Priya N.
Studio Director & Creative Lead
Ex-narrative designer on two BAFTA-nominated RPGs. Obsessed with quests that remember your choices.
Game Development Studio · Shoreditch, London
We build worlds worth getting lost in.
Warrior Artifact Quest is an independent studio crafting narrative-driven RPGs and real-time combat systems — from first concept sketch to a live, patched, and player-loved release across PC and console.
Who we are
A compact strike team of engineers, artists, and storytellers.
Founded above a coffee roaster on Redchurch Street in 2016, we grew out of the Shoreditch indie-games scene into a full-service studio of eighteen people. We take a small number of projects each year so every title gets senior attention from kickoff to launch day.
Our house engine tooling is built on Unreal and a custom quest-scripting layer that lets designers iterate on branching narratives without waiting on a build. It means faster playtests, tighter feedback loops, and mechanics that actually survive contact with real players.
9
Years shipping games
14
Titles released
3.2M
Copies sold worldwide
18
People in the studio
How we work
From a one-page pitch to a game on players’ hard drives.
A clear, milestone-based pipeline you can follow at every stage. You own the IP; we bring it to life on time and on budget.
- Phase 01
Discovery & Vision
2–3 weeksWe pressure-test the core loop, define the target platforms, and produce a vertical-slice plan with a fixed scope and budget before a single asset is built.
- Phase 02
Prototype & Grey-box
4–8 weeksA playable prototype proving the fun. We grey-box levels, wire up combat and movement, and run weekly playtests with our Shoreditch tester pool.
- Phase 03
Production & Art Pass
4–10 monthsFull content build: characters, environments, VO, systems, and UI. You get fortnightly builds and a live burndown board tracking every milestone.
- Phase 04
Launch & Live-ops
OngoingCertification, store setup, and day-one patch. We stay on for balance updates, seasonal content, and telemetry-driven tuning after release.
The crew
The people who will actually make your game.
No account managers between you and the makers. You talk to the leads doing the work.
Marcus D.
Technical Director
Builds the engine tooling and combat framework. Fifteen years across Unreal and bespoke C++ pipelines.
Yuki T.
Art Director
Leads concept, characters, and environment art. Turns mood boards into worlds you want to explore.
Leah S.
Lead Game Designer
Owns the core loop and systems balance. Runs every playtest and reads every piece of telemetry.
What we do
Capabilities that carry a title end to end.
Hover a card to see how each discipline shows up in your project.
Narrative & Quest Design
Branching stories that react to the player.
Choice-driven quest graphs, reactive dialogue, and a custom scripting layer so writers iterate without engineering bottlenecks. We author, record, and integrate full voice-over.
Real-time Combat Systems
Combat that feels responsive and fair.
Frame-tuned melee and ranged systems, enemy AI behaviour trees, hit-reaction and animation blending, and a data-driven balance pipeline your designers can tune live.
Art, World & Technical Delivery
From concept to a shipping, optimised build.
Concept art, 3D characters and environments, VFX, and performance optimisation with full console certification and cross-platform builds for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.
Engagements
Ways to work with the studio.
Transparent pricing in GBP. Every engagement starts with a free 45-minute scoping call.
Prototype Sprint
from £14,500fixed, 6 weeks
Prove your core idea is fun before committing to full production.
- Playable vertical-slice prototype
- Core loop & combat greybox
- Two rounds of playtesting
- Scope & budget plan for production
Most popular
Full Production
from £9,800per month, retained
A dedicated pod taking your game from prototype to launch.
- Dedicated design, art & engineering pod
- Fortnightly builds & burndown board
- Live-ops & launch support
- Weekly senior producer check-ins
Co-development
from £6,200per month, per specialist
Slot our specialists into your existing team and pipeline.
- Embedded senior specialists
- Combat, tools or art focus
- Your engine, tools & process
- Flexible month-to-month rolling
Prices exclude VAT. Custom full-production quotes provided after a discovery phase.
Get in touch
Tell us about your game.
Whether you have a finished design doc or a single sentence, we’d love to hear it. We reply to every serious enquiry within two working days.
Phone
Email
Studio
58 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch, London E2 7DP
Studio hours
Mon–Fri, 9:30am–6:00pm GMT