Game Engine is a miracle wonder
I enjoyed gaming, I have over 6k hours in Dota 2, tens and hundreds of hours in games like HOMM, Hoi III, IV, AoE II , IV and so on...
Now I am at an age where I do not want to quit gaming, but to be sort of compact, balancing my work like and gaming from time to time, ideally to use the same device for study/work and play a handful of offline games.
You simply cannot understand how excited I am about They Are Billions. The graphics are so light and awesome, that my 65W USB-C FrameWork 13 laptop can play it 2k on high-medioum settings ~60 fps. Having to pack only a charger for my phone and laptop is a big plus!
I salute the developers for their custom game engine. In present day having devs that can achieve this kind of performance is a rarity.
Side Note: Recently I followed the launching of a similar Starcraft 2 game, made with Unity and the game feels heavy, laggy and cartoonish. My thoughts were:
"Man, imagine if they tried this with, They Are Billions Engine." Simply amazing!
I wish I could poke and see inside your programming thoughts! <3