Is there any chance for a lone programmer to do anything good

>>59114263
>Doing some extensions, scripts or maybe a shitty indie game
Sure, man.
>Anything beyond that
Nope.

sure, if you're an excellent and talented programmer. if you're average you'll just end up working in a team of code monkeys

>>59115290
Wishful thinking to be honest in most cases. The only chance I see if you work on the extreme high level. e.g. I shake my head when I see people pretending to themselves they can actually code an OpenGL game from the absolute scratch without even having art assets.

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>>59115258
FPBP

>>59114263
Even if you're the best programmer in the world, chances are your development time will suffer greatly (nobody has infinite time) without at least one of the following:

* Designer
* Artist
* Marketing
* Business / Investor relationship person
* Operations

If you find someone you can work with really well, you can write off gobs of time you'll need to spend for the project to get anywhere to pay out for you. Plus you can make up for any shortcomings in your own skill instantly.