Podcast Episodes
Back to Search"Everyone hates Jira." QA Workflows; Designing Discovery
Episode 397
Your nice host return to the complex and sometimes underappreciated world of quality assurance in the game dev space, and also explore discovery as a…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
3D Workflows for Indie Devs (with Freya Holmér)
Episode 396
We welcome Freya Holmér back into the clubhouse to talk about 3D game development for independent game developers. We get into the specifics of the t…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Nice Games Jam: "Head in the Clouds"
Episode 395
This week, your Nice Hosts have a new prompt from a new source. Lydia's husband, Ian, draws from a rainy source of inspiration and the Hosts are all-…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
"It's about trust." Save Systems; Keeping Secrets
Episode 394
Your nice hosts talk about saving both your position in a game and saving your secrets from being spread around. Also in this episode: Stephen's birt…
1 year ago
"I’m intrigued by big door." Emotional Effects of Music; A New Foe Has Appeared!
Episode 393
Mark rushes through the introduction to talk about his two rush projects, one of which, Blippo+, was announced on Sunday during the PC Gaming Show! Y…
1 year ago
Video Game History (with Adrian Sandoval)
Episode 392
This week in the club house Adrian Sandoval describes how video games are speed running art history. Your nice hosts have their minds blown many time…
1 year ago
"The things that create the geometry." What Happened With Future Club; Design Surface Area
Episode 391
Your nice hosts all secured a Switch 2 pre-order... from a certain point of view. Then, Stephen examines the body, Mark attempts a vocabulary, and Ly…
1 year ago
Mental Health and Discrimination (with Ashley Phipps)
Episode 390
The clubhouse welcomes Ashley Phipps, producer for the game Clock Out at 2, to discuss the topic of mental health and discrimination.
Mental Health an…
1 year, 1 month ago
"This is an impossible challenge." Friction by Design; Diversity in Scoring
Episode 389
In this episode the club house talks about the games that they have been playing. Mark attempts to define the terms good friction and bad friction, d…
1 year, 1 month ago
Video Game IP Law (with Haley MacLeon)
Episode 388
Your nice hosts get a crash course on video game IP law from lawyer and MinnMax cohort, Haley MacLeon. We learn about incorporating, publishing agree…
1 year, 1 month ago