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Re:So, you want to make a game engine (2023) by NotGMan on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @06:59PM (#49091147)
95% of the code will be the engine code. The game the other 5%.
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Re:So, you want to make a game engine (2023) by zooi on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @06:16AM (#49095481)
In my experience it's closer to the other way around.

For example, one of my recent games has 20k lines of engine code and 40k lines of game code.

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