{"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":"Nice Thinking: \"Who That Pocket Monster?\"","slug":"nice-thinking-who-that-pocket-monster","published_at":"2026-07-09T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517/nice-thinking-who-that-pocket-monster","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nice-games-club-a-gamedev-podcast-731517","url":"https://nicegames.club/episode/439","audio_url":"https://stream.redcircle.com/episodes/627a6a71-43de-4a38-a565-e2375d5c1bf2/stream.mp3","summary":"In this week's episode, the Nice Hosts want to make this year's IDGATC summer picnic the very best, like no picnic ever was. Lydia brings to the table a game that relies on knowing nothing about Pokémon, Mark accuses her of knowing too much about Pokémon, and Stephen does his best as their acting Person-Who-Knows-Pokémon (nicegames.club/feedback). Will they make a game in time to play that weekend? Stay tuned as the journey continues. Strange Finds (demo) - Steam Pinfinity Not-Game-of-Thrones Puzzle Room - Trapped Puzzle Rooms Puzzle Works Escape Co. Prompt Turn the Pokemon guessing game Lydia plays with her husband into a party game in time for the IDGATC summer picnic. Game type Tabletop game Player count 6+ Materials Electronic device (laptop or phone) Random Pokémon Generator (we use randompokemonpicker.com) Grid of possible Pokémon pictures and names Setup Divide into two teams of at least 3 people. The two Team Captains stand in front facing both teams. Distribute the list of the possible Pokémon to the players, either physically or digitally. Team Captains pull up the random generator on their device. If you'd like to play at home, here is the graphic Lydia made for the IDGATC picnic, complete with rules and round order: Rules Gen 1, Kanto region, Unevolved, Default version Pokémon only Two teams, 3+ people each, not including Team Captains Both team are trying to guess the same, randomly selected Pokémon Only Team Captains can see the selected Pokémon Team Captains must know as little about Pokémon as possible Team Captains may not reveal obvious physical characteristics in their initial description 1 correctly guessed Pokémon = 1 point First team to 2 points wins! Round Order: Team A asks their Captain \"Who that Pocket Monster?\" Team A's Captain describes the…","meta_description":"In this week's episode, the Nice Hosts want to make this year's IDGATC summer picnic the very best, like no picnic ever was. Lydia brings to the table a g…","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/nice-thinking-who-that-pocket-monster/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/nice-thinking-who-that-pocket-monster.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}