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1 John 4:8: He that loveth not knoweth not God;for God is love.

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With that in mind you should figure out what tools you need. I'd recommend against using a programming language/toolset that comes with the promise of speed. What you need is something you can use without too much headache.

There might be people that will jump in saying things like "real programmers use C++", I wouldn't worry too much about that.

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You may also want to check out our recent speedgame contest. Several members of the site competed in a contest to create a game in 2 weeks. You can see the games on that web page.

Gamemaker is a great way to go. If time permits for you, you can also begin to learn an easy language at the same time, like visual basic.

You can learn alot just by reading some of the forums here on CCN with your dad.

Welcome to CCN! I started off my game programming with Gamemaker and then branched into GML, the GameMaker programming language. From there I moved up to Blitz3D and some C++ stuff.

In real life at my job I use a few .NET languages and some older ones like VB6, VBScript, ASP, which *could* be used too but I just like learning new things too

I think GameMaker would make a good starting point as it start off easy and to add features you can begin to dive into programming.

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just a recommendation, start small, then build bigger.
programming can be very difficult if you start trying to make something big right away, but if your willing to take the time to learn how to program first, you'll be able to do much more (and with less of a headache )

definitively try some online tutorials for something like GameMaker
if you and your dad have any trouble figuring something out feel free to ask for help here

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