THE SIGNAL FACES YOU.
Facing is the only first-person action unique to games.
You face a world that pushes back.
Our goal is to push the abstraction limits of the medium — to create design only possible in games.
Liberi Stellarum Supra.
WHO WE ARE
Founded in Ecuador in late 2023, Studio High Ground is a dark fantasy AA studio developing premium single-player games for PC and current-generation consoles.
We focus on next-generation animated visuals, strong art direction, and disciplined system design. We build our own pipelines and move fast without sacrificing precision.
Technical excellence is not optional. In today’s market, only a fraction of games break through. The difference is execution.
Something must be pushed — without losing the creativity and agility of a small team.
AT 6,384KM, MOUNT CHIMBORAZO IS THE FARTHEST POINT FROM THE EARTH’S CENTER — THE CLOSEST STUDIO TO THE STARS.
A girl trapped in a hotel where no one can die finds out there are things worse than death.
3D dark stealth — inspired by UNDERTALE™ & Little Nightmares™
IN DEVELOPMENT
01 / 04
Your choices matter — even the ones you don’t make. It’s not just about what you do; it’s about how you do it that determines if a character is saved or condemned.
26 unique characters · cel-shaded graphics · stealth & puzzles · consequence-driven story
AMYSESCAPE.COM →THREE AXES OF INTERACTION.
We build dark fantasy worlds. What matters is not theme, but structure. Interaction can be reduced to three axes. When these are clear, everything else becomes possible.
WHERE YOU ARE
Emotional state.
Geographical position.
Narrative context.
You must know exactly where you stand.
Without position, direction is noise.
WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE
Every system implies a destination.
A rightward pull.
A landmark.
A confrontation.
The vector must be legible.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
This is action clarity.
Jump. Run. Step on a Goomba.
Select. Use. Close.
The player must understand what can be done.
When these three are clean, interaction becomes elastic. It scales beyond fixed loops. This is editing in film.
TEAM
FERNANDO
FOUNDER · CREATIVE TECHNICAL DIRECTORWebby Award winning engineer. Built websites, apps, and large scale systems. Now building dark fantasy games with precision, technical depth, and disciplined execution.
Majora’s Mask · Fear & Hunger 2 · Inside
ALEX
PRODUCER · LEAD GAME DESIGNER · SCRIPTERProducer and lead designer. Structures systems, writes narrative, and builds gameplay architecture. Keeps production aligned and complexity under control.
Until Dawn
ANDREA
ART DIRECTORArt director shaping the visual language of the studio. Leads aesthetic direction, character tone, and atmosphere with strong instinct and focused execution.
Genshin Impact · LisaTo Be Announced
POSITION FILLEDTo Be Announced
POSITION FILLED
RIDER
COMPANY HUSKYExpert at treat requesting. Senior morale officer. Unconditional support department, head of.
Belly Rubs, When food lands on floorTo Be Announced
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POSITION FILLEDWork should speak. Quality is felt, not announced.STUDIO HIGH GROUND
OPEN
POSITIONS
We’re looking for people who refuse to make forgettable work. Remote-friendly. Quito preferred. Portfolio required.
DIALOGUE WRITER / NARRATIVE DESIGNER
Dialogue-first. English native. Voice, not exposition. Sharp, hyper-real characters that feel lived-in. Our cast spans eras — contemporary realism alongside older forms of English. Restraint matters.
- Write character-driven in-game dialogue
- Craft conversations that hide lore inside natural exchange
- Develop intertwined timelines and tonal shifts
- Write concise narrative documents — clear, not bloated
GAME UI DESIGNER
Game UI — not editorial. Readability first. Controller-driven systems. HUDs that belong to the world, not layered on top. Clarity without losing identity.
- Design readable, controller-friendly interfaces
- Understand interaction flow, hierarchy, and player cognition
- Select strong, intentional typography
- Be localization-aware (Latin, Cyrillic, Chinese and beyond)
ANIMATOR (2D / 3D HYBRID)
Performance, not just movement. Stylized, cartoon-leaning work translated into 3D space. Exaggeration, timing, silhouette, emotional clarity. In-office in Quito, Ecuador — not remote.
- Character and creature animation
- Expressive environmental motion
- Working with layered, technical animation systems
- Collaborating with engineers on modular animation stacks
