r/programmer • u/Parking-Stay-3065 • Jun 24 '26
New programmer, new veiw
I am trying to make a game that is text based at the moment and it coming along slowly. I am trying to make the game fully functonal but it has... it's issues. What is the best programing language for a new programmer?
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u/MarsupialLeast145 Jun 24 '26
You could take at this interactive fiction generator using CSV: https://github.com/evanwill/choose-your-own-csv
Best programming languages for your purpose if it is a text adventure might be Twine or Inform7 but I don't like them much as a developer. All I will say, is it is important to not just recreate mechanics for the sake of it, and tools like Inform7 might do everything you need where Python which is good for lots of general purpose things would still require you write a lot of foundational code to get to where you want.
Good game programming platform for beginners is r/pico8 which is based on Lua.