CD Projekt-Inspired RPG Development

I’m assembling a small remote team to build a story-driven PC RPG in the spirit of the games CD Projekt RED is famous for. The goal is to craft a richly detailed open world, branching quests, and morally grey choice-and-consequence systems that feel as polished as a modern AAA title without the overhead of a huge studio.

Here’s the direction so far:

• Engine: I’m leaning toward Unreal Engine 5, though I’m open to Unity for the right technical argument.
• Look & feel: dark fantasy, mature themes, fully voiced dialogue, motion-captured cinematics.
• Core pillars: narrative depth, reactive world design, satisfying real-time combat with RPG progression.

I already have a high-level GDD, lore bible, and early concept art; what’s needed now are specialists who can take ownership of individual systems and assets and integrate them into a cohesive vertical slice for PC.

Key roles I’m looking to fill immediately:
• Senior gameplay programmer to prototype combat and dialogue systems
• Environment/level artist comfortable with open-world optimization
• Quest designer/writer who can implement branching dialogue in-engine
• Technical animator for facial and full-body mocap cleanup

Acceptance criteria for the first milestone:
1. Playable 15-minute quest that demonstrates branching choices, voice lines, and combat loop.
2. One explorable hub area (approx. 1 km²) with streaming and LODs functioning at 60 fps on mid-range PC hardware.
3. Basic character progression screen with at least three upgradable skills.

If you have shipped or significantly contributed to an RPG on PC, please share a short reel or executable that highlights your contribution, along with a brief outline of the tools and pipelines you used.

Let’s create something memorable together—send over your availability and the part of this world you’d most like to bring to life.