The Language of Game Development

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It's not like you can just go out and make a game independently.

The kind of people who make games independently are the most talented and ambitious types. Those don't really need an article like this to get started with programming. Unless you're referring to real amateur games that are just there as fun little projects, in which case I'd actually recommend something like GameMaker etc.

I'm sure you're aware, but it's highly unlikely that any of those talented and ambitious types sprung full grown from the head of Ada Lovelace, born with an innate gift for algorithms. Everyone starts somewhere, and "what language should I use" is a pretty common question among budding programmers.