So, you want to make a game engine (2023)
So, you want to make a game engine 2023 Sep 15 Unity's recent controversy sparked a heated debate on game engines. Some said that everyone should immediately switch to a new engine, while others replied that switching engines can take months if not years. Some said that the best way is to roll your own game engine, to what others noted that this isn't a simple task.
- ▪So, you want to make a game engine 2023 Sep 15 Unity's recent controversy sparked a heated debate on game engines.
- ▪Some said that everyone should immediately switch to a new engine, while others replied that switching engines can take months if not years.
- ▪Some said that the best way is to roll your own game engine, to what others noted that this isn't a simple task.
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So, you want to make a game engine 2023 Sep 15 Unity's recent controversy sparked a heated debate on game engines. Some said that everyone should immediately switch to a new engine, while others replied that switching engines can take months if not years. Some said that the best way is to roll your own game engine, to what others noted that this isn't a simple task. And, you know, everyone is right here: there's no single answer, everything depends on a specific case. But maybe writing your own engine isn't as hard as it sounds? Why would one do that anyway? What does it even mean to make a game engine? I've never actually worked with any game engine except my own pet engine, which I've been slowly expanding for 3 years by now (it's about 100k LOC already) and successfully used it for…
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