There are quite a few of these guys still out there.
Look at dwarf fortress great example of one guy "doing it on his own"
Look at dwarf fortress great example of one guy "doing it on his own"
Beyond it being an ongoing epic masterpiece of a single man (with contributions from his brother), what's particularly amazing about Dwarf Fortress is how much it has inspired and influenced OTHER games being produced, despite being an extremely niche, unforgiving, and unapologetic game.
Terry Davis showing a game using his own graphics libraries, compiled with his own compiler, running on his own OS:
https://youtu.be/EsFPq6I13vA?t=300
Though I suppose the article has a commercial/organisational slant.
Based on just the tweet, it sounds like #1. If so, I can only repeat "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". And, furthermore, I don't think that, in itself, says he's racist.