> Just like you can't start writing a program for Windows and then gradually remove pieces of Windows, you can't not use the game engine. Actually, you can def

> Just like you can't start writing a program for Windows and then gradually remove pieces of Windows, you can't not use the game engine. Actually, you can definitely write a program for Windows; gradually replace remove dependency on Windows with multi-platform libraries; and eventually drop Windows altogether in favor of another OS. (Or even OS-less: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22054578/how-to-run-a-program-without-an-operating-system https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22054578/how-to-run-a-pr... https://github.com/includeos/IncludeOS/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/includeos/IncludeOS/blob/master/README.md )