Greg Wohlwend

Greg Wohlwend
Residence	Chicago, Illinois
Alma mater	Iowa State University
Occupation	Video game artist and developer
Known for	Threes!, Ridiculous Fishing, Hundreds, Gasketball, Puzzlejuice, Solipskier

Greg Wohlwend is an American independent video game developer and artist whose games include Threes!, Ridiculous Fishing, Hundreds, Gasketball, Puzzlejuice, and Solipskier. He originally formed Intuition Games with Iowa State University classmate Mike Boxleiter in 2007 where they worked on Dinowaurs and other small Adobe Flash games. Trained as an artist, Wohlwend worked mainly on the visual assets. As Mikengreg, they released Solipskier (2010, iOS), whose success let the two take a more experimental approach with Gasketball, which did not fare as well. At the same time, Wohlwend collaborated with Asher Vollmer to make Puzzlejuice and with Adam Saltsman to make Hundreds based on Wohlwend's first game design. He later released Threes! with Vollmer in 2014 to critical acclaim. He was named among Forbes' 2014 "30 under 30" in the games industry. Mikengreg released TouchTone in 2015 following two years of development.

Wohlwend studied graphic design at Iowa State University and graduated in 2008. He has described his aesthetic as "simple and elegant", and has said about his practice that he is not good at character design and that he prefers to work with vector file formats in Adobe Illustrator so that the images can work at all resolutions. Wohlwend also feels that creativity is a skill that is cultivated and not inborn. He has been influenced by his lifelong experience playing video games, and his favorite game is Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. His writings on the lifestyle required for indie development have been noted by games journalists. Wohlwend was named among Forbes' 2014 "30 under 30" in the games industry.

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