Goldborough Studio
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- Founded
- 2012
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About Goldborough Studio
Goldborough Studio is an independent video game developer and visual development studio based in Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Founded in 2012, the studio combines narrative-led game production with character design, concept art and stylized worldbuilding. Its work spans original interactive entertainment and visual development for games, feature films and animated productions.
The studio began as a boutique consultancy, providing art direction, character design and visual development for other productions. Its reported portfolio encompasses contributions to eleven video games, four feature films and two animated short films. In January 2016, it shifted its business model toward original intellectual property and internally developed games for PC and consoles, building on its earlier experience in visual storytelling and character creation.
Original games and creative work
Its flagship project, YAMI, is an in-development 3D third-person puzzle platformer and semi-open-world adventure. The narrative follows an elf-like boy who has lost his memory, exploring forgotten ruins and shadows, encountering mythical spirits, solving puzzles and uncovering lost secrets. Goldborough Studio is developing and publishing the game for PC and consoles, with development support from the UK Games Fund and Creative Wales.
The studio's earlier work includes contributions to Eekeemoo: Splinters of the Dark Shard, developed in collaboration with Cogg Games and Cooply. William Morris-Julien created the character and led art direction, with Goldborough Studio contributing character creation and world concepts. The action-adventure game reached PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch during 2017 and 2018.
Development capabilities
Goldborough Studio's capabilities cover game production, design and programming, alongside visual development, art direction, concept illustration and character design. Its production specialties include Unity-based development, third-person adventures and puzzle platformers, and multiplatform PC and console projects. Its consultancy background also extends to visual design for feature films and animation, connecting its game development work with experience across other forms of screen storytelling.
More about Goldborough Studio
Founders and leadership
- William Morris-Julien and Elizabeth Mary Morris-Julien founded the studio and are listed as directors, both appointed on 23 February 2012. William is identified as creative director and brings more than three decades of digital media and art direction experience, including earlier creative director roles with Wunderman, Virgin and Greenpeace International.
Operating model
- The studio describes a family-run core team working with an international network of contractors and remote contributors across Wales, England, Thailand, Australia and the United States. These collaborators do not constitute additional physical offices.
Industry participation
- Goldborough Studio is an approved ID@Xbox and PlayStation partner and a member of UKIE and Creative UK.
- The studio participated in Creative Wales trade missions to the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco in March 2019, 2023, 2025 and 2026, and to Tokyo Game Show in September 2026.
Notable credits
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Current and former locations of Goldborough Studio
- Ty Broga, Lawrenny, Kilgetty, Pembrokeshire, Wales, SA68 0PN, United KingdomLawrenny, Wales, United Kingdom
Lawrenny Creative Studio & Corporate Headquarters
HeadquartersOverall headquarters and primary creative studio, supporting executive leadership, design, worldbuilding and game production.
- London, England, United Kingdom
Euston satellite office
Former officeAbout this office
Historically documented auxiliary satellite office in Euston. Current physical operations are unified in Lawrenny; the satellite office's closure year is not established.
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