Game programming languages

[Toonces]

Yeah, I agree with that Biggs.

I've been doing a bit of reading and I realize how dumb this question was now.  Really I can get to where I want to go with any number of languages.  I suppose a better question might have been "how do I learn to program?" or something like that.

I'm reading two books concurrently, Game Coding Complete and Introduction to Game Development.  Both books are about 1,000 pages so it's a lot of reading but I'm making good progress.  The Game Coding book is a bit tougher because it uses a lot of examples in C++ to illustrate their points, and not knowing C++ some of the nuances are lost on me.  However, I get the gist of it and without getting wrapped up too much in the code they explain how to structure a game program.

The Intro book is better as it takes  a more macro stance of explaining how a game is structured.  I'm probably learning more from this book about how to think big picture how to make a game.

The Game Coding book comes with source code that you can type in and compile into a game at the end, with a lot of explanation of the hows and whys. 

On game languages, based on what I've read and comments here and at other websites, I think I'd be best served with a higher level, simpler language at the expense of flexibility.  While learning C++ would be optimal, for what I want to do I don't think that's necessary.  I've been sort of looking at C# and Java gets mentioned a lot.  I have more research to do, though.  I'm not at the point of pushing buttons yet, but I have a much better appreciation of the steps involved in writing a game than I did when I started this thread.  I think by the time I'm done reading and sketching out my ideas into a skeleton of a game I'll have a better idea of what language is the best to start with.

[LongBlade]

Some guys are gifted programmers. They're born to code.

I'm not one of them. I've studied some languages and managed to be moderately competent with them. But I've always needed a teacher to help start me down the road.

Once in a while you'll meet someone who is more-or-less self-taught. They only need school for the sheepskin so someone will believe them when they interview.

I realize you've got a lot of irons in the fire already, but you might see if your employer offers some continuing education incentives and could help pay for a class or two to help assist you in your endeavor.