can an animator make a small games without the help of a programmer. And can i animate asset store models in 3d studio max?

i will be learning animations and cameras because im not a good artist or programmer. One thing that concerns me the most is not that i will be a bad game developer but that i wont get a chance to try. So my as my question states i want to know if an animator can just make small games by downloading assets from the asset store.