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My name is Evan. I have been a member of Duke4.net since 2009, a developer of EDuke32 since 2011, and I co-founded Voidpoint in 2014. This page is my CV for all of the above. (For a more formal CV, see my LinkedIn below.)

Roles:
- Computer Engineer by day
- Voidpoint Co-Founder
- Ion Fury Technical Director
- EDuke32 (+ VoidSW + NBlood + ...) Senior Developer
- Shadow Warrior: Deadly Kiss Restoration Director
- Admin at Duke4.net (Forums & Discord)
- Staff at Blood Community Discord
Highlights of my involvement:
- Helped with high-profile mods for EDuke32 by implementing vital source port functionality and contributing to their construction
  - Duke Nukem 64 Mod
  - Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown Mod
  - Duke Hard
  - Duke Nukem 3D High Resolution Pack
    - Duke Caribbean: Life's a Beach Plus
    - Duke: Nuclear Winter Plus
    - Shadow Warrior High Resolution Pack
  - Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour Stopgap Compatibility Layer for EDuke32
- Spearheaded VoidSW, the preeminent source port for Shadow Warrior
- Credited in Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition and Shadow Warrior Classic Redux
- Entrusted with Apogee & 3D Realms prototypes/betas
  - Successfully organized releases for Shadow Warrior, Strife, Major Stryker, Bio Menace, Halloween Harry
  - Authored the 3D Realms Beta Trailer
  - Broke copy protections on 100+ .zip and .exe files
  - Extended the FakeDate TSR by Lee Killough to accept an arbitrary date as a command line parameter
- Packaged new canonical versions of the Duke 3D expansions for the 3D Realms Anthology and ZOOM Platform
- Recovered and restoring Shadow Warrior: Deadly Kiss
- Cobbled together FlappyWang
- Formalized our development principles
Media:
- DF Retro Extra - Ion Fury Tech Interview (2018) - I was interviewed by John Linneman from Digital Foundry about the creation of Ion Fury and the experience of working with the Build Engine in modern times from a technical perspective. I was joined by Frederik Schreiber, VP of our publisher, 3D Realms.
- Cola Powered Gamer exclusive interview with Ion Fury team (2021) - I spoke with Indie Retro News about the background of Ion Fury and the experience of serving as Technical Director on the project. My colleague Max Ylitalo, Lead Level Designer, joined me for the second half.
- I have a MobyGames page apparently.
Stuff I've done for other game communities:
- Helped my friend RoyBatty build the 4GB FNV Updated Loader for Fallout: New Vegas
  - The mod entry on NexusMods with my credit attached is still in the top 50 all-time downloaded mods for the game despite the fact that I've never played it!
- Created the initial version of the MOTHER 3 Ultimate Music Rip, since supplanted by an update by JumpmanFR
- Constructed a .vgm pack for Shining Force Gaiden ~Final Conflict~
  - Also contributed one track to the Sonic 3 & Knuckles VGM rip from the Sonic 3C 0517 Prototype
Contact:
- email: hendricks266+edukewiki at gmail dot com
- X (née Twitter): https://x.com/Hendricks266
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hendricks266.bsky.social
- GitHub: https://github.com/Hendricks266
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanramos/
- Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Hendricks266

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+My name is Evan. I have been a member of Duke4.net since 2009, a developer of EDuke32 since 2011, and I co-founded Voidpoint in 2014. This page is my [[Wikipedia:curriculum vitae|CV]] for all of the above. (For a more formal CV, see my LinkedIn below.)
+*Roles:
+**Computer Engineer by day
+**[[Voidpoint]] Co-Founder
+**''[[Ion Fury]]'' Technical Director
+**[[EDuke32 Project Family|EDuke32 (+ VoidSW + NBlood + ...)]] Senior Developer
+**[https://forums.duke4.net/topic/9316-/ ''Shadow Warrior: Deadly Kiss'' Restoration Director]
+**Admin at Duke4.net ([https://forums.duke4.net Forums] & [https://discord.gg/FQkMQ7r Discord])
+**Staff at [https://discord.gg/V9fY5wE ''Blood'' Community Discord]
+*Highlights of my involvement:
+**Helped with high-profile mods for [[EDuke32]] by implementing vital source port functionality and contributing to their construction
+***''Duke Nukem 64'' Mod
+***''Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown'' Mod
+***Duke Hard
+***''Duke Nukem 3D'' High Resolution Pack
+****''Duke Caribbean: Life's a Beach'' Plus
+****''Duke: Nuclear Winter'' Plus
+****''Shadow Warrior'' High Resolution Pack
+***''Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour'' Stopgap Compatibility Layer for EDuke32
+**Spearheaded [[VoidSW]], the preeminent source port for ''[[Shadow Warrior]]''
+**Credited in ''Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition'' and ''Shadow Warrior Classic Redux''
+**Entrusted with Apogee & 3D Realms prototypes/betas
+***Successfully organized releases for ''Shadow Warrior'', ''Strife'', ''Major Stryker'', ''Bio Menace'', ''Halloween Harry''
+***Authored the 3D Realms Beta Trailer
+***Broke copy protections on 100+ .zip and .exe files
+***Extended the [https://hendricks266.duke4.net/stuff/fakedate2.7z FakeDate] [[Wikipedia:terminate-and-stay-resident program|TSR]] by Lee Killough to accept an arbitrary date as a command line parameter
+**Packaged new canonical versions of the Duke 3D expansions for the ''3D Realms Anthology'' and [https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/duke-nukem-3d-atomic-edition ZOOM Platform]
+**Recovered and restoring ''Shadow Warrior: Deadly Kiss''
+**Cobbled together [https://hendricks266.duke4.net/flappywang/ FlappyWang]
+**Formalized our [[development principles]]
+*Media:
+**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHQv4mSG7_I DF Retro Extra - Ion Fury Tech Interview] (2018) - I was interviewed by John Linneman from Digital Foundry about the creation of Ion Fury and the experience of working with the Build Engine in modern times from a technical perspective. I was joined by Frederik Schreiber, VP of our publisher, 3D Realms.
+**[https://www.indieretronews.com/2021/04/cola-powered-gamer-with-exclusive.html Cola Powered Gamer exclusive interview with Ion Fury team] (2021) - I spoke with Indie Retro News about the background of Ion Fury and the experience of serving as Technical Director on the project. My colleague Max Ylitalo, Lead Level Designer, joined me for the second half.
+**[https://www.mobygames.com/person/602625/evan-ramos/ I have a MobyGames page apparently.]
+*Stuff I've done for other game communities:
+**Helped my friend [https://fallout.wiki/wiki/Mod:RoyBatty RoyBatty] build the [https://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/55061 4GB FNV Updated Loader] for ''Fallout: New Vegas''
+***The mod entry on NexusMods with my credit attached is still in the top 50 all-time downloaded mods for the game despite the fact that I've never played it!
+**Created the initial version of the [https://forum.starmen.net/forum/Games/Mother3/MOTHER-3-Ultimate-Music-Rip MOTHER 3 Ultimate Music Rip], since supplanted by [https://forum.starmen.net/forum/Games/Mother3/The-NEW-Ultimate-Music-Rip-for-MOTHER-3 an update by JumpmanFR]
+**Constructed a .vgm pack for [https://www.smspower.org/Music/ShiningForceGaidenFinalConflict-GG Shining Force Gaiden ~Final Conflict~]
+***Also contributed one track to the [https://vgmrips.net/packs/author/hendricks266 Sonic 3 & Knuckles VGM rip] from the [https://hiddenpalace.org/Sonic_3C_(May_17,_1994_prototype) Sonic 3C 0517 Prototype]
+*Contact:
+**email: <code>hendricks266+edukewiki</code> at <code>gmail</code> dot <code>com</code>
+**X (née Twitter): https://x.com/Hendricks266
+**Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hendricks266.bsky.social
+**GitHub: https://github.com/Hendricks266
+**LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanramos/
+**Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Hendricks266
+🇵🇷🇵🇱🇺🇸
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+{{EDuke32 Developer}}

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