The Curse of the Indie Game Developer

Can a single programmer make a successful computer game — all on their own?

A scene from indie game Nykra

When it comes to great feats of coding, it’s hard to match the difficulty, creativity, and sheer audacity of building a modern computer game entirely on your own. Ambitious, yes. Lonely, definitely. Crazy — well, let’s just say that you won’t get far unless you manage to…