Even without profit in mind: sometimes you just want to build a game. It's easy to get sidetracked by "the engine" when all you wanted was to create a game...

Even without profit in mind: sometimes you just want to build a game. It's easy to get sidetracked by "the engine" when all you wanted was to create a game... Most amateur gamedevs I know all started creating "the engine" and then the actual game never happened.