{"podcast":{"title":"Nice Games Club - a gamedev podcast!","slug":"nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517","podcast_index_feed_id":731517,"rss_url":"https://nicegames.club/feed/podcast","website_url":"https://nicegames.club/","image_url":"https://nicegames.club/sites/default/files/Logo_20200211.jpg","author":"Lydia, Stephen, and Mark","episode_count":521,"summary":"The podcast where nice gamedevs talk gaming and game development. Nice!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-03T22:18:22.884942+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517"},"episode":{"title":"\"He's scientific methoding you.\" Characterization Through Mechanics; Tutorials vs. Instructions","slug":"he-s-scientific-methoding-you-characterization-through-mechanics-tutorials-vs-instructions","published_at":"2026-04-23T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/he-s-scientific-methoding-you-characterization-through-mechanics-tutorials-vs-instructions","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517","url":"https://nicegames.club/episode/428","audio_url":"https://stream.redcircle.com/episodes/0dfad50d-3515-4fc0-b45e-b32527262fe3/stream.mp3","summary":"How is it April? The episodes have been so long lately it feels like it should be more than two months since the hiatus ended. As a countermeasure, the Nice Hosts have another set of roundtable topics to break up your week and retune the time dilation. Stephen tries hard not to talk about fighting games, Lydia ponders the nature of instructions, and everyone talks a lot more about Mario than they thought they would. 0:01:41 Characterization Through Mechanics We talked about characterization in Smash on a previous episode. \"I’m intrigued by big door.\" Lewis Chessmen Wikipedia 0:29:24 Tutorials vs. Instructions The \"tutorial\" Lydia encountered at work that inspired this topic.","meta_description":"How is it April? The episodes have been so long lately it feels like it should be more than two months since the hiatus ended. As a countermeasure, the Ni…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":null,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/episodes/he-s-scientific-methoding-you-characterization-through-mechanics-tutorials-vs-instructions/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/he-s-scientific-methoding-you-characterization-through-mechanics-tutorials-vs-instructions.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}