Former The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077 key staff have formed a new company, Blank., and are working on their first game.

The new development studio is led by Cyberpunk 2077 game director and The Witcher 3 co-game director Mateusz Kanik and The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 executive producers Jędrzej Mróz and Marcin Jefimow. Their first game is described as “a character-driven game set in an apocalypse,” but with “a twist or two.”

Here’s some teaser art for the new game:

Blank. is headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, and currently employs 10 team members, but they are looking to scale up to almost 60 people for their unannounced project. New positions are listed on their official website and LinkedIn page.

Here’s the founding staff for Blank., plus comments from its co-founders:

• Mateusz Kanik (CD Projekt Red) Co-Founder and Game Director
• Jędrzej Mróz (CD Projekt Red) Co-Founder and Executive Producer
• Marcin Jefimow (CD Projekt Red, 11 Bit Studios) Co-Founder and Executive Producer
• Mikołaj Marchewka (Rookiez from Warsaw S.A) Managing Director.
• Michal Dobrowolski (CD Projekt Red) Design Director
• Artur Ganszyniec (CD Projekt Red, 11 Bit Studios) Narrative Director
• Grzegorz Przybyś (Division 48 Studio, Artificer) Art Director

“We’re thrilled to announce Blank. and to start expanding our incredible team,” Mateusz Kanik, Blank. Co-founder and Game Director said. “After working for years in an increasingly conservative industry, we’re ready to make bold, impactful projects that share our unique creativity and values. Where the industry champions a dictatorship of the creative individual, we want to give ownership to the team. Where the industry leans on crunch culture, we prefer work-life balance. Where the industry says bigger is better, we’re setting our sights on highly polished games with a focus on emotion, story, and craftsmanship,” said Kanik.

Marcin Jefimow, Blank. Co-Founder and Executive Producer, added, “Our game development philosophy comes from our own stories and experiences. With Blank. we want to build a space where we can honor our histories, but also be playful and open to brand new inspirations as we collaborate creatively. We’ve already got a head start on a budding new project that we can’t wait to share with players and craft with new team members.”

Jędrzej Mróz, Blank. Co-Founder and Executive Producer talked up game development and scaling up the studio, “Over our many years of making games, we’ve seen the importance of marrying inspiring ideas with well-defined scope, that’s supported by a strong team and realistic budget. We’re committed to quality craftsmanship and running the studio in a sustainable way; we plan to increase our projects’ scope as we expand the team and its capabilities.”