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a thing that makes game engines interesting is that the best engine for a game is one made exactly for it, but the best engine for prototyping and experimenting with a game is one that assumes as little as possible about it.

Chevy Ray

@chevyray.dev

22 Mar

it feels like there are big game engines that make very few assumptions (unity, unreal, godot) and ones that make many large assumptions (rpg maker, adventure game studio, renpy) but it really feels like for me the sweet spot is in the middle and has little representation

Chevy Ray

@chevyray.dev

22 Mar

and i think this is for a reason—that this type of engine is much harder to design. i don’t have time to pursue engine design for the foreseeable future but i feel like, given time and collaboration, this would be such a wonderful tool for developers

overnecked

@overnecked.bsky.social

22 Mar

what about pico8 type fantasy consoles; with heavy limitations but still ability to make many game types

Chevy Ray

@chevyray.dev

in this case the code and level editor is very limited, but the visual capabilities and style is more restricted (for comfortable use), so it doesn’t sit in the middle but rather kind of straddles the line in an interesting way. this kind of engine is also cool and i’d like to see more of

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Chevy Ray

@chevyray.dev

22 Mar

but i think pico-8 is on the right path. i actually like engines that straddle this boundary a lot, and this actually sort of describes my own engine i am using rn