Hi all, I am 1 year into gamedev and I was wondering what engines people started with… I know some people have not used an engine and have only used frameworks. (phaser.js, pygame, kaplay.js, etc…)
I personally started with Unity but then went over to Godot as it is more lightweight which is needed because I have a potato PC… I tried out frameworks but those didn’t work with me…
What did you start with? If you moved to another engine, why? If you used a framework, could you tell me some tips to learn and get more familiar with them? Thanks!

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A one-year game developer shares their experience starting with Unity and then switching to Godot due to hardware limitations. They seek insights on others' starting engines or frameworks and ask for tips on learning game development frameworks.

Which Engine (or Framework) Did You Start With?

I started with unreal engine. It was easy me to understand what can i do beacuse i was working on c++ that time. But when i get experienced with sector it doesn’t matter where you start. You just need code to get good at it.

C, SDL and OpenGL. But I primarily use Godot 4 for 3D projects now. It’s small, simple and has everything I personally need for my projects.

I’ve never been a fan of UI based game dev-ing, just not my cup of tea, and have always preferred a pure code approach.
I love HaxeFlixel and it doesn’t get nearly enough love. It’s a Haxe version of an old Flash framework I used years and years ago when I first started making games.
Worth checking out!

i am using SFML and OpenGL with c++ , i wanted to learn c++ and game dev from scratch . also my laptop cant handle game engines and also windows , so i am using vim in my Arch machine . it was quite hard to get into but now i am enjoying it

I did my first game using unity, before the “Unity’s drama” i tried others game engine and I didn’t like them so i stayed with unity. After the Unity’s scandal I started to search alternatives until I discovered Godot (before, I considered Unreal Engine since i know c++ but I do not want my pc to explode ). So now I am a godot user and currently I’m coding with gd_script but I look forward to learn and use the C#'s godot librarys.