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Don't take the title too literally. The article talks about full featured 3D engine which took them year to build and it was still lacking features.

For 2D engine, it's actually a couple of weeks to build one. I have built my own in 2013 and have released 4 games using it so far, two of which were very successful:

1. http://sonofawitchgame.com/

2. https://store.steampowered.com/app/949790/Rogue_Bit/

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What resources did you use to guide the creation of your engine?

I read a bunch of articles on game loops and other more general C++ stuff like design patterns, memory management, etc. It's just knowledge I picked up over the years while programming general software (mostly desktop applications), so it's hard to pin-point any specific resource.

For some particular game related tasks on top of the base engine, I found https://www.redblobgames.com/ very useful.

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