Nice Games Club - a gamedev podcast!

It's an episode packed to the gills, hosted by two manatees and an otter! Your hosts each talk about their time with Glitch's Immersion program, and Mark shares what he learned about its most recent cohort, which he filmed for an upcoming documentary. We then bum ourselves out talking about how we never have enough time to work on our projects, but things pick up for the final segment as we gab ab...

Once a month, the Twin Cities chapter of the International Game Developers Association holds a public meetup, where all are welcome to view presentations, plug their projects, and network with others. As chair of the IGDA-TC, Ryan Foss coordinates and hosts the meetup, and his example helps foster a welcoming and supportive environment for Twin Cities gamedevs. In this episode, we talk to Ryan abo...

Our 10th(!!!) episode has your nice hosts teetering on the edge of not-so-niceness as they each describe something they just don't get (or don't quite like) in gaming, and hope the other two can bring them around. 0:01:28 Watching Games EVO Fighting Game Tournament The Controversial Dichotomy Between Sports and eSports Jesse Aaron Huffington Post Achievement Hunter Rooster Teeth The Best of Modern...

Some firsts in this episode: Our first iTunes review (thanks, Abdiwak!), our first episode of interconnected topics, and our first big ideological disagreement (ooo, drama!). 0:01:33 Gaming Mastery Gamer Motivation Profile quiz Quantic Foundry 0:20:45 Strategy Guides and Wikis (Martha) Pokemon Crystal guide Nintendo Power (Stephen) Donkey Kong Country 2 guide Nintendo Power's Dragon Warrior giveaw...

Musician and educator Troy Strand joins the club to talk about writing music for indie games and working with indie devs, and your nice hosts do a lot of learning. Troy also shares details about his new crowdfunding platform Raisable . Music for Indie Games Audio Verdant Skies Venture Academy Raisable

In this special episode, your nice hosts say some nice things about a few games they played and loved in 2016, and talk a little about what they're looking forward to in gaming for 2017. Martha got new insulation material for our ice-cold clubhouse. Doing it right. Martha's Nicest (2016) Overcooked Overwatch Mark's Nicest (2016) Paper Mario: Color Splash Star Trek: Ascendancy Stephen's Nicest (201...

Our first Co-Op Recap episode features writer and developer Adia Alderson to discuss all things Interactive Fiction! Interactive Fiction  -  Wikipedia Interactive Fiction Narrative [Tools] Ink Scripting Language ChoiceScript Twine Inform [Discussion] Writing Ages in Myst  -  Wikia The Lost Pig Strong Bad  -  Thy Dungeonman Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy game  -  BBC Hitchhiker's Guide To Douglas...

Our post-Xmas episode features "happiness, all over the place," multiple instances of the word "chill," and is covered with Mark's since-Thanksgiving sniffles. SUPERHOT VR Review  -  Ben Lang ,  Road to VR 0:02:36 Bugs! Street Fighter II designer opens up about the cancelling 'bug' Game Developer Indie Game Project Management with Trello Michael Cann Bethesda. Bethesda Never Changes... Regression...

Without Glitch, there would be no Nice Games Club, so we were very happy to welcome the Executive Director and co-founder of GLITCH, Evva Kraikul, to share with us what it takes to build a community of game makers, how to get involved, and the "small moments that define a community.” Resources for Game Makers Glitch.mn Glitch Connect Gamecraft Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Minnesota State Art...

Nothing can stop us, not even good jazz at high volume! MN Gamedev Twitter Bot 0:02:00 Westworld as a Video Game What People Who Make Video Games Think of Westworld - io9 Evan Narcisse IO9 0:11:44 Crafting Systems Minecraft's unique crafting system No Man’s Sky is an existential crisis simulator... Peter Suderman Vox Little Alchemy Doodle God Little Inferno 0:27:30 Designing Games for Non-Gamers B...

On our first interview episode, it's a family affair, as Beth and Andy Korth (plus adorable baby Gabe!), join us in the Nice Games Clubhouse to share their experience getting their upcoming game Verdant Skies though the Steam Greenlight process. Little Gabe, making eyes at Martha. Steam Greenlight Marketing Production Verdant Skies Greenlight page Skye Storme's YouTube video on Verdant Skies  -  S...

Holy bolts, our first episode! 0:01:58 Impostor Syndrome Imposter Syndrome Wikipedia International Game Developers Association - Twin Cities GlitchMN 0:22:38 Gaming Events Oculus Touch controllers Lone Echo multiplayer Fingeance demo download Obduction VR 0:55:57 VR Development "Attack on Titan" VR experiment Andrew Fladeboe VR Beach Ball Valley Intropy Games

Attention Sega nerds! This Nice Bonus episode is for you! During our episode on 90's consoles Mark found out there were so many obscure Sega accessories that they couldn't fit in the episode and deserved their very own spotlight. Please enjoy this Nice Bonus short episode all about them! Sega Consoles