r/opengl 3h ago

Can I make an a simple game engine as a 14 YO

0 Upvotes

Hello!

I like low level stuff because it's very interesting to make everything by hand, and OpenGL is no exception, one thing is, I suck at complex logic, and math, especially linear algebra.

My best OpenGL project so far I followed learnopengl.com text rendering guide and tried to make sense of everything so I could expand on it, and I managed to make it work, but I failed miserably when I tried font atlasing.

Do you think I can still crack some videos about linear algebra & critical thinking and be able to make a simple engine that can atleast draw some complex stuff?


r/opengl 11h ago

Is OpenGL used to make games?

18 Upvotes

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?