Game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz told Bloomberg Blood of Dawn Treader cost just $40 million to make: The amount allocated by NetEase in 2022, when NetEase acquired 26% of the shares of the Rebel Wolves.
Therefore, we are faced with Double A titleConsidering that larger budgets usually belong to famous AAA blockbusters, it may even cost more than three hundred million US dollars.
Tomaszkiewicz began working on a concept for the game with writer Jakub Szamalek in the fall of 2021, shortly after CD Projekt RED released the game: The original idea was to have players take on the role of a vampirebut later decided to transform the character into a hybrid to avoid him being too powerful.
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Baseline occurs in 2022, when Rebel Wolves begin building prototypes and looking for investors: The first year was funded by Tomaszkiewicz himselfA subsequent deal with NetEase gave the studio the funds it needed to complete development.
A small but efficient team
Blood of the Dawn Treader has passed its first major sales milestone, but Konrad Tomaszkiewicz He never planned to turn Rebel Wolves into a giant studio: In 2024, the team consists of approximately 90 people, with no goals of further expansion.
So the team started relying on external collaborators and then decided to hire some of them full-time: The result was The total number of employees now reaches 160. “We feel that our current team size is the best fit for our needs,” Tomaszkiewicz explained.
“I still get to know everyone, I talk to everyone every day. I still feel like a creator rather than a managerthis is the role I want. “Explained the game director of “Blood of Dawn Treader”.