Ampersand Design Studios

Art & design
for game worlds

An independent studio drawing the characters, worlds and interfaces of other people’s games, from the first sketch to the files your engine needs.

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Meet the cast

A few of the characters we have drawn for 4 different games. Pick one to see the project they come from.

Selected work

Worlds we’ve
helped build

All 10 projects

01

Lemonade Flashbang

Doomsday Paradise

A cast of heroes, followers and bosses, the places they fight across, and the interface around it all.

  • Character design
  • Background art
  • Game UI
  • Rig-ready assets
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02

Independent developer

Questline

A painted and animated cast for a fantasy adventure, from the questing party to the tavern regulars.

  • Character design
  • Spine animation
  • Environment art
  • Props
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03

Independent developer

Unyielding 2

A party drawn with swappable expressions, plus card art, story events and battle screens.

  • Character design
  • Card illustration
  • Event illustration
  • Game UI concepts
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04

Borderline Studios

Rail Runner

A steampunk railway adventure: key art, the player train, stations, characters and interface.

  • Key art
  • Characters
  • Environments
  • Game UI
  • Programming
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What we do

Every part
players see

Services

The studio

Built alongside
game teams

We work with game studios and independent developers as an extension of their team, picking up the characters, worlds and interfaces a game needs and delivering them ready for production. Everything on this site was made by our artists for a client’s game.

How we can help

Worked with

  • Lemonade Flashbang
  • Abyssal Studios
  • Borderline Studios
  • Break Away Games
  • Alpha 212
  • YamYam

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Have a game in mind?

Tell us about your game and the art, design or development you need. We’ll come back to you with how we can help.