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I’m trying to program my first actual good video game that will be an FPS. I’m a beginner at C++ and I have messed with OpenGL a little. I have two parts to this question:

  • What graphics pipeline API should I use (OpenGL, Vulkan, DirectX)? I would like this game to be able to work on PC and Mac (also hopefully) Xbox.

  • What does a game engine really do? Do I need one?

Anston Sorensen
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  • Welcome to gamedev.se! Unfortunately, the two other questions you asked (What graphics pipeline API should I use? and Do I need one?) are considered off-topic here because they are based on opinions. – Vaillancourt Aug 23 '22 at 17:18
  • Uh, oh. I guess that is opinion based. I'll make my questions less opinion based in the future – Anston Sorensen Aug 23 '22 at 17:56
  • "What does a game engine really do?" -isn't opinion based, is on topic & we happen to have this answer which covers that pretty well. Whether or not you need one is a question only you can answer & it basically comes down to what your priorities are - do you want/need to program the infrastructure or have one provided to you? – Pikalek Aug 24 '22 at 01:54

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