Hello! I've been wanting a partner or team to program with as well. I do find your ideas about indies having some secret sauce pretty interesting. I don't have many skills at the moment but due to my humongous amount of free time, I'm sure I could learn some of yours along with personal research and make production for your team faster! If you're uninterested due to my lack of skill and experience, that's totally fine. But if you are interested in having an apprentice or co-worker, let me know how i should contact you.