For teams with a producer, a milestone schedule, and a slice to hit. Every engagement centers on a working UE5 build. What changes between lines is how much of the world around it I own.

FULL IP — $65,000+ — 14-16 weeks

New property or hard pivot. Vertical slice, systems architecture, full art direction and style guide, world bible and narrative, trailer and key art, publisher pitch materials.

Most contractors sell systems or art. I run both, plus narrative and IP.

BUILD + LOOK — $45,000 — 10-12 weeks — MOST PROJECTS

Vertical slice, systems architecture, art direction and visual target, production-ready character and environment art, capture pass, source project and handover.

The step up from Build is $15,000: less than a quarter of one mid-level artist for the year, and it covers art direction you would otherwise hire for and manage yourself.

BUILD — $30,000 — 8 weeks

Playable UE5 build to your spec, systems architecture, greybox blockout, technical docs and handover.

Greybox and placeholder assets throughout: your art direction, your assets, your style calls. Works when your art lead can review weekly. Without that it stalls.

Pre-production package — $6,500 — 2-3 weeks

Feasibility, systems architecture, risk register, and a milestone schedule your producer can run against. Credited in full against a production booking.

Terms: 50% on signature, 50% on delivery, NET 30, PO accepted.