Or you're like Gabe Newel. You wanted to make games so you start out using a few other tools to make your initial game(s). Then you go ahead and get down and dirty with your own game and game engine from scratch so that you can full realize your vision without compromise.
Anyway, there are a lot of game development houses that use custom engines. Eventually that's where I want to be ... should the tide change and everything just become unified into some BASIC high level heaven then so be it I'll be ready but if that never happens then I'll also be ready and willing to go where I want.
Anyway, there are a lot of game development houses that use custom engines. Eventually that's where I want to be ... should the tide change and everything just become unified into some BASIC high level heaven then so be it I'll be ready but if that never happens then I'll also be ready and willing to go where I want.