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raysan5 / custom_game_engines_small_study.md
Last active August 23, 2026 14:12
A small state-of-the-art study on custom engines

CUSTOM GAME ENGINES: A Small Study

a_plague_tale

WARNING: Article moved to separate repo to allow users contributions: https://github.com/raysan5/custom_game_engines

A couple of weeks ago I played (and finished) A Plague Tale, a game by Asobo Studio. I was really captivated by the game, not only by the beautiful graphics but also by the story and the locations in the game. I decided to investigate a bit about the game tech and I was surprised to see it was developed with a custom engine by a relatively small studio. I know there are some companies using custom engines but it's very difficult to find a detailed market study with that kind of information curated and updated. So this article.

Nowadays lots of companies choose engines like [Unreal](https:

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ottokruse / aws-console
Last active September 19, 2025 06:12
Python script to launch the AWS console in your webbrowser, using a presigned URL generated from your AWS CLI credentials, with enhanced support for AWS's new multi-session account-specific subdomains.
#!/Users/ottokrus/.aws-console/.venv/bin/python
"""
Usage:
- Save this script somewhere on your path (e.g. `vi /usr/local/bin/aws-console && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/aws-console`)
- Make AWS credentials available in one of the usual places where boto3 can find them (~/.aws/credentials, env var, etc.)
- Excute the script: `aws-console --profile myprofile`
- :tada: Your browser opens and you are signed in into the AWS console
"""