I've been working with UE4 since april on a personal project of mine (fps). While there are layers of abstraction over all of this that I enjoy, I debate reall

I've been working with UE4 since april on a personal project of mine (fps). While there are layers of abstraction over all of this that I enjoy, I debate really how important it is for me as a game developer to worry about them. In the old-school days the role of engine developer and game developer were the same. Now I see there are two disciplines. Those that enjoy making video games and those that enjoy making video game engines.