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How to create games wothout using any game engines?

Games

22nd Jan 2018, 6:03 AM
Shiki
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a game engine is essentially a very cut down version of a game that the original designer has released. you can create a game from scratch in any language you wish as this is how the engine was created in the first place, but using a (someone else's) game engine means all the annoying bits like networking is already done for you.
22nd Jan 2018, 7:46 AM
Daemo
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HTML, CSS and mostly JavaScript can make games without using any game engine quite easily. I right now am working on a 3D game, and I made all of the 3D graphics myself, with enough dedication you can make almost anything with canvas. What I'd recommend is finishing JavaScript tutorial, and start looking into the canvas lessons also you can import engines for JavaScript and it will still work on sololearn, but this I know very little about. I hope this helped ;)
22nd Jan 2018, 6:37 AM
wout werkman
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A sample game using javascript canvas without any framework or library. https://code.sololearn.com/W5SKO1x98R7h/?ref=app You can search code playground for other games.
22nd Jan 2018, 6:52 AM
Jonathan Pizarra (JS Challenger)
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You can also use java,c++ to make games without the need of game engines.
22nd Jan 2018, 7:57 AM
Mohd Zaki
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You only need a way to render graphics (optional in text-only games) and a way to read input. Good luck making any amount of progress doing everything from scratch. If you just don't want to pay for an engine, use Godot.
22nd Jan 2018, 10:13 AM
BlazingMagpie
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2D: SDL2 library (don’t really need engine for 2D) 3D: OpenGL (kinda like the C of graphics libraries)
22nd Jan 2018, 2:48 PM
Jacob Pembleton
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Javascript
22nd Jan 2018, 6:35 AM
Daniel
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Thanks you
22nd Jan 2018, 8:54 AM
Shiki
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awesome thanks
31st Jan 2018, 11:02 PM
Mal
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