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Nice Games Club - a gamedev podcast!

Nice Games Club - a gamedev podcast!

By: Lydia Stephen and Mark
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 The podcast where nice gamedevs talk gaming and game development. Nice!© Nice Games Club, Noble Robot Art Science Fiction
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  • Nice Thinking: "Ladder Game"

    Nice Thinking: "Ladder Game"
    Oct 9 2025

    It's been awhile, but it's time for another video episode! This week, Mark's colleague Mike Lasch enters the clubhouse to build a digital prototype live on-air!

    Ladder GamePlayable "Ladder Game" prototypeMichael LaschConstruct 3Kuru Kuru KuruinWikipediaRoundaboutNo GoblinSteamSokobanWikipedia
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  • Nice Games Jam: "I’m Holding It for a Friend"

    Nice Games Jam: "I’m Holding It for a Friend"
    Oct 2 2025

    Note: Minor hiccup with the audio recording in the first 2 minutes, so Lydia is off mic briefly but it fixes itself.

    We invite Joanna May into the clubhouse again in this supersized episode to design a game about stowing illicit goods into spacecraft as it's being built!

    • Tangrams - Wikipedia
    • We mention Dogpile!, a game we made in a previous game jam.Dogpile!
    PromptDesign a puzzle game about loading passengers and/or cargo into various spacecraft (or other transport).Game typeTabletop gamePlayer count4 or moreRules
    • The ship is a pad of paper with outline of ship (legal pad sized)
      • The interior is blank, what you draw is the interior spaces
      • Each turn, the freighter captain draws the modules
        • False walls, freezers, to shape what you can put in there
        • They have their own secret goal
      • Each turn, the other players are smuggling things (they don’t know about what others are doing)
        • Contraband
        • Each turn they can put one thing in there or move a thing
          • Maybe you have to slide it only, you can’t pick it up after it’s been added
    • Each game has an ending determination and then also a scoring system
      • Everyone loses if ship gets caught
    • Hidden role game?
      • Freighter Captain
        • Makes the ship
      • Contraband smuggler
        • Tries to add the most of contraband as they can
      • Honest worker
        • Wants to add the most of the goal as possible
      • Inspector
        • Wants to find the smuggler
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  • "Ain’t nothin’ left." Role-playing; To Rebuild or Not to Rebuild

    "Ain’t nothin’ left." Role-playing; To Rebuild or Not to Rebuild
    Sep 25 2025
    Joanna May returns to the clubhouse as a guest host! Your four nice hosts chat Tetris, knitting, and CSS, but also have a pair of actual topics to discuss...Mark's game Blippo+ is out NOW! Go buy it on Switch and Steam!0:13:36Role-playingComplete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of TetrisPig with the Face of a BoyYouTubeTetris (film) - Historical accuracyWikipedia0:35:27To Rebuild or Not to RebuildJoanna previously joined us as a guest to discussSerializationGodot 4.5 release notes - SDL3 gamepad inputGodotNoble EngineNoble RobotGitHubThe Slow Way Is the Fast WayMark SamplesJoanna and Mark debated a concept called "Utility-first CSS"A Year of Utility Classes (Pro)Michelle BarkerCSS { In Real Life }What is Utility-First CSS? (Anti)Heydon PickeringHeydonWorks
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