Why Solo Devs Don't Finish Their Games (And How to Fix the Art Problem)

Makko.ai Most solo developers who abandon their games tell themselves the same story. They ran out of motivation. The scope got too big. Life got in the way. Those things are real, but they are usually symptoms of a specific problem that sits underneath all of them: the game required both a programmer and an artist, and they were only one of those things. Indie game development is a two-discipline job. Writing game logic is one skill set. Creating characters, backgrounds, objects, and animations is a completely different one. Most solo developers are strong in one and weak in the other.