I have already worked on a couple of joint games, and I have to say it was a great learning experience! It is strange to say as this is an online forum, and obviously I haven’t met these people in real life, but I feel that the people I have collaborated with so far have become great friends. We often have discussions by PM on issues related to game development, help each other with our “solo” stories, etc.
I really like the stories that have come out of it, though I guess not all readers have understood Starship adventures (essentially a satirical take on 50s sci-fi). A second joint WIP is in the forum
so you can see what can be achieved (and I realise that my co-authors will probably be dropping pins into a voodoo doll of me, as I am writing emails instead of putting the final touches on one of my chapters, sorry @Cecilia_Rosewood, I will get onto that once my hangover gets better later this afternoon…)
I find that working with people helps pulls things forward as knowing you are letting the rest of the team down helps motivate me to finish things. Of course the downside is that things don’t always go the way that you want, and in the end many decisions are compromises on the views of many people (which is probably a good thing actually, as I have made a number of poor decisions on my own stories, and I am still being criticised by forcing the MC to break up with their RO in Tokyo Wizard, clearly a very poor story choice of mine).
Anyway, I would recommend working with others, though it is clearly important to find the right people to do so with. I’ve been very fortunate in this respect with the people I’ve met, but I can also see the potential for disaster…