: why do game engines require more technical capabilities than the actual game?

Question

E.g : why I can play a game like fortnite on my computer but cant make a game same as it?

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Answer 1

A lot of the time, while developing the code is running an inefficient but easy to edit version, no unrolled loops etc. so the computer needs to be more powerful for any given price of code.

No doubt there is a work around for large studies, but smaller studios will just put up with it.

When you compile the code it also gets optimised.