Studio Hermitage
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- 2022
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About Studio Hermitage
Studio Hermitage is an independent game development and transmedia company based in North Carolina’s Raleigh metropolitan area. Founded in 2022 and publicly launched in January 2023, it creates original intellectual properties for interactive entertainment, tabletop roleplaying games, audio drama and comics. Its work combines narrative development and worldbuilding with game design, visual development and publishing across multiple formats.
The studio’s flagship property, Our Brilliant Ruin, centres on the Dramark, a fictional society inspired by the Edwardian era and Belle Époque. Its inhabitants face a corrupting existential disaster known as the Ruin, while navigating social hierarchies, interpersonal tensions and political intrigue. The setting brings together upstairs-downstairs drama and existential horror, providing a shared fictional world for stories told through different media.
A world across formats
Studio Hermitage released the Our Brilliant Ruin tabletop roleplaying game in 2024. Its tabletop catalogue also includes The Flaming Duchess adventure supplement and the Whisper setting supplements. These publications develop the flagship setting alongside the company’s work in other storytelling formats.
The studio produced Clawmoor Heights, a ten-episode dramatic fiction audio series released in September 2024. It also collaborated with Dark Horse Comics on Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion, a three-issue comic miniseries published during 2024–2025. As of November 2026, the supplied research identifies a video game prototype in development within the same setting.
Company development
Studio Hermitage initially operated with ownership and funding from Amplifier Game Invest, then part of Embracer Group. Following Embracer’s restructuring and the winding down of Amplifier Game Invest, the studio was divested in April 2025. It announced its transition to fully independent ownership and operation on May 15, 2025, continuing development of its original properties under founder leadership.
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Founders and leadership
- Paxton Galvanek, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, previously served as General Manager at Funcom.
- Justin Achilli, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer, previously worked at Paradox Interactive and Ubisoft/Red Storm Entertainment.
- Andy Foltz, co-founder and Studio Art Director, previously worked at Ubisoft/Red Storm Entertainment.
Production and publishing
- The tabletop roleplaying game uses an original narrative dice pool system. It is distributed digitally through DriveThruRPG and in print through hobby retail channels.
- The company operates a hybrid and remote team managed from the Raleigh/Apex area.
Creative collaborations
- Rachel J. Wilkinson wrote and directed the studio’s audio drama, with Kate Siegel and Indira Varma among its performers.
- The Dark Horse comic collaboration paired writer Cullen Bunn with artist Christopher Mitten.
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Where Studio Hermitage is based
- Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Raleigh office
HeadquartersAbout this office
Primary headquarters and operational hub in the Raleigh/Apex metropolitan area, supporting a hybrid and remote workforce. The published Apex address is identified as a mailing and legal address, rather than verified physical studio premises.
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