Kyle Banks

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Makes games, occasional YouTuber, BAFTA Breakthrough 2025. Farewell North available on Steam, Switch, Xbox and PS5 👇♥️ https://farewell-north.com/links

Gameplay trailer for DONUT PANIC
Screenshot of Farewell North on Steam showing 499 reviews at 95% positive.
A positive Steam review from MoistMelon that just says "Dog"
A very yellow metal door on a train, with grungy black textures reminiscent of Resident Evil
Code snippet showing how interface references can be serialized in Unity using this tool.
Snippet of code showing how dependencies are defined using this tool, rather than using standard GetComponent* calls in Unity. This tool provides Scene, Self, Child, Parent and Anywhere tags which will automatically resolve references and serialize them in the editor, so at runtime there's no need to search for references in Awake, which can cause significant frame rate hiccups when world streaming.
Beans the Chihuahua laying in bed, on a heating pad, with a blanket over her, looking straight at the camera with her tongue hanging out.
View from the start of Ben Vorlich in the Scottish Highlands, looking down at a field and loch in the distance.
BAFTA Breakthrough photo of me kneeling behind a cardboard boat
My "Goodreads Year in Books" for 2025, showing 98 books read and 35,559 pages.
Screenshot from a discord bot that shows the weekly review summary for Farewell North, with 3/3 positive reviews this week and same last week.
Selfie wearing a blue shirt with pink glittery "Beans" written above a collage of chihuahua photos
Trailer for Farewell North showing border collie gameplay and featuring our rendition of 'My Heart's in the Highlands' composed by John Konsolakis and sung by Siobhan Miller.
Screenshot from Dead Reset showing the main character looking back over his shoulder with a glow stick in a dark ventilation shaft, wires and tubes around him.
Six painted nutcrackers of varying success. In the center are this year's, a red and white on the left, and a green and brown on the right
A table with paints, brushes and several unpainted wooden nutcrackers.
Screenshot from the Farewell North Steam page showing 479 reviews with 95% positive.
A Chihuahua (Beans!) laying on my keyboard, dangerously close to the power button
Farewell North key art with the Indiecade 2025 nominee badge
Selfie wearing a 60s wig and sporting a new moustache
Screenshot from an AI model generator YouTube sponsorship, instructing the creator "If your own generated model doesn't look ideal, please choose a polished high-quality model from the Community section on our homepage instead."
Trailer for the video game Farewell North featuring a rendition of "My Heart's in the Highlands" composed by John Konsolakis and sung by Siobhan Miller
Wife, Chihuahua and I at the top of Ben Vorlich, hands on a pile of stones at the peak
Beans the Chihuahua at the peak of Ben Vorlich, a Scottish munro
BAFTA Breakthrough announcement photo with me peaking out from behind a cardboard boat
Cozy & Family Friendly Games Celebration featuring Farewell North on Steam
Selfie with John Konsolakis on the Ivors red carpet
Article from The National newspaper titled "Scotland's paws all over video games award ceremony", detailing four Scottish game's nominated for the MCV/Develop Awards, including Farewell North!
The Debug Indie Game Awards trophy for Best Narrative to Farewell North
Barney the Chihuahua in a field of leaves
Myths & Legends Steam event banner with Farewell North featured, taking place from Jan 29 to Feb 4
Best Narrative nomination shortlist including Farewell North, Copycat, Closer the Distance, 1000xResist, Mouthwashing and Two Falls
View from the Pentlands, a range of hills just outside Edinburgh, looking over the city
Emotes of Chesley, the border collie from Farewell North. One is crying, one is hearts, and one is smug
Steam review: An absolutely incredible game. The story is so rich and well-told. The graphics and scenery are beautiful. The gameplay itself is super interactive and it truly feels like you are on the adventure
Half-Life key art with the main character standing before metal wall with the Half-Life symbol on it
Trailer for Farewell North featuring footage of a border collie (the player character) restoring colour to the world as he adventures through a chain of Scottish islands with his human.
Farewell North listed as one of the games in the "12 Days of Patchmas" segment of Patch magazine.
Inkcap Smushi plush from Smushi Come Home
Steam review for Farewell North that just says "dog"
A lovely picture of a very real trophy, definitely not stolen from Google images, for the Goodst Boy Award for games released in 2024
Farewell North selected as game of the year for Qualbert by Renee O'Flynn
A donut sitting on several snickerdoodle cookies
Abridged trailer for Farewell North
Screenshot from GameRant's article "The 15 Best Indie Games of 2024" featuring Farewell North :)
Donut with a caramelized shell topping
Spotify Wrapped showing Siobhan Miller was my top artist of the year
Combined key art for Farewell North on the left, showing a woman and her border collie in a ring of colour amidst a greyscale environment, and Copycat on the right showing a lone cat sitting outside in the rain, watching their human through a distant window.
Three collies hugging in the snow
Screenshot from Farewell North showing a woman and her dog standing in a ring of colour beneath a lighthouse
Clip from Farewell North showing the player character, a border collie, herding a flock of a dozen or so sheep
The border collie player character from Farewell North, standing in a field of grass
Footage from Farewell North showing the player border collie being pet by their human companion, with a burst of colour appearing around them.
A clip from Farewell North showing a woman and her dog in a canoe, looking at a glowing stag off in the distance
Photo from my last powerlifting competition, squatting 225kg/496lbs
A border collie running through thorns and carrying a flower beneath warm sunlight
Three second trailer for Farewell North showing colour restoration, herding sheep, playing fetch, racing bikes, chasing coos and explore Islands.
A Chihuahua laying next to a keyboard, with her nose buried beneath it