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this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2026
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From a programming point, SDL 3 is a good starting point, if you are doing C or C++.
It is not a game engine in itself, but a library that can help make an engine or a game directly (you don't really need an engine), so it is as "from scratch" as I would recommend going. Furthermore, it is also made to directly support Vulkan, OpenGL etc, so you can try those out.
The +ive part of that is, you are not attaching yourself to any particular engine and you can use it to understand the underlying concepts behind game programming.
The -ive is that you can't claim being experienced in any particular game engine, so the job boards asking for "Unreal Engine Developer" or "Unity" developer are inaccessible.
Another point of game programming is that it also has use in making stuff like simulators and that is where the real money lies, if you are willing to work for the military.
Thank you for explaning it to me.