Yes. I was able to make a Quake-like clone when I was 17 with no knowledge of how matrices worked or linear algebra. This was before Unity et al, so I had to b

Yes. I was able to make a Quake-like clone when I was 17 with no knowledge of how matrices worked or linear algebra. This was before Unity et al, so I had to build it from scratch. You can get surprisingly far by stringing magical utility functions together. The reason I know those things now is because I wasn't forced to learn them then. Detail comes after engagement.