Do I have to build up a team of programmers to develop a video game?

Question

Games like Overwatch and Horizon zero dawn were handled by many programmers. For a game of that nature, can I be the only programmer; surrounded by artists; or do I need that team too?

Answer 1

I work on an emu team. The idea of attempting to maintain an mmorpg solo strikes fear into me. Many areas of the game causes my team to split tasks regularly to get something done timely.

If you would like to make a game solo I suggest you start on something very simple and try to complete it. This will give you an idea of how much work is involved.

Answer 2

No you don't have to, but you need to carry the load of a game developer.
were you'll be the artist, the writer and the designer

Answer 3

A game programmer/writer is the person who writes the codes with a programming language eg; c++, Java, c#.

A game Artist is someone who makes the visual part of the game eg; drawing the characters and other objects in the game.

Answer 4

not possible not possible at all why do you think games like GTA Cod FIFA pes etc. r made with such a big team . so to make a game of that caliber its not possible to code it for single handedly

Answer 5

what about a programmer, artists, writers and designers?