We're back! This week, your nice hosts talk about what they did over their winter break, from taking up residence in a new clubhouse, to developing a new logo and website, and more! But in the end, everything is still nice.

Highlights of this extra-long special episode:

• Martha proposes a Nice Games Club IDE color theme...
• ...Dale joins the show to point out that making a logo for a podcast is harder than making a logo for a game...
• ...and after all the redesign work, Stephen makes a late pitch to rename the show "Hot Takes Games Club."

Plus, the entire clubhouse goes back and forth making promises (setting expectations) on the new website. It's an iterative process, people!

What We Did On Our Winter Break (2019-20)

Nice Games Club Logo Development

Here's a Nice Game Club "Bug" concept that was rejectedLogo Option #1: StarsLogo Option #2: Git TreeLogo Option #3: Coding BracketsStephen and the Fingeance team talk about their love of "choice #3" in one of our "Code Comment" episodes:Code Comment: "Fingeance"Iteration on Logo #3 (brackets)Logo in multiple color contexts, including the "Valentine" themeVariations on the "logo on a cartridge" conceptWe made our new site using Drupal, a VERY open source web development tool.

December 2019

IGDATC's monthly meetingsDale talked about developing Reravel, which was first developed during a Nice Games Jam episode:Reravel: A Backwards Storytelling Game

January 2020

Protospiel

Hyperdot, a game by Stephen's brother Charles McGregor was released this month on January 31st. It is available on Xbox, Steam, itch.io and Windows PC. You can buy it now.

Global Game Jam 2020

The Global Game Jam 2019 keynote (aka: the best keynote ever) starts at 04:00The Global Game Jam 2020 keynoteWe mentioned Rachel, the head of GLITCH's Discord, who we have had on a previous episode:Games Education Mark worked with Scott Lembke for GGJ 2020. We interviewed Scott on a previous GGJ episode:"Steal this episode."Mark's logo for his team's GGJ 2020, with character art by teammate KissiKissi worked on a few games during the jam!Screenshot from "Super City Mayor," Mark's GGJ gameYou can play Dale and Beth's GGJ game, "Corporate Espionage" right in your brow…

February 2020

Mark and Dale saw David Byrne's American Utopia!American Utopia on BroadwayAmerican Utopia: Full Cast AlbumSpotifyNew York Transit MuseumDale in a very old subway car at the transit museumDale in a moderately old subway car at the transit museumNYU Games Center has playtest events every Thursday