Nicest of 2023
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Praise for First Pocket and Analysis of 'Ascendability'
This chapter discusses the speaker's favorite games, particularly First Pocket, praising its dialogue and fantasy elements. They also analyze the game mechanic 'ascendability' and share differing opinions on its usefulness and design.
The clubhouse continues the annual tradition of reviewing the past year. But first they need to talk about Doctor Who and new Minnesota state flag. Ellen makes her first programming joke, and Dale learns to add comments from the editing booth.
Finally, everyone shares which games they have been playing the bees out of in 2023.
But, wait... there's more: your nice hosts also talk about what they are anticipating for 2024.
Doctor Who
Minnesota State Flag
Our accomplishments
Mark's Accomplishments:
- Glom
- Dogpile!
- IGDA Twin Cities Calendar full of events
- IGDA Twin Cities's Playtest Event
- Maintenance of Noble Engine
- Major Accomplishments in Dreamsettler
- including securing a big third party developer for a minigame
Stephen's Accomplishments:
- Glom
- Future Club got funding to produce a vertical slice of a game
- Working on Future Club projects and pitching them (to a celebrity!)
- Survived a snake basement
Ellen's Accomplishments:
- Glom
- TWO custom game projects that Ellen is not allowed to talk about
- Noodle Training Arcade
- Serious Play Conference
- Got a road bike
- Moved to Duluth
Nicest of 2023
Ellen's Nicest:
- Baldur's Gate III
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land
- NY Times Games App Magic the Gathering
- Rival Stars Horse Racing
- Games from the Studio 'Afterburn'
Mark's Nicest:
- Super Mario Wonder
- Super Nintendo World
- Star Trek: Resurgence
- Zachtronics Solitaire Collection
- Puzzmo
Mark's Honorable Mentions:
- Spider Man 2
- Tears of the Kingdom
- Star Trek: Infinite
Stephen's Nicest:
- Spirit Island
- Forspoken
- Deceive, Inc.
Stephen's Honorable Mentions:
- Tears of the Kingdom's Ascend ability
- Baldur's Gate III
Most Anticpated of 2024
Ellen's picks:
- Hellblade II: Henua's Saga
- Ultros
- Hyper Light Breaker
- Little Kitty, Big City
- Dustborn
- Concord
Mark's picks:
- Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake
- Princess Peach: Showtime!
- More Playdate games!
Stephen's picks:
- Dragon's Dogma 2
2024 Gamedev Resolutions
Ellen's Resolutions:
- Make stuff
- Make stuff in Godot Engine
- Make a portfolio
- Do less work, make more stuff
- Unpack some boxes
Mark's Resolutions
- Get Dreamsettler out
- Set up future for Noble Robot office
- Set up console SDK environments again for DS and others (Metro Nexus, porting work).
Stephen's Resolutions
- Look into game engines other than Unity
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