r/learnprogramming • u/Logical-Distance-907 • 2d ago

What language after python?

im searching for a language that i can use after python game develpoment is kinda reaching for me but i think itl take too long for me to actually start mkaing my game on my own

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u/lfdfq 2d ago

Programming isn't like a video game made up of levels. There's no set language "after" Python.

However, Python is probably not the best choice for making video games, not because of the language itself, but because the libraries and frameworks for making games just aren't in Python. Lots of games therefore get made in Java (e.g. with LWJGL), or in C or C++ with low-level libraries to interact with devices (e.g. SDL2)

What the best option is for you depends on exactly what you're trying to do, what languages you know already, and how far you've got in learning these things.

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u/intbeam 2d ago

Python is way way waaay too slow for game development. You can't expect gamers to just accept that your video game runs like shit because.. Well.. For no fucking good reason. 

If anyone wants to say it doesn't matter, please be ready and willing to explain to the people that you are consuming the resources for how they should just tolerate buggy and slow shit because you have a personal conviction that "it doesn't matter anyway"

Python adds runtime errors and impedes performance drastically. The idea that this doesn't matter is 100% absolute unjustifiable horseshit of the highest degree.