Engine House

Engine House is an independent British animation and visual effects studio based in Cornwall. Founded in 2014, it creates CGI animation, commercial visuals, game cinematics and immersive experiences, alongside original short films and animated feature projects. Its work spans character-led storytelling, stylized animation and technically demanding visual effects for entertainment, advertising and educational audiences.

The studio offers production services from initial creative development through finished imagery. Its pre-production capabilities include storyboarding, previsualisation, character design, asset creation and rigging. Production encompasses 3D animation, editorial, effects and VFX supervision, followed by lighting, rendering and compositing. Real-time animation using Unreal Engine is central to its current capabilities, complementing experience in particle effects, destruction, simulation and dynamic environments.

Animation across formats

Engine House created painterly animated cutscenes and narrative ink transitions for Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China and Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India. Its game-related portfolio also includes the cinematic trailer for Moonray. In short-form animation, its projects include Wylder, adapted from Maia Walczak’s book, and The Ship, commissioned by Channel 4 Random Acts and Arts Council England. Other original shorts include Stached, The Gallows and The Winning Lottery Ticket.

Commercial work includes animated campaigns for Coca-Cola, Huawei, Karofi and Wafra, ranging from 2.5D brand films to character-led television advertising. The studio has also created animated promotional book covers for Stephen King titles and exhibition visuals for the National Maritime Museum Cornwall’s Monsters of the Deep.

Its immersive work extends to virtual reality, 360-degree video and planetarium presentations. Exoplanet Explorers applies animation to scientific communication, presenting a virtual journey through six exoplanets. This sits alongside the studio’s broader work for museums, science centres and educational institutions.

Alongside commissioned production, Engine House develops original intellectual property and independent animated features. Its reported development slate includes Back From The Dead Red and The Solitaire Mystery, extending its storytelling work beyond commercials, cinematics and short films.