Heartquake Studios

Heartquake Studios was an independent Swiss video game developer focused on action-adventure role-playing games, responsive environments and stories shaped by player decisions. Founded in 2015, the studio operated from Gorduno in Ticino, now part of Bellinzona. Its development activity centred on combining narrative design with game systems that reacted to the player’s actions.

The studio’s principal project was World Never End, a 2D/3D action-adventure RPG developed using Unity and C#. Its planned experience included multiple narrative resolutions, dynamic responses from non-player characters and interactive environments. The project targeted PC, Mac and Linux, with console releases subject to licensing.

Heartquake’s production capabilities covered game design, programming, narrative architecture and independent game production, alongside concept art, modular tileset design, interface work and visual effects. These disciplines supported its ambition to build adventure games with adaptive stories rather than relying entirely on fixed narrative sequences.

World Never End was exhibited at Gamescom in Cologne in 2016. Development subsequently stalled, and the game never reached commercial release. The supplied research identifies it as an unreleased, cancelled prototype, with development activity spanning 2015–2017.

Commercial game production has ceased, and the studio is operationally dormant. Its historical website was inactive or parked by 2026, and its public channels had stopped receiving updates. The registered company nevertheless remained legally active as of November 2026; that registry status does not establish a return to game development.