Podcast Episodes
Back to Search"A slow meat computer" King Making; Thinky Bits (Off-Screen Gameplay)
Episode 347
In the episode, Mark, Ellen, and Stephen talk local events, including (don’t worry everyone’s fine) a fire in the clubhouse’s building, construction,…
2 years, 1 month ago
Work Cultures (with Chris Bergman)
Episode 346
Most of our favorite games aren't created by solo devs; they're created by groups of people. And, when you get a bunch of people together in a group,…
2 years, 1 month ago
"Everything is everything." South by Southwest 2024; Player Friction
Episode 345
In this more games-adjacent episode, Mark recounts his experiences at the South by Southwest conference this year! Many fascinating discoveries to be…
2 years, 1 month ago
GameMaker (with Seth Fulkerson)
Episode 344
In this Episode Seth Fulkerson joins us in the clubhouse to talk the game engine, GameMaker. Seth is a long time user of GameMaker who's latest proje…
2 years, 2 months ago
Visual Worldbuilding (with Laura Onderwater)
Episode 340
We’re joined this week by Laura Onderwater, friend of the show! Laura is an experienced concept artist currently working with Greensky Games. In this…
2 years, 2 months ago
GDC 2024 Special (Part 3) (with Alyssa Walles and Audi Sorlie)
Episode 343
Your nice hosts conclude their GDC 2024 coverage with a pair of interviews they conducted at the show. Mark catches a post-show cold, Stephen gets ov…
2 years, 2 months ago
GDC 2024 Special (Part 2)
Episode 342
And now, the conclusion (sorta!), as tour nice hosts recount the back half of the week at this year's GDC. It's a long one, but there's somehow even …
2 years, 2 months ago
GDC 2024 Special (Part 1)
Episode 341
Some of your nice hosts, plus some nice guest hosts, traveled to San Fransisco last week for the 2024 Game Developers Conference. There was so much t…
2 years, 2 months ago
"Things just happen, somewhere." Partnering Up; Control Flow
Episode 339
It's our first roundtable of the year! And did you know that Minneapolis is "partnered up" with Saint Paul? Stephen's not sure what either of these t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Nice Games Jam: "Eddies"
Episode 338
The clubhouse is caffeinated and ready to jam, game jam that is.
The clubhouse is giving a prompt where air movement is the main mechanism of action a…
2 years, 3 months ago