to build the final product I need help. A senior Ue5 Developer, maybe a technical artist and UI/UX artist. Anyone know how much this would cost? I would probably start with freelancers and make them permanent employees after 3 months. I need a developer to build better functionality and adapt the ideas we have and the UI needs to be a lot better. Does anyone have any idea the best way to go about this? To build a small team? Where to hire from?
The cost vastly varies from region to region and from one professional to another. You can use websites like glassdoor or linkedin to take a look at what companies are paying to have somewhat of a sense of what you might spend.
I’ve been partner on an indie ( altho game focused) studio for about 4 years, we hired always remotely for Unreal projects and initial salaries varied from 300 USD to 1200 USD depending on experience, area, and personal requirements from each employee.
Again, it really depends;
You might find people that are willing to join for a very low salary if they like what you offer in the long term.
As for where to find people, there’s plenty Discord, Facebook, Reddit and Unreal Forum posts/groups that you can post or look through posts of people looking for jobs, the hard part would be filtering through all that.
All that also depends on what you’re looking for in regards to what you might offer as a company or individual to those you employ or freelance with.
A good model for small business like this would be to partner up with people you might already know, offer a % of profit over each contract you guys close together and have everyone on boat for a slow (money wise) start… Now, if you have funds to start paying from the get go, things might be easier
