How much can one man code all by myself in his basement and lead to concrete results used by thousands across the world and potentially make a profit out of it? Give me success examples to inspire me, I'm a noob but I believe the internet is the future.
Also share your own coding/developing success stories.
Dude, don't be delusional
I mean... you can do it. But it sounds to me you're just having a pipe dream of success. It'll take you lots of effort to even come up with an original idea, something that hasn't been done before, and a hell of a lot of coding, and you are already thinking about being the next jewckerberg. I bet you'll be watching stupid videos on youtube by day 3, instead of coding.
If you're even remotely serious, why come and ask on /g/? I rest my case
>>54502388
>original idea
you dont need any of those. just focus on getting good and knowing things and you'll be able to improve upon tons of projects or remake some that badly need it.
>>54501106
roller coaster tycoon
I did this. There's about 600 people using it right now after 4 years.
I make no money off of it, it's just an extra responsibility on top of still having to go to work every day.
>>54501106
you might hear a lot of "programmer made a super successful game all by himself in 12 months" stories but fact is most of the time they spent 6+ years programming and gaining experience (including having a fucking job at a company, not hiding in their basement) before starting to make that particular product.
I think the guy who did stardew valley couldn't get a job out of college so he spent 5 years building it with C#. Given how much press that game got he probably made bank.
>>54504338
he spent 5 years to make a Harvest Moon clone
it might have been worth it for him but most of the time it won't be, he was lucky.
>>54504338
>Stardew Valley
other notable projects with a similar history & single/small-group developer:
Axiom Verge
SpaceChem
DotA (the original wc3 version)
Factorio
Aquaria
Cave Story
Minecraft, to a point
>>54501106
dorf fortress
F L A P P Y B I R D
>>54504460
oh yeah how could i forget fucking dorf fortress
>>54501106
Prince of Persia was developed by 1 person. I believe the original Civilization was developed by 1-2 people.
http://www.gamespew.com/2015/09/top-10-games-made-by-one-person/
Banished, Minecraft.
>>54504460
DEM DORFS MAN
>>54501106
Rent a server somewhere, try different shits, create some websites, host stuff..if you see something that works try to push it farther...I got about 500 visiter per day on my sites...It's not much but meh
>>54501106
Minecraft (through Alpha stage).
