Would it make you feel better to know that a lot of commercial games use existing engines rather than creating their own technology? Just take a look at the list of games created with Unreal Engine, id Tech 3, and id Tech 4, amongst other engines that are used commercially.
As ApochPiQ says above, it all depends what your goals are -- if you want to learn about the technology behind games then creating your own engines can be a valuable experience, but there's certainly no shame in doing the smart thing and using what's already provided. There's simply no need to spend time recreating what others have already done if your goal is simply to create a game; if your game is good and isn't an undue hassle to play players won't care how you made it, even if you used something like Game Maker.
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#2jbadams
Posted 04 May 2012 - 09:00 PM
Would it make you feel better to know that a lot of commercial games use existing engines rather than creating their own technology? Just take a look at the list of games created with Unreal Engine, id Tech 3, and id Tech 4, amongst other engines that are used commercially.
As ApochPiQ says above, it all depends what your goals are -- if you want to learn about the technology behind games then creating your own engines can be a valuable experience, but there's certainly no shame in doing the smart thing and using what's already provided. There's simply no need to spend time recreating what others have already done if your goal is simply to create a game; if your game is good and isn't an undue hassle to play players won't care how you made it, even if you used something like Game Maker.
As ApochPiQ says above, it all depends what your goals are -- if you want to learn about the technology behind games then creating your own engines can be a valuable experience, but there's certainly no shame in doing the smart thing and using what's already provided. There's simply no need to spend time recreating what others have already done if your goal is simply to create a game; if your game is good and isn't an undue hassle to play players won't care how you made it, even if you used something like Game Maker.
#1jbadams
Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:59 PM
Would it make you feel better to know that a lot of commercial games use existing engines rather than creating their own technology. Just take a look at the list of games created with Unreal Engine, id Tech 3, and id Tech 4, amongst other engines that are used commercially.
As ApochPiQ says above, it all depends what your goals are -- if you want to learn about the technology behind games then creating your own engines can be a valuable experience, but there's certainly no shame in doing the smart thing and using what's already provided. There's simply no need to spend time recreating what others have already done if your goal is simply to create a game; if your game is good and isn't an undue hassle to play players won't care how you made it, even if you used something like Game Maker.
As ApochPiQ says above, it all depends what your goals are -- if you want to learn about the technology behind games then creating your own engines can be a valuable experience, but there's certainly no shame in doing the smart thing and using what's already provided. There's simply no need to spend time recreating what others have already done if your goal is simply to create a game; if your game is good and isn't an undue hassle to play players won't care how you made it, even if you used something like Game Maker.