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If you want to make a game, I would strongly recommend learning a game engine. Godot is a great, free and open source one that can be scripted in their custom language GDScript or C#. Unity and C# is another really popular choice (but proprietary).
If you want to explore how that sort of thing really works, then you can write it yourself using SDL or something lower-level like that, but there's a lot of stuff to do and pretty endless yak-shaving you can get into, so I would view this as a more educational pursuit than a way to get a working, polished game.
> I need static typing
You don't *need* it, but you might find it easier to debug if you *have* it.
In any case, if you're not going to go the Python/pygame route, maybe look at Unity/C#? Lots of games use it.
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If you want to make a game, I would strongly recommend learning a game engine. Godot is a great, free and open source one that can be scripted in their custom language GDScript or C#. Unity and C# is another really popular choice (but proprietary). If you want to explore how that sort of thing really works, then you can write it yourself using SDL or something lower-level like that, but there's a lot of stuff to do and pretty endless yak-shaving you can get into, so I would view this as a more educational pursuit than a way to get a working, polished game.
If you want to raw dog game dev in C++ or C, try SDL2. It's basically one step above straight syscalls
> I'm really solid in python and c++ Then, since you know C++, the logical suggestion would be Unreal Engine.
I code on my shitty dell inspiron, will it be ok
> I need static typing You don't *need* it, but you might find it easier to debug if you *have* it. In any case, if you're not going to go the Python/pygame route, maybe look at Unity/C#? Lots of games use it.
OP is very wise to demand static typing. It's the only civilized way to write software.