After reading most of this I just came to realize that I wil never be a game builder orreal programmer .
Like I am jsut fumbling around with essentially hello world programs in java and I didnt get, know or understand about 90% of the concepts, programming languages of stuff mentioned in this text.
I would have to become some hardcore nerd in order to even remotely keep up with all the stuff written here.
and I highly doubt I have the dedication or interest for that :-/
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The good news is: these days, you don't need to know or understand any of that to make games. You can download Unity and if you've done some Java programming, you shouldn't be too lost. There's also solutions out there without any programming. ;)
But as you said, I'm kind of a "hardcore nerd" when it comes to game engine and tools, which is one of the reason I like to develop my own tech. ^^
But it's not necessary to make games these days, so don't let that discourage you! :)