Who Made Silent Hill Townfall? Screen Burn Interactive Explained
Updated 2026-10-11 · Category: Guide
Silent Hill: Townfall was made by Screen Burn Interactive, an independent studio of about 30 people in Glasgow, Scotland, and published by Konami with Annapurna Interactive. Until July 2025 the studio was called No Code, the team behind Stories Untold (2017) and Observation (2019). Jon McKellan directed and wrote the game, Motoi Okamoto produced it for Konami, and Pilotpriest composed the music. It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
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Silent Hill Townfall Wiki · original text diagram, no AI or game assets · Material statementWho made it: the credits
Credits as listed on Wikipedia's infobox for the game.
The soundtrack and its composer
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Developer | Screen Burn Interactive (formerly No Code), Glasgow |
| Publishers | Konami Digital Entertainment and Annapurna Interactive |
| Director and writer | Jon McKellan |
| Producer | Motoi Okamoto (Konami) |
| Designer | Graeme McKellan |
| Programmer | James Hancox |
| Composer | Pilotpriest (Anthony Scott Burns) |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 5 |
Why No Code became Screen Burn
No Code renamed itself Screen Burn Interactive on July 23, 2025, more than a year before Townfall shipped. The new name refers to "the ghost of an image burned into an old CRT screen", which the studio compared to a game that stays imprinted on your memory.
Founder and creative director Jon McKellan explained it to VGC: "We're not who we were in 2015. For a start, we have coders now!" The studio started as a two-person team, and the old name had become a joke that no longer fit. The partnership with Konami and Annapurna, and work on Townfall, carried on unchanged.
The CRT theme runs straight into the game: Simon's CRTV, a handheld analogue television, is your map, radar and puzzle tool.
Stories Untold and Observation
Both earlier games are built on the same idea Townfall uses: horror delivered through the screens, dials and machines you operate. If you liked how Townfall makes you tune a CRTV to find a signal, those two games are where that style comes from.
Kezia Burrows, who voices Zoe, also voiced Emma in Observation.
| Year | Game | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Stories Untold | An anthology of four horror episodes played through retro tech: a text adventure, lab equipment, radio sets |
| 2019 | Observation | A sci-fi thriller played as S.A.M., the AI of a damaged space station |
| 2026 | Silent Hill: Townfall | The studio's first Silent Hill game |
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Silent Hill Townfall Wiki · original text diagram, no AI or game assets · Material statementHow the studio got Silent Hill
According to Wikipedia, Konami learned of the studio through its co-publisher Annapurna Interactive, and development began in 2022. The game was first shown with a teaser trailer that year; the cast trailer and full gameplay followed in 2026.
Townfall is set in a fictional Scottish town, St. Amelia, modelled on the Fife fishing village of St Monans. It is a Scottish story made by a Scottish studio.
Who made the other recent Silent Hill games
Each recent Silent Hill game has come from a different studio, with Konami producing. Townfall is the one co-published with Annapurna Interactive.
How Townfall reviewed against the others
| Game | Developer |
|---|---|
| Silent Hill: The Short Message (2024) | HexaDrive with Konami |
| Silent Hill 2 remake (2024) | Bloober Team |
| Silent Hill f (2025) | NeoBards Entertainment |
| Silent Hill: Townfall (2026) | Screen Burn Interactive |
Silent Hill Townfall FAQ
Who made Silent Hill Townfall?
- Screen Burn Interactive, a Glasgow studio formerly called No Code. Konami and Annapurna Interactive published it.
Is Screen Burn the same as No Code?
- Yes. No Code renamed itself Screen Burn Interactive in July 2025.
What else has the studio made?
- Stories Untold (2017) and Observation (2019).
Who directed Silent Hill Townfall?
- Jon McKellan, who also wrote it.
What engine does Silent Hill Townfall use?
- Unreal Engine 5.
