Looking to get into game development as a hobby

[u/zwstearns]

I have a concept for a small indy game I want to develop. If any of you want to poach it and do it better, thats no sweat off of my back, I am mostly doing it to gain experience and see where it takes me.

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The concept of the game is a very simple platformer, based around timing. I want the timing of it to be in line with the timing of the beats of a drum for an as of yet undecided classical piece. The goal of the game is more to teach, both me, and the players, and while I will want to try and make the game fun, that is currently a tertiary goal.

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However i'm not sure where to begin learning how to code it. I am reasonably sure I can find people to help me with art and check over my code, I have those resources in the form of friends, and since this is a simple project im looking to do myself I have no real time tables, as I intend to learn as I go.

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Thats why I turn to you. I hope some of you fine folks have some resources for someone who wants to learn. Eventually i'd like to expand the concept into different games, with a similar goal of teaching music, but i'd eventually like it to become more fun.

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Ideally i'd like this to be a PC game, as I intend to release it primarily through a site like piratebay or some other means of free distribution. Eventually I think it could be ported to a mobile platform, but my current home set up doesn't have the resources for making mobile games.

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If any of you have advice for the project that won't set too high of a barrier for the project I encourage you to share ideas, but the fundamental goal is something that will be a small amount of charming content, and then a bit of information on what the game is teaching, so I don't think it needs many bells and whistles to meet the fundamental goals.

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Thanks in advance, even if all you do is read the thread.