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
Donna Noble is the best companion
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Wikipedia
Cucumber, a miniseries by Russell T Davies
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Wikipedia
It's a Sin, a miniseries by Russell T Davies
Minnesota State Flag
The new Minnesota state flag
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Briana Bierschbach
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Star Tribune

0:10:30

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

Your nice hosts talked about thier work as a tabletop development team in:

The Nice Board Game Industrial Complex, a Nice Games Club Skunkworks Project

Mark gave a short presentation at the IGDATC holiday party about all the work that the group did in 2023.

Ellen talks about her experience at the serious play conference in:

Serious Play Conference Special

Mark talked about Noble Engine in:

"So, you made a game engine?"

0:29:11

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

Mark mentioned what he usually calls "Super Mario Theme Park," which we talk about more in:

GDC 2023 Special

We interviewed Zach of Zachtronic's Solitaire collection in Episode 293

The Logistics of Moving On

Puzzmo is now publicly available!

1:01:08

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

1:16:13

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

S23EP09: Stop Complexifying

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