Hi i was wondering what language is easy to learn and would be good for game programming. I have tried to learn/or looked at C/C++/C#/VB(.net)/Pascal/Qbasic. I was wondering what language is easy to learn and use for game programming. I want to pick up a langauge quick and then start programming.

I would recommend C++. There are several advantages in usng C++.

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This is probably the most asked question on this site, there are links stickied at the top of this forum with great advice on where to start, which languages are good. Check around the site and you will see that this question has already been answered in great detail.

I would recommend starting with this read. The answer is - there is no perfect language. It all depends on personal preferences and abilities.

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C# with XNA is pretty good to get up and running quickly. If that's too difficult though, you could start with a tool like gamemaker.

C++ or C#.

If you just want to make a 2D game for the heck of it, use Game Maker.

lol, you gotta learn java.

I think that DARK GDK and C++ express edition is a good starter, that's what I'm working on at the moment.

You have to know C. Straight and holy C I like to nickname it (the strictly ISO standard C, including /* and */). I wrote a series of tutorials and one of them even uses JAVA, but C is the way to go.

Everything listed here stands on the shoulders of C, however, if you're new to things I highly recommend SDL or something. If you're not going to use C, I recommend you actually pick some engine toolkit like GameMaker or 3DGameStudio so that you don't have to learn so much programming.

C is the longer, harder, but makes-you-much-better-in-the-end road for understanding it all. I personally use it because I can develop a game much faster, more straightforward, than a higher language like JAVA. The engine is much faster and you don't have to worry too much because the only interfacing that gets in the way is simple Video, Audio, Input, and optionally Networking.

Where JAVA gives you a ton of high level, pre-built data structures and systems that are open-platform, you don't need them in a video game and there exists plenty of fun and easy to use libraries for C. Although SDL and OpenGL have proven a powerful combo to me, you could use DirectX.

The problem with writing games in JAVA is that I've only played tiny applets on web pages, whereas, the more fun games are written in C/C++.

However, learning C is easy, mastering it is very hard. Higher level languages can save the newbies from themselves as they don't worry about memory management- but resulting in a slower engine.

This post has been edited by WolfCoder: 29 Oct, 2009 - 08:45 AM

I'm going to recommend Clojure, as an alternative to Java. It's got many advantages over Java, especially in terms of complexity.