Half of the quest team for Cyberpunk 2 are former modders, says CD Projekt Red lead

Paweł Sasko advises those who want to work in game dev to learn how to mod

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Cyberpunk 2077’s quest director Paweł Sasko has revealed that the sequel is being worked on by former modders.

This comes from a recent interview withFlow Games(viaPCGamesN), where Sasko, who is now the associate game director of the sequel, explained thatProject Orionis made up of a big team and that some developers have their origins in modding.

“Half of the quest team [on the nextCyberpunk] - this is the team that builds the quests which is at 24 people right now - are former modders,” Sasko said. “[They come] fromWitcher,Cyberpunk, and other games. Błażej Augustynek, who’s a quest director now, was a modder ofStarCraft 1and2.

“We also have modders in other departments. There’s a small team called Jigsoft that’s composed only of modders. It’s around 20 of them and they’re working with us,” he added.

The developer also offered some advice for those looking to get into the business, while also praising the work of the modders out there.

“I always advise young people when they ask how to get into the industry, ‘go and learn how to mod,” he said. “There are so many toolkits, so many ways to do it, and some of the best people we have are former modders.”

Cyberpunk 2is a long way away, but we do know thatthe game is now being worked on by the team of developers responsible for thePhantom Libertyexpansion.

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Back in April, CD Projekt Red confirmed thatover 400 developers are currently working onProject PolarisakaThe Witcher 4, while the remaining 223 team members are spread across other titles likeOrion -theCyberpunk 2077 sequel -Sirius, andHadar, as well as shared services and “other projects”.

The studio just recentlyreleasedThe Witcher 3’s official mod editor, almost 10 years after the game’s launch, allowing players to create their own experiences in the game by making something completely new or editing existing quests and content.

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