Yes, a small dev team is the ticket, and even then you might be excluded from marketing and all that jazz like funding, getting edited etc.

You seems to be on track to be a game dev of sorts, and who knows, maybe you’ll make your own games one day, good luck!

Forgive a question from an oldtimer, what exactly is a master in game dev and computer graphics?

Do you learn how to code and like draw, model, rig & animate? Code 3D engine stuff? Game mechanics I guess? For 5 years?

I’m curious :-)