Graphics, math, physics, networking, data compression, optimization, parallelization, security/cryptography, etc. Gamedev is definitely one of the few software programming pursuits that encompasses just about every field of computer science, depending on how far you want to go with it.

I spent 20+ years learning how to write game engines from scratch and have made many orders of magnitude more money with my non-game project (which my gamedev skills very easily translated to) than any of my game projects.

Is it stubborn? Maybe, but they will gladly spend hundreds of dollars on a copy of my software if it does what they want/need because they see it as an investment rather than just a toy novelty like video games. If a program like mine doesn't run they just don't use that program, period. You would be surprised how many people are still running ancient hardware that has always done what they want and so they see no reason to invest in a new laptop or desktop. I can just stick to a newer version of OpenGL but then my target audience shrinks because they're not all PC gamers who care about being on the latest hardware. They tend to be shop types who bought a computer 15 years ago and as long as it still works they see no reason to upgrade. Anything made in the last 5 years definitely has support for at least GL 4.3 (speaking in terms of x86-64).Įverything made in the last decade has at least GL 3.3 support.ĮDIT: I thought I'd also mention that I've been developing CAM software for designing art/engraving/sign projects and generating the toolpaths to cut them out on 3-axis CNC routers/mills for just over the last 4 years and made it a point to target GL 3.0 specifically because so many people who do such projects tend to not have much overlap with PC gamers.

Opengl 3.3 graphics cards list