Nice Games Club - a gamedev podcast!

Ellen, Stephen, and Mark
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Nice Games Club - a gamedev podcast!

The podcast where nice gamedevs talk gaming and game development. Nice!

  1. -5 J

    Nice Games Jam: "Soapbox Derby OF TIME"

    In this episode Ellen usurps the normal process for a nice game jam prompt to explore her own idea on tabletop mechanics. Who would have thought the scoring system for this game would be 'Points for the Future War'? Stephen's One-Minute Movie  -  Stephen McGregor's Group ,  YouTube Discussion during development Subbuteo Soapboxderby.org Bullet Bill Soapbox Derby Car  -  Lou Whitmire ,  Mansfield News Joural Prompt Make a tabletop game where the core mechanic is modulating the friction on the board. Game type Tabletop game Player count 3-5 Materials Board - 5x5 grid where tiles can be placed 5 racer sleds Racer weights Tiles with different friction coefficients (terrain tiles) Mission from HQ Cards Special Objective Cards Setup 1) Racer sleds and racer weights are randomly distributed to the racetrack row. 2) Each racer sled gets the name of a racer. Each racer name should be silly, like Jenny Too-fast or Billy Tumble. 3) Each player draws two Mission from HQ cards and picks one to be their secret objective.   Rules Players are given each a set amount of time-travel credits. On their turn, each player uses a time-travel credit to either replace or swap terrain tiles. When each all players have spent their time travel credits, the race is on! All racer sleds are released from their starting box, and the results of the race are observed.  Each completed mission results in the number of 'Points for the Future' on the mission from HQ card awarded to that player. The number of points is based on the difficulty of the mission. After the weekend derby is complete (15 rounds), the player with the most point for the future war is declared the winner, but not for 20-30 years.

  2. 1 NOV.

    Tutorialization with Puzzles (with Luke Spierewka)

    "Tutorials shouldn’t feel like tutorials!" Like most aspects of game design, it's an easy concept to summarize but a difficult one to pull off. Luke Spierewka and the team at Afterburn Games have mastered it, using their charming approach in successful titles like Golf Peaks and Railbound. Come learn the arcane secrets of the puzzle game tutorial! Also featuring some great room sound. Afterburn Games (studio) Tutorialization with Puzzles Game Design On crafting Railbound, a cozy track-bending puzzle game  -  Evgeny Obedkov ,  Game World Observer Dynablaster (game)  -  Wikipedia Luke Spierewka Guest Luke is a game designer, programmer, and jack of all trades. He makes games, organizes events, gives talks (and interviews) and does "lots of other stuff." He's worked on many titles, including Railbound, Golf Peaks, Gwent, and SUPERHOT. Learn more about Luke at http://spierek.net/

  3. 24 OCT.

    "Please go vote." Runtime Asset Management; Double Jump vs. Dash

    This week, your nice hosts talk a little bit about our civic duty before getting into two very on-brand topics. Make a plan to vote on (or before!) November 5th. Information at https://vote.org/ Everything You Need to Vote  -  Vote.org What States Allow Same Day Voter Registration and When?  -  Rock the Vote The Only Patriotic Choice for President  -  The New York Times These are the Republicans endorsing Harris over Trump  -  Niha Masih ,  The Washington Post Donald Trump Is Unfit to Lead  -  The New York Times Donald Trump’s First Term Is a Warning  -  New York Times Opinion ,  The New York Times Runtime Asset Management Phaser Simplify your content management with Addressables Unity WAD Doom Wiki Double Jump vs. Dash Games Are Better With Double Jumps Heather Alexandra Kotaku Why Celeste's dash feels great Alex Wiltshire Rock Paper Shotgun Kaizo Wikipedia

  4. 17 OCT.

    Combat Design (with Timothy Staton-Davis)

    We welcome Timothy Staton-Davis into the clubhouse to talk both the broad strokes and the nitty-gritty of combat design. Melanated Game Kitchen  -  itch.io Combat Design Art Game Design We talked about "juice" in game design way back! You can find links related to the topic here as well. "I am a Juice Journeyman!" Pacing  -  Robert Yang, Andrew Yoder ,  The Level Design Book Timothy Staton-Davis Guest Lead Encounter Designer for Brass Lion Entertainment, and Creative Director of Melenated Game Kitchen. External link https://melanatedgamekitchen.itch.io/

  5. 11 OCT.

    “That’s way too many pawns.” Communicating Difficulty; Remixed Play Modes

    This week, Ellen kicks things off with a chat about how games tell players, “This might be tough!” and how to make that fun and fair. Stephen and Mark jump in with their takes on what makes difficulty settings shine. Then, Mark thinks about the practice taking familiar game mechanics and twisting them into something fresh. Think pacifist runs or limited equipment modes. Why limit yourself to one way to play when you can remix the whole game? As always, there are some goofs in here, too. Unity 6 Preview is now available  -  Nancy Larue ,  Unity Unity is canceling the Runtime Fee  -  Matt Bromberg ,  Unity Unite Conference  -  Unity Hasbro Game Night (for Switch) We Were Here Series  -  Total Mayhem Games ,  Steam Loopy: a tool for thinking in systems  -  Nicky Case Machinations: Create digital twins for your systems, processes or economies 0:21:44 Communicating Difficulty Really Bad Chess Puzzmo Orta Therox & Zach Gage Aggro Crab Studio "Why Quitting Is Usually Worth It" David Duchovny & Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio Network 0:40:35 Remixed Play Modes Metro Nexus Noble Robot 10 Most Unique Multiplayer Modes In Video Games James Kennedy The Gamer Extra game modes Universal Videogame List PARKS Board Game 59 Parks

  6. 3 OCT.

    "Numbers go up." Scoring 101; Turning off the Gamedev Brain

    This week, learn about what Ellen was like as a student. Stephen wonders if he’s made a huge mistake, Ellen does some work research, and Mark insists that there is no such thing as magic. Stephen started a new class: Film making Ellen forced her parents to play another game! Parks Board Game Mark saw the Badger Badger Mushroom song for the first time and was underwhelmed. Consequently, Dale was editing and then also got to see it for the first time, and found that this was the correct response. This video is over 20 years old (2003). Badger Badger Mushroom  -  Weeb's Stuff ,  YouTube Mark is (still) working on some User Interface Tools in Unity, called NobleTools 0:11:26 Scoring 101 The four types of scoring discussed: 1. Victory Points 2. Experience Points 3. Stats based scoring 4. Hit Points Perplexity conversation Noodle The Training Arcade Kurt Vonnigut The Shape of Stories Stephen Johnson Big Think Summing Salt - Mario Kart DS Summing Salt YouTube 0:42:39 Turning off the Gamedev Brain Moonwalking with Einstein Wikipedia Ellen has been watching the behind the scenes special feature for ' The House that Dragons Built'

  7. 26 SEPT.

    Optimization (with Jarryd Huntley)

    Entering the clubhouse this week is our the third Owl (employee of Owlchemy Labs) and first Peabody Award winner (as lead developer for We Are OFK), to talk about the "dos," "don'ts," and "good enoughs" of optimization. Cleveland video game designer Jarryd Huntley wins Peabody Award for ‘We Are OFK’  -  Joey Morona ,  cleveland.com We are OFK  -  Peabody Awards Cleveland Game Developers  -  Linktree Optimization Hardware Production Programming Is Using LINQ in C# Bad for Performance?  -  James Vickers ,  The Startup For Vs Foreach In C#  -  Sagar Gavand ,  C# Corner Jarryd Huntley Guest

  8. 19 SEPT.

    "It's hard how my mind works." Audio Middleware; Psychic Distance

    There are now episodes of Nice Games Club for each new day of the year! When you get to the last day of that year, you'll hear about Audio Middleware and Psychic Distance from us in the clubhouse. About the Fair  -  Minnesota State Fair 0:17:06 Audio Middleware An example of audio tech conversations we've had in the past. Game Audio Tools and Workflows Wwise Audiokinetic FMOD FMOD 0:51:32 Psychic Distance Psychic Distance: what it is and how to use it Emma Darwin This Itch of Writing

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The podcast where nice gamedevs talk gaming and game development. Nice!

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  • Création
    Ellen, Stephen, and Mark
  • Années d’activité
    2016 - 2024
  • Épisodes
    412
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    © Nice Games Club, Noble Robot
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