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		imtringued on Oct 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My first game with Carimbo, my homemade engine The reason is quite simple. You need to be a writer, an artist, map designer and a musician if you want to make games. If all you know is writing software, then working on an engine is less asset intensive.

delduca on Oct 9, 2024 [–]

That is absolutely correct, and that’s why I have always, in my free time, written engines and frameworks.

I envy the creator of Stardew Valley; he programmed, designed, wrote, and composed the entire game by himself over his 5 years of development.

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