ETA- Thanks guys, that was very helpful!
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A game engine takes the stuff the game developers make and puts it on your screen.
So for example the game devs might construct a 3d model for the Ork you slay, they record the sounds the ork makes, decide how it reacts to the Elves they also made.
The game engine would do the math to determine what you actually see on the screen and talk to your graphics card to show the ork, it would talk with your speakers to play the sound the ork makes, run the script the devs made to determine its interaction with the elf.
In the past most devs would also make their own engine, but as things got more complicated, the cost of developing and engine AND all the other stuff for the game got waaay too high.
So some devs started letting other devs use their engine in exchange for money.
So the engine makers got money, and the other devs actually saved money compared to making their own engine.
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