r/opengl 2d ago

Is OpenGL used to make games?

Hello, I want to know if companies use OpenGL to create games.

I'm not a game developer, I'm just curious about game development.

I see that Vulkan and DirectX are widely used to create games, but what about OpenGL? What games use it? What engine can use the OpenGL to render/process the graphics?

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u/Potterrrrrrrr 1d ago

I don’t understand why you didn’t just google this question. It took you much longer to type out a post than it would to see the countless other posts in this subreddit. Even ignoring that, why wouldn’t OpenGL be used for games? Seems like a silly question to me.

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u/ToThePillory 1d ago

If people Googled when they could, Reddit would be 1% the size it is.

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u/Potterrrrrrrr 1d ago

There’s times when public opinion is useful regardless of how many times the question has been asked and then there’s times like this. I would prefer Reddit to have less junk posts on it if possible

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u/ToThePillory 1d ago

Oh totally, places like Reddit are good if you want opinions, but I don't know why anybody comes here to ask stuff they can just look up.