludum Dare 40 games (2017)
|
Dec 25, 2017 |
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Releasing a Game (with Ben Burnes)
|
Dec 19, 2017 |
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"Schrödinger’s Animal Crossing." Influences; Repetition
|
Dec 12, 2017 |
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Nice Plays: Inflatality (2017)
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Dec 09, 2017 |
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Nice Plays: Borderlands 2 (2012)
|
Dec 09, 2017 |
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"Shaniqua Shepard sounds cool." Fighting Games; Character Roleplaying
|
Nov 28, 2017 |
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"This misinformation vortex." One year of Nice Games Club! Imposter Syndrome (revisited); Conferences / Gaming Events (revisited); VR Development (revisited); Prototyping (revisited); Messages and Meanings (revisited); Strategy Guides (revisited); The Fu
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Nov 21, 2017 |
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Puzzle/Escape Rooms (with Art Allen)
|
Nov 14, 2017 |
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Nice Plays: Super Mario Bros. 2 [Japan] (1986)
|
Nov 07, 2017 |
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Nice Plays: Color Jumper (2017)
|
Nov 07, 2017 |
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"Boo!" Upcoming Games; Release Dates; Win Conditions
|
Nov 01, 2017 |
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Preserving the Dreamcast (with Ben Franks)
|
Oct 24, 2017 |
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Nice Plays: Pajama Sam 2 (1998)
|
Oct 10, 2017 |
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Nice Plays: Thirty Flights of Loving (2012)
|
Oct 10, 2017 |
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"Right the dang now." Scope Creep; eSports
|
Oct 07, 2017 |
|
"I do business." DLC and Expansions; Genre in Games
|
Oct 02, 2017 |
|
Evil Games Club 2!
|
Sep 26, 2017 |
|
Playtesting (with Dale LaCroix)
|
Sep 20, 2017 |
|
"Qapla'!" Intro to Linguistics for Game Developers; Making Your Own Tools
|
Sep 12, 2017 |
|
Nice Plays: Solomon's Key (1987)
|
Sep 05, 2017 |
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Nice Plays: Boor (2017)
|
Sep 05, 2017 |
|
"You can see the cabbage in it." Video Game Immersion; Main Menus and First Impressions
|
Aug 30, 2017 |
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"Proper ones and twos." Input Methods and Controls; Coding Syles; Splatoon 2, ur, I mean Shooters
|
Aug 22, 2017 |
|
Community Managment (with Holly Harrison)
|
Aug 15, 2017 |
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Nice Plays: OneShot (2016)
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Aug 08, 2017 |
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"Ugly and hard to use." Your Game’s Website; Game Exhibits and Installations; Losing
|
Jul 31, 2017 |
|
"Maybe a Zeldo." Enemy AI; Co-op Games; Speedrunning
|
Jul 25, 2017 |
|
Games User Research, Redux! (with Hannah Murphy)
|
Jul 17, 2017 |
|
"My computer vapes." Building a PC; Pen and Paper Games
|
Jul 11, 2017 |
|
Evil Games Club!
|
Jul 04, 2017 |
|
"We joke here." Future Projects; Steam Direct; Racing Games
|
Jun 26, 2017 |
|
Games User Research and Analytics (with Nic VanMeerten)
|
Jun 19, 2017 |
|
"75% sure." Runtimes, SDKs, and APIs; Mobile Games; Difficulty
|
Jun 12, 2017 |
|
"I am a Juice Journeyman!" Serial Game Design; Changing Your Mind; Starting Your Next Project; Video Game Juice
|
Jun 05, 2017 |
|
"That makes me retroactively nervous." GlitchCon 2017 Debrief; Game Design Primer; Multitasking in Game Development
|
May 29, 2017 |
|
"The Stevechievement." Version Control; Art Direction; Console vs. PC Development
|
May 22, 2017 |
|
Violence in Games (with Dev Jana)
|
May 15, 2017 |
|
LIVE from GlitchCon 2017 (with Rebekah Saltsman and Adam Saltsman)
|
May 08, 2017 |
|
"I trolled myself." Taxes and Business; Nintendo Switch; Competition
|
May 01, 2017 |
|
GlitchCon 2017 Preview (Hype! Hype! Hype!)
|
Apr 24, 2017 |
|
Putting on a GlitchCon! (with Alex Chang)
|
Apr 17, 2017 |
|
"Mutual butt-kicking." Getting Out of a Rut; Bots! Bots! Bots!; Procedural Generation
|
Apr 10, 2017 |
|
Co-Op Recap: Problematic Games (with Sara Ferret and Ajuawak Kapashesit)
|
Apr 03, 2017 |
|
"Pick up all the things." Prototyping; Point and Clicks; User Interfaces
|
Mar 28, 2017 |
|
Games Education (with Reese Valentine)
|
Mar 20, 2017 |
|
"We are artists and we should be artists." Demoing and Playtesting; Project Management; Messages and Meanings
|
Mar 13, 2017 |
|
GDC 2017 Special (Part 2)
|
Mar 10, 2017 |
|
GDC 2017 Special (Part 1)
|
Mar 06, 2017 |
|
Co-op Recap: Transmedia (with Felix Foster and Lane Davis)
|
Feb 27, 2017 |
|
GDC 2017 Preview
|
Feb 27, 2017 |
|
Solo Development (with Will Tice)
|
Feb 20, 2017 |
|
"Can I tweet about this?" Glitch’s Immersion Program; Work/Life Balance; Tools of the Trade
|
Feb 13, 2017 |
|
Extracurricular Activities (with Ryan Foss)
|
Feb 06, 2017 |
|
"Try it once." Watching Games; Narrative in Games; Board Games
|
Jan 30, 2017 |
|
"Will you be the best with me?" Gaming Mastery; Strategy Guides and Wikis; Designing Party Games
|
Jan 23, 2017 |
|
Music for Indie Games (with Troy Strand)
|
Jan 16, 2017 |
|
Nicest of 2016
|
Jan 09, 2017 |
|
Co-op Recap: Interactive Fiction (with Adia Alderson)
|
Jan 02, 2017 |
|
"Bananas, from here to eternity." Bugs!; Game Jams!; Developer Art!
|
Dec 26, 2016 |
|
Resources for Game Makers (with Evva Kraikul)
|
Dec 19, 2016 |
|
"It's against the law to stop." Westworld as a Video Game; Crafting Systems; Designing Games for Non-Gamers
|
Dec 12, 2016 |
|
Steam Greenlight (with Beth Korth and Andy Korth)
|
Nov 27, 2016 |
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"We in this." Impostor Syndrome; Gaming Events; VR Development
|
Nov 23, 2016 |
|
Sega Consoles
|
Jan 01, 1970 |