Edmund McMillen

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Edmund McMillen

Edmund McMillen (born March 2, 1980 in Santa Cruz , California ) is an American developer of video games , who was best known for the games Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac .

Life

Edmund McMillen has lived in Santa Cruz since he was born. In his childhood he spent most of his time with his grandmother, who supported him in his creative endeavors, and with drawing, especially of monsters. McMillen later published some of his drawings in his game compilation The Basement Collection . While McMillen describes himself as a "hopeful atheist," his parents are devout Christians. He incorporated much of his childhood experiences with religion in his games. He has been married since 2005.

Early in his career, McMillen published many games in Adobe Flash format on Newgrounds . Many of his games contain black humor and themes that are more aimed at older gamers and that are rather avoided in many classic computer games, such as religion and sexuality. These themes are often depicted cartoon-like exaggeration, the player controls, for example in Cunt (Engl. Cunt ) a penis that is fighting against a vulva-like creature, while the player in The Binding of Isaac is a naked child controls that before his Mother flees because she wants to kill him for God.

In 2004 Gish was published, which McMillen had developed together with Alex Austin and Josiah Pisciotta. In the largely positive game, the player controls the lump of tar Gish whose human friend is kidnapped.

Together with the programmer Tommy Refenes , McMillen founded the production company Team Meat . Her first game, Super Meat Boy , was released in October 2010 for Xbox 360 and the following month for PC. The jump 'n' run became a huge success both financially and in the trade press.

The Canadian documentary Indie Game: The Movie also accompanies McMillen and Refenes during the development of Super Meat Boy through to its release.

Games

game platform Initial release
Carious Weltling Adobe Flash 2003
Gish Windows , macOS , Linux 2004
Blast miner Windows 2006
Triachnid Adobe Flash 2006
Cereus Peashy Adobe Flash 2007
Host Adobe Flash 2007
guppy Adobe Flash 2007
Coil Adobe Flash 2008
Meat Boy Adobe Flash 2008
Cunt Adobe Flash 2008
Ether Adobe Flash 2008
Gray matter Adobe Flash 2008
Spewer Adobe Flash 2009
Time Fcuk Adobe Flash 2009
Great meat boy Windows , macOS , Linux , Xbox 360 , PlayStation 4 , Android , Wii U 2010
The Binding of Isaac Windows , macOS , Linux , Adobe Flash 2011
The Basement Collection Windows , macOS , Linux , Adobe Flash 2012
Facist Adobe Flash 2014
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Windows , macOS , Linux , iOS , Xbox One , 3DS , Wii U , Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4 , PlayStation Vita 2014
Fingered Windows 2015
The End is Nigh! Windows , Nintendo Switch 2017
The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls Tabletop card game 2018

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IndieGame: The Movie "Growing Up Edmund" . IndieGameTheMovie via YouTube. May 18, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  2. ↑ http://business.financialpost.com/2014/04/02/remake-of-indie-hit-the-binding-of-isaac-coming-to-playstation-4-vita-steam/?__lsa=db60- 3f00
  3. ↑ McMillen, Edmund: EdmundM.com . November 25, 2012. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 25, 2012: "i have no idea anymore, i dont believe in organized religion .. and i dont think there is a god that controls everything but id like to believe there is something after death .. i dunno what that makes me. a hopeful atheist? " @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / edmundm.com

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personal data
SURNAME McMillen, Edmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American game designer
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Cruz (California)