[rustyhancock]

I can't comment on Godot or Unity which both use primarily C#.

Unreal engine which uses C++ primarily, has the problem that it's a humongous mostly legacy code macro heavy system .

If anything being proficient in C++ before you start is harmful because of the puckering of orifices when you hear about it's mostly quirky powerful macros all the way down.

[AppleBananaPie]

Never worked with it myself but I've always heard the people who do describe it as Unreal c++ because to them it's completely different than regular c++ and this must be one of the reasons why

[PacificSpecific]

That's pretty much correct. I kind of have to switch to "unreal c++" context whenever I'm working in it. They have their own standard library etc

[rustyhancock]

Don't forget if you make the editor access a nullptr it'll probably crash and take out any unsaved changes to blueprints!

[Fred27]

I agree. I came to Unreal with only a basic level of C++. Having Unreal handle memory management for you was useful, but I can imagine the chaos an Unreal-only C++ developer might cause when unleashed on another C++ codebase.

[pjmlp]

Godot uses C++, and even though there is a C# version, most folks either use GDScript, or GDextension with C++, Rust.