# Nice Games Club - a gamedev podcast! Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517.md RSS feed: https://nicegames.club/feed/podcast Official site: https://nicegames.club/ Author: Lydia, Stephen, and Mark Episodes: 521 ## Resource The podcast where nice gamedevs talk gaming and game development. Nice! ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517.md ## Episodes - [Chance Mechanics (with Heather Flowers)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/chance-mechanics-with-heather-flowers) — 2026-09-03T11:00:00+00:00 - ["Praise be to the bureaucrats." Player Investment; Crunch Culture](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/praise-be-to-the-bureaucrats-player-investment-crunch-culture) — 2026-08-27T11:00:00+00:00 - [Nice Games Jam: "The Great Floral Heist"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/nice-games-jam-the-great-floral-heist) — 2026-08-20T11:00:00+00:00 - ["Your second draft." Code Comment; The Critical Eye Part 2](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/your-second-draft-code-comment-the-critical-eye-part-2) — 2026-08-13T11:00:00+00:00 - [Narrative-Driven Puzzles (with Brian Crick)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/narrative-driven-puzzles-with-brian-crick) — 2026-08-06T11:09:09+00:00 - [“That’s not how Lutherans work” Geology In Games; Shipping Updates](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/that-s-not-how-lutherans-work-geology-in-games-shipping-updates) — 2026-07-30T11:00:00+00:00 - [Nice Games Jam: "Triage Simulator"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/nice-games-jam-triage-simulator) — 2026-07-23T11:00:00+00:00 - ["Level designing your own home." Story Players Won't See; Polish Priorities](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/level-designing-your-own-home-story-players-won-t-see-polish-priorities) — 2026-07-16T11:00:00+00:00 - [Nice Thinking: "Who That Pocket Monster?"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/nice-thinking-who-that-pocket-monster) — 2026-07-09T11:00:00+00:00 - ["That’s basically numbers." Discussing Scope; Inspiration Though Research](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/that-s-basically-numbers-discussing-scope-inspiration-though-research) — 2026-07-02T11:00:00+00:00 - [The Job Market (with Amir Satvat)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/the-job-market-with-amir-satvat) — 2026-06-25T11:00:00+00:00 - [Nice Thinking: "Bachelorette Weekend Dinner Quest"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/nice-thinking-bachelorette-weekend-dinner-quest) — 2026-06-18T11:00:00+00:00 - [Vehicle Design (with Kris Roberts)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/vehicle-design-with-kris-roberts) — 2026-06-11T11:00:00+00:00 - ["I need less squidgy." Part-time Work; Hint](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/i-need-less-squidgy-part-time-work-hint) — 2026-06-04T11:00:00+00:00 - [Dark Patterns (with Sam Liberty)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/dark-patterns-with-sam-liberty) — 2026-05-28T11:00:00+00:00 - [Working with Voice Actors (with Yuri Lowenthal)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/working-with-voice-actors-with-yuri-lowenthal) — 2026-05-21T13:55:22+00:00 - [Interactive Fiction Communities (with Andrew Plotkin)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/interactive-fiction-communities-with-andrew-plotkin) — 2026-05-14T11:00:00+00:00 - ["Look who's old now!" Exhibiting Your Game; Design Investigations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/look-who-s-old-now-exhibiting-your-game-design-investigations) — 2026-05-07T11:00:00+00:00 - [Healthy Criticism (with August Brown)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/healthy-criticism-with-august-brown) — 2026-04-30T11:00:00+00:00 - ["He's scientific methoding you." Characterization Through Mechanics; Tutorials vs. Instructions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/he-s-scientific-methoding-you-characterization-through-mechanics-tutorials-vs-instructions) — 2026-04-23T11:00:00+00:00 - ["That's fixin’ to get ready." 3D Lighting; Menus vs Parkour](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/that-s-fixin-to-get-ready-3d-lighting-menus-vs-parkour) — 2026-04-16T23:00:00+00:00 - [GDC 2026 Special (Part 2)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/gdc-2026-special-part-2) — 2026-04-09T11:00:00+00:00 - [GDC 2026 Special (Part 1)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/gdc-2026-special-part-1) — 2026-04-02T11:00:00+00:00 - ["First Person Schlorper" Cozy Games; Fast Travel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/first-person-schlorper-cozy-games-fast-travel) — 2026-03-26T11:00:00+00:00 - [Nice Games Jam: "Evil Games Jam 2: Cat Comms"](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/nice-games-jam-evil-games-jam-2-cat-comms) — 2026-03-19T12:18:12+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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