[_lbaq]

With Vulcan, you are more than ever as a indie developer faced with the question: Are you going to do a game or an engine.

[slezyr]

You simply don't need to touch it.

Use the bgfx.

https://bkaradzic.github.io/bgfx/overview.html

[esperent]

There are several wrappers for Vulkan that make it easier to work with, like V-EZ. Using one of the is probably the best approach for an indie dev.