Steam communities and comment boards are filled with complaints about Unity and other game engines like Unreal, Frostbite, and id Tech. Fitting it all together requires a lot of specialized tools, and none is quite so contentious as the humble and oft-maligned game engine. It’s a weird puzzle, but somehow - it works.Įven the simplest games on the market likely harnessed the creative output of a few thousand individuals, each one with their own weird piece of the puzzle. Some pieces are whittled from wood, others gnawed from human bone, and some socket together like Lego. Now, imagine that same puzzle with each piece made by a different person, from a different substance, with different tools.
The next time you think to blame a game’s engine for its woes, hold up.
