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The Job Market (with Amir Satvat)
Jun 25, 2026
Nice Thinking: "Bachelorette Weekend Dinner Quest"
Jun 18, 2026
Vehicle Design (with Kris Roberts)
Jun 11, 2026
"I need less squidgy." Part-time Work; Hint
Jun 4, 2026
Dark Patterns (with Sam Liberty)
May 28, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/25/26 | ![]() The Job Market (with Amir Satvat) | This week's guest has good advice, harsh truths, hard numbers, and a big smile. Amir Satvat, tireless advocate and resource-provider for game developers looking for work via his organization ASGC (Always Supporting the Games Community), enters the clubhouse to help your nice hosts wrap their minds around a difficult job market.The Job MarketIRLAlways Supporting the Games Community homepageASGC Discord serverAmir Satvat - LinkedInGame Industry Coffee Chat Discord server | — | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | ![]() Nice Thinking: "Bachelorette Weekend Dinner Quest" | In this episode Lydia discusses how best to make all her friends hangry by making them do puzzles before releasing food. By which I mean, she got Stephen and Mark to do her work for her.So, if you were part of the weekend of puzzles and quests that Lydia was preparing for, please tell us how Stephen and Mark did, at nicegames.club/feedback.Lydia got Mark a present, which the clubhouse audibly reacts to, but never describes. This is it:Puzzeling the BachelorettesRebusRebus generatorfestisiteRebus generatorEduPicsPuzzle completion | — | ||||||
| 6/11/26 | ![]() Vehicle Design (with Kris Roberts)✨ | vehicle designgame design+3 | Kris Roberts | — | — | vehicle designvideo games+3 | — | — | |
| 6/4/26 | ![]() "I need less squidgy." Part-time Work; Hint✨ | part-time workgame hints+3 | — | Chicory: A Colorful TaleWishes Unlimited Games | — | part-time workgame hints+3 | — | — | |
| 5/28/26 | ![]() Dark Patterns (with Sam Liberty)✨ | exploitative game designgamification+3 | Sam Liberty | ELB LearningAddiction by Design+3 | — | dark patternsgamification+3 | — | — | |
| 5/21/26 | ![]() Working with Voice Actors (with Yuri Lowenthal)✨ | voice actingvideo games+3 | Yuri Lowenthal | InsomniacSpider-Man | — | voice actorsvideo game acting+5 | — | — | |
| 5/14/26 | ![]() Interactive Fiction Communities (with Andrew Plotkin)✨ | Interactive Fictionhistory+3 | Andrew Plotkin | Interactive Fiction DatabaseInteractive Fiction Competition+8 | — | Interactive Fictiongame development+6 | — | — | |
| 5/7/26 | ![]() "Look who's old now!" Exhibiting Your Game; Design Investigations✨ | Exhibiting Your GameDesign Investigations+3 | Dale | MPS Community Education | — | game developmentexhibiting games+3 | — | — | |
| 4/30/26 | ![]() Healthy Criticism (with August Brown)✨ | healthy criticismworkplace environment+3 | August Brown | Production Hotel InfinityStudio Chyr+1 | — | healthy criticismworkplace+3 | — | — | |
| 4/23/26 | ![]() "He's scientific methoding you." Characterization Through Mechanics; Tutorials vs. Instructions✨ | characterizationgame mechanics+4 | — | WikipediaLewis Chessmen+1 | April | game developmentcharacterization+5 | — | — | |
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| 4/16/26 | ![]() "That's fixin’ to get ready." 3D Lighting; Menus vs Parkour✨ | 3D lightinggame development+4 | — | Ladder GameUniversal Render Pipeline+6 | — | 3D lightinggame development+5 | — | — | |
| 4/9/26 | ![]() GDC 2026 Special (Part 2)✨ | GDC 2026game development+5 | — | Game Developer Conference | — | GDC 2026game development+5 | — | — | |
| 4/2/26 | ![]() GDC 2026 Special (Part 1)✨ | Game Developer ConferenceNetworking+4 | Steven MargolinVictoria Tran+6 | OuterslothGamesIndustry.biz+3 | Love and Deepspace | GDC 2026Game Design+5 | — | — | |
| 3/26/26 | ![]() "First Person Schlorper" Cozy Games; Fast Travel✨ | cozy gamesfast travel+3 | Ian | Melanated Games KitchenSledgehammer Bride+2 | — | cozy gamesfast travel+3 | — | — | |
| 3/19/26 | ![]() Nice Games Jam: "Evil Games Jam 2: Cat Comms"✨ | game jamgame design+3 | — | MewgenicsEvil Games Club+3 | — | Evil Games Jamgame design+3 | — | — | |
| 3/12/26 | ![]() Tabletop Special✨ | tabletop gamesRPGs+3 | Ian Peters | Evil Hat ProductionsGURPS: Generic Universal RolePlaying System+11 | — | tabletop gamesRPGs+3 | — | — | |
| 3/5/26 | ![]() "We need more train service in this country." What We Did On Our Winter Break (2025-26)✨ | winter break activitiesgame development+4 | — | PolygonKotaku+4 | — | Nice Games ClubGlobal Game Jam+5 | — | — | |
| 2/26/26 | ![]() Reinventing GDC (with Mark DeLoura) [Nice Replay] | #417Reinventing GDCInterview2025.11.27After the discussion, DeLoura turned the tables on your nice hosts and asked a question of his own. It didn't fit into the episode, but we saved it and put it up as a Patreon exclusive bonus segment!Mark DeLoura's decades-long career in games includes roles ranging from Nintendo engineer to White House senior advisor. A longtime and passionate developer advocate, this year he's been tapped to help reinvent the industry's largest annual gathering, GDC.DeLoura outlines the changes coming to this year's conference, defines what "festival" means in the context of GDC, and previews the ambitious goals for its future. But your nice hosts also raise concerns about the elimination of the lowest-priced passes, the accessibility of new programming, and the critical issue of attendee safety now that more official GDC events serve alcohol.Whether you have or are planning to attend GDC, are one of its critics, or just want to know more about how the industry creates and manages its community, this episode is a must-listen.Your nice hosts will be at GDC 2026, March 9th - 13th, 2026 in San Francisco. Look for our annual GDC special episode(s) then.Mark DeLoura on BlueskyMark DeLoura on LinkedInHITLab - Human Interface Technology Lab - University of WashingtonGame Programming Gems - Mark DeLouraDr. Miguel Luengo-Oroz (MalariaSpot) - Online game & crowdsourcing & malaria - The International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases, YouTubeAbout FoldItVideo games owe a lot to President Obama's administration - Brian Crecente, PolygonMark DeLoura also co-hosts a podcast! His weekly gaming news/discussion show, Boss Rush, is available on YouTube!After the discussion, DeLoura turned the tables on your nice hosts and asked a few questions of his own. It didn't fit into the episode, but we saved it and put it up as a Patreon exclusive bonus segment!Reinventing GDCThe annual Game Developers Conference is changing - Michael McWhertor, PolygonCannes Lions International Festival of Creativity - WikipediaBlack Hat - Upcoming EventsGDC Passes & Pricing - Game Developer ConferenceSeattle Indies SLICECalling partners for GDC 2026! - Game DeveloperGames Industry GatheringFemale Game Devs Open Up About Harassment And Drink Spiking At GDC - Ahmad Hassan, RespawnFirstAmir Satvat's Games Jobs Resources | — | ||||||
| 2/19/26 | ![]() "I’m intrigued by big door." Emotional Effects of Music; A New Foe Has Appeared! [Nice Replay] | #393"I’m intrigued by big door."Roundtable2025.06.12Mark rushes through the introduction to talk about his two rush projects, one of which, Blippo+, was announced on Sunday during the PC Gaming Show! You'll hear more about that next week, but until then, Lydia talks about feeling seen in Anime, Stephen laments that his filmmaking class has not only ruined movies for him, but also music, and Dale does a good job editing out Lydia’s coughs.Blippo+, coming to PC and Switch this fall!You Need To See FMV Cable TV Simulator Blippo+ - Wesley LeBlanc, Game InformerEmotional Effects of MusicStephen McGregorAudioA New Foe Has Appeared!Lydia SymchychMisc. | — | ||||||
| 2/12/26 | ![]() Nice Games Jam: "Dinosaurs of North Dakota" [Nice Replay] | #381Dinosaurs of North DakotaNice Games Jam2025.03.13The clubhouse gets Cretaceous this week; your nice hosts have been challenged to create a game about dinosaurs and their feeding habits.PromptMake a game about the feeding habits of dinosaurs or of paleontologists, bonus points if all the dinosaurs are from the same era.Game typeDesign documentPlayer count1RulesCretaceous periodFlowering plants evolved hereEarly mammals here tooVelociraptors too!Different sized dinosaursName: Dinosaurs of North DakotaPlay as big (T-rex), small (dog-sized) and medium (triceratops)Survive a day as each of these creaturesOrder of playMedium first (herbivore)Big next (T-rex)Small last (scavenger)Then Paleontologist discovers (eats chicken with a PLASTIC fork)Where you die determines how preserved the bones are during the paleontology phaseIf you want more preserved bones you have to choose to not live as long (due to how the preservation works)GameplayPlay as the different creatures, the player chooses when that phase of the game endsCan also end after a certain time playedThen you swap to a new creature and play as them, choosing when to endWhen you get back to a creature, time has passed and things are different in the world (partly due to player influence from other creatures)Player knocking down trees might be knocked down in future scenes, eating a lot of plants may make the area sparse in the futureKeep playing as the different creature until enough time has passedAfterwards, play as a paleontologist and rediscover what you’ve doneRecord what you’ve done with the knowledge the paleontologist has (and not the player), so it won’t actually be accurate to the player’s playthroughBased on what the player’s done, it can affect what things the paleontologist will be able to say about the state of things after | — | ||||||
| 2/5/26 | ![]() Nice Thinking: "Fishing Minigame Collection" [Nice Replay] | #405Fishing Minigame CollectionNice Thinking2025.09.04Stephen Business is back! And he’s attempting to make a meme into a reality. The clubhouse attempts to answer these (and other) questions:How many fishing minigames is too many fishing minigames?Is it okay to shoot fish with lasers?Who are those teenagers with emo hair in the Bentley?Should Stephen make something on the Playdate?Why do people go fishing?Does anyone actually like fishing?You can wishlist 'Blippo+' on Steam! - SteamFishingStephen McGregorGamingLydia kicked of this topic with a comment an episode, maybe this one?Revisiting Your GamesFishing Minigame Meme - RedditLydia learned about noodling from this youtube channel - Bon Appetit, YouTubeFeeding time at a Fish Hatchery is bonkers! - YouTubeLydia's nice list of games with fishing minigamesTales of Arise Pokemon Animal Crossing Stardew ValleyLegend of Zelda (many) SkyrimKirby The Forgotten Land Verdant Skies Spiritfarer Red Dead Redemption 2 Final Fantasy (many) Sonic Frontiers Far Cry 5Hades | — | ||||||
| 1/29/26 | ![]() 3D Workflows for Indie Devs (with Freya Holmér) [Nice Replay] | #3963D Workflows for Indie DevsInterview2025.07.03We welcome Freya Holmér back into the clubhouse to talk about 3D game development for independent game developers. We get into the specifics of the tools available for devs and why they work and don't work for different teams, but it's mostly an excuse to talk about Freya's new 3D modeling software.Half-Edge - Freya HolmérShapes - Freya Holmér, Unity Asset StoreShader Forge - Freya Holmér, GitHub3D Workflows for Indie DevsGame DesignToolsUI / UXValve Hammer Editor - Valve Developer CommunityPicoCAD - Johan Peitz, itch.ioTrenchBroom - GitHubCrocotile 3DWhat’s the difference between OBJ and FBX? And when to you what - Reddit | — | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | ![]() "The things that create the geometry." What Happened With Future Club; Design Surface Area [Nice Replay] | #391"The things that create the geometry."Roundtable2025.05.29Your 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 Lydia has recommendations.Chants of Sennaar - WikipediaNintendo Switch 2 preorders were a total mess — at first - Jay Peters, The VergeMissed out on a Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order? GameStop and Best Buy will have mo… - Demi Williams, TechRadarWhat Happened With Future Club0:22:17Stephen McGregorIRLProductionPart-Time Hero Campaign Ending - Future Club, KickstarterDesign Surface Area0:48:57Mark LaCroixGame DesignRubber duck debugging - Wikipedia | — | ||||||
| 1/15/26 | ![]() Nice Games Jam: "Time Traveler Estate Sale" [Nice Replay] | #384Time Traveler Estate SaleNice Games Jam2025.04.10Roles reverse as Dale joins Stephen and Lydia for a Nice Game Jam prompted by Mark. The results are an antiques-fueled jaunt through time, and an unexpected win for Stephen.Costcodle - Zak Kermitz, CostcodleTimeline Inventions - Zygomatic, ZygomaticHypodermic Needles - Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine, Maximum FunPrompt"Come up with a game where the winner is the player who gets (or gets closest to) a certain amount of points, but that amount changes from round to round. Hard mode variant: the players don’t always know what the amount is."Game typeTabletop gamePlayer count2-8MaterialsSet of item cards from various years10 chips for each playerSet of years/eventsTimerSetupPlace 8 item cards on the table easily accessible for all players. Pick a random year/event. Set timer for 1 minute.RulesStart the timer to start the roundWhile the timer runs, players place chips on items to bid on themWhen the timer runs out, the player with the most chips on an item gets that item. In a tie, no one gets an item and it gets added to the pool during the next roundItems that are earned get their times revealed, player closest to the chosen year/event winsPlay repeats for three rounds, player with the most round wins wins the game | — | ||||||
| 1/8/26 | ![]() Video Game IP Law (with Haley MacLeon) [Nice Replay] | #388Video Game IP LawInterview2025.05.08Your nice hosts get a crash course on video game IP law from lawyer and MinnMax cohort, Haley MacLeon. We learn about incorporating, publishing agreements, the difference between a lot of commonly used terms like "copyright", and the joys of contract templates. MinnMax - MinnMaxGame Informer Revival - Game InformerVideo Game IP LawMarketingMisc.ProductionThe $10 Million Lawsuit That Hinges On An Oxford Comma - Anna King, NPRVideo Game Publishing Agreement Market Report 2025 - Kellen Voyer & Haley MacLean, Voyer Law Corporation | — | ||||||
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