Yup. Plus, there are tangible benefits beyond just learning for myself. Players can tell the difference between games where the developer skipped all the technical details and ones where the developer scrutinized over those details. That's not to say that devs cannot apply this level of quality to a game built in something like Unity, but devs who build their own engines tend to care more.
Yup. Plus, there are tangible benefits beyond just learning for myself. Players can tell the difference between games where the developer skipped all the technical details and ones where the developer scrutinized over those details. That's not to say that devs cannot apply this level of quality to a game built in something like Unity, but devs who build their own engines tend to care more.
Yep! Some games (due to there mechanics) may only ever work well with a custom (or at least heavily customised engine).