Merry Pencil Studios is a small team founded by Binq_Adams working at the intersection of technical depth and environmental design. Our recent effort, Painkiller RTX Remix, swept NVIDIA’s RTX Remix Mod Contest at Gamescom 2025, winning:
Best Overall RTX Remix Mod
Best Use of RTX in a Mod
Most Complete RTX Mod
This site is our one-stop hub. Coming soon, you’ll find:
Showcase of our collection of projects
Insight into our modding process and design philosophy
Ways to follow our work on YouTube or support it via Patreon
Binq_Adams serves as the technical lead: architect of lighting systems, RTX tooling, and mod pipelines.
McGillacutty handles environment and creative direction, transforming spaces into atmospherically driven digital worlds.
Credits also go to contributors XDavidXtreme and PseudoPolish for support on Painkiller RTX Remix.
By re-working textures and materials, the Atrium becomes less of a backdrop and more of a living environment. Reflections, subtle glow, and material depth bring atmosphere to spaces that were once flat and static.
The Atrium was rebuilt to emphasize dramatic contrast, with ray tracing transforming the stone surfaces and shadows into something more tangible. Every beam of light interacts with the space in real time, giving the level renewed weight and drama.
Our goal was to stay faithful to the original design while showing how far new tools can take it. The Atrium is still Painkiller at its core, only now rebuilt stone-by-stone, lit with modern RTX tech.