I've been making games for 7 years and I'm still glad I chose to use graphics library. The choice of whether to use an engine or not really is something people forget to consider nowadays.
Options for gamedev without engines are discussed here:
https://youtu.be/nBaCRp9UzDw?t=241
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https://dafluffypotato.com/projects
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