There are a few different templates for Apophysis plugin compilation out there, but I hadn't seen one that automates compilation.
This takes the plugin development template by DarkBeam and bezo97,
And automates compilation with a batch file. It expects to find Visual Studio 2017 Build Tools, which are free to download.
On the build tools install, I just used default C/C++ selection, and it worked out. You should be able to update the batch file to use other VS environments.
Run build.cmd with no arguments to compile all variations in the "sources" folder. It drops 64-bit/32-bit versions into x64/x86 folders. Logs with warnings/errors go into x64/x86.
You can also invoke build.cmd with the name of a variation, without extension, like: "build.cmd twoface"
-Matthew (@mwegner on gmail/twitter/etc)