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Episode Synopsis
Myke Wills (@enfenyx) is a solo indie developer with Enfenyx Games and headquartered in the lovely Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia Canada. Enfenyx creates 2d and 3d games for the PC and has several titles under their belt including Devastation: Annihilate the Alien Race and its 3d sequel Devastation 2: Repatriation, both are available on steam. Myke’s current project is Virvius, a first person horror shooter.
Our conversation included:
His journey to writing indie games, being left handed, and building fake laptops.
His toolchain and the technology involved in creating his steam games, including his 3D Assets and Sound Design.
His love of First Person Shooters.
Building games while raising young kids.
Early game building and floppy disks.
His top 5 games that influenced him, including some Id classics.
Resource Links:
Probuilder for Unity - https://unity.com/features/probuilder - allows for building 3 models easily
Masters of Doom book - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/96382/masters-of-doom-by-david-kushner/9780812972153
RPG Maker 2000 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/383730/RPG_Maker_2000/
Landstalker on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/71118/Landstalker_The_Treasures_of_King_Nole/
Adobe After Effects & Photoshop - www.adobe.com
Magix Music Maker - https://www.magix.com
Halcon - Halifax Comic Con (Nova Scotia, Canada) - https://hal-con.com
More on Myke Wills:
https://www.michaelwills.net
Steam Page for Devastation - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227040/Devastation__Annihilate_the_Alien_Race
Steam Page for Devastation 2 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1464090/Devastation_2__Repatriation
Indie Dev Game Break Podcast Links:
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6IqmIBrbUudh0rSzem9b9w
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indie-dev-game-break/id1660382228
Follow Stray Voltage Games on Twitter: https://twitter.com/strayvoltageca
Our conversation included:
His journey to writing indie games, being left handed, and building fake laptops.
His toolchain and the technology involved in creating his steam games, including his 3D Assets and Sound Design.
His love of First Person Shooters.
Building games while raising young kids.
Early game building and floppy disks.
His top 5 games that influenced him, including some Id classics.
Resource Links:
Probuilder for Unity - https://unity.com/features/probuilder - allows for building 3 models easily
Masters of Doom book - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/96382/masters-of-doom-by-david-kushner/9780812972153
RPG Maker 2000 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/383730/RPG_Maker_2000/
Landstalker on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/71118/Landstalker_The_Treasures_of_King_Nole/
Adobe After Effects & Photoshop - www.adobe.com
Magix Music Maker - https://www.magix.com
Halcon - Halifax Comic Con (Nova Scotia, Canada) - https://hal-con.com
More on Myke Wills:
https://www.michaelwills.net
Steam Page for Devastation - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1227040/Devastation__Annihilate_the_Alien_Race
Steam Page for Devastation 2 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1464090/Devastation_2__Repatriation
Indie Dev Game Break Podcast Links:
Join our newsletter and follow us on substack - https://indiedevgamebreak.substack.com
Anchor.fm - https://anchor.fm/indiedevgamebreak
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6IqmIBrbUudh0rSzem9b9w
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indie-dev-game-break/id1660382228
Follow Stray Voltage Games on Twitter: https://twitter.com/strayvoltageca
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