Yesterday I've got the ideea to make a game about the ancestors of my country. I think RPG would be the best choice for an historical game but I am not sure. What is the best team size/composition for a medium size 3D RPG ? I have to say that I am a programmer, don't have any money, and have just few small games made.

This is not a Beginners question so I moved it to Production And Management.

Look at the credits for a comparable game.

Look at the credits for a comparable game.

Ideally, find a comparable game by an indie studio, otherwise, these may look oversized (large corporations have execs and other teams that like to put their names on the credits without necessarily contributing much work. as a result, if developed by an in-house studio of a publisher, you'll see 300+ names oftentimes).

What is the best team size/composition for a medium size 3D RPG ?

What is medium-size to you? This is a highly subjective concept. Furthermore, given that you are a programmer, you may be led to believe it to be medium sized in terms of features, but it may not be so in terms of art and content (level design).

Provide me with a game reference and I'll give numbers to the best of my ability.

(Also bear in mind timeline is closely tied to staffing, so the answer can range in numbers depending on your expected timeline).

I have in mind a game like Ravensword. I also got an 3D artist and 2 programmers and more people want to join the team. I have another question.. Let's say that me and other programmers won't work at the same place so we must work remotely. We will be using unity3d. How can we do it?

Now you're asking about online collaboration tools. That's been asked before. Someone will reply to this (people looking to answer your "team size" question), but you should also skim other threads whose subject line is about online collaboration tools.

Let's say that me and other programmers won't work at the same place so we must work remotely. We will be using unity3d. How can we do it?

This is not a business question. You will get better replies if you ask this question in the programming sections. We're probably dealing with source control here.

and more people want to join the team.

That's good. Do you need these people though? You need to balance your will to let them in and the need to have them working. Otherwise, you'll end up overstaffed.

I also got an 3D artist and 2 programmers

What is the 3d artist proficient with? modeling? rigging? animating? texturing?

If he is a superstar in all of the above, then you could probably go ahead with just him for all characters and environments (props, etc.)

Basically, you need as many staff as proficiency you need to fill, then you need to balance across all teams to insure steady flow. If you come to a point where 2 programmers are waiting on art production to move forward, hire another artist and break down the ownership of the first (maybe he just does characters from now on, and the new guy takes charge of the landscapes/environmental props).

Otherwise, you need as few people as you possibly can. The reasoning here is that there is a gain with having to deal with fewer people. If your timeline allows for this, you should do so accordingly. Most of the time, teams scale up to hit a date (which in turn prevents the game from feeling out-dated at the time of release).

Good luck.

Let's say that me and other programmers won't work at the same place so we must work remotely. We will be using unity3d. How can we do it?

This is not a business question.

Right. But this isn't the business forum. Online collaboration tools are very often a management issue, and this topic has been discussed here before. Very much like everything else you said, orymus (upvoted the post).

Right. But this isn't the business forum.

OOOops. My bad.
I'll let someone more qualified answer this one then (not particularly versed in Unity source control, but I'm assuming it's fairly straightforwards through Git or SVN?)

Vidar, you should check out these threads on this board:
"how to manage a dev team online"
"A good platform for development team"
"Project Management Tools"