Comment by wilberton

Absolutely agree! It's totally doable, but it does require some desire/ability to dig under the hood little. I think a lot of people conflate the game engine with a game editor, and don't realise how simple an engine can be if it only contains the features needed for one game. I've shipped several games with my home made engine, and it was the best technical decision I ever made! No more relying on someone else to fix bugs!