Twisted Deer

Twisted Deer is a Glasgow-based studio working across visual effects, animation, motion design and immersive experiences. Its work spans film, television, games, advertising, cultural installations and themed entertainment, combining narrative development with computer-generated imagery and live-action integration.

The studio’s creative capabilities extend from concept art, scripting and world-building through character animation, procedural environments, effects simulation and post-production finishing. Its projects encompass cinematic trailers, broadcast graphics, branded films, architectural visualization and location-based experiences. Real-time production supports work involving virtual environments, interactive media and virtual production.

Work across screens and spaces

For Apollo Thirteen: Survival, the studio produced archival graphics, period technical infographics and visual effects sequences depicting the NASA rescue mission. Its entertainment and gaming work includes promotional content for Valorant, visual development and motion design for Alien: Earth, and stylized game imagery for Everhaven. Architectural world-building and cinematic visualization also feature in its work for Qiddiya’s World’s First Esports District.

Cultural commissions include exhibition projections and effects for Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema and projection mapping for The Great War: An Orkney Memorial Experience. The studio has also created space-habitat visualization for Life Beyond Earth, connecting architectural animation with scientific and speculative environments. Alongside commissioned work, its reported development slate includes the original animated science-fiction feature The Pony Express.

Studio evolution

The business traces its origins to Playdead, founded in Glasgow in 2011. It subsequently adopted the Revenant name before introducing Twisted Deer through a brand transition initiated in late 2023 and a website launch in March 2024. The continuing studio operates through Twisted Deer Ltd, retaining the team, client relationships and creative history associated with its earlier brands. Its portfolio reflects that progression from broadcast motion design and cultural projects into CGI, visual effects, real-time cinematics and experiential production.