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So, I am looking for a language to use for my first game. I intend for it to be a turn based strategy game similar to Advanced Wars and Fire Emblem. Originally I was thinking of using Game Maker but I am wondering if there is a better language to use for turn based strategy games in particular.

I have very little experience with programming and have only used languages like Visual Basic and Qbasic before. I thought Game Maker would be the best for me because there seems to be a lot of good tutorials and it is noob friendly and cheap. Thanks for the help!         

Eh - you're probably not going to find a specific 'best language' for this. Yes, some languages are more appropriate than others, but - y'know - it's not that big a deal.

You might be better off looking for an engine and then using whatever language the engine is written in. I'm not that sure about what's out there, but FIFE might interest you. I'm pretty sure you mostly code in Python for it, though you might need some C++ as well - not sure.

I guess Game Maker is a good option given your experience level, but it's not going to specifically help you with the turn-based-strategy-ness of the game.

In respect to tools ease of use to make an RTS, Game Maker is very easy if you don't want 3D.

Thanks guys. I will probably stick with Game Maker-it just seems easier and I found a game similar to what I want to make.  :) 

This question is something where only you can give the awnser. Here on the forum are enough information, to give you the awnser.

the language won't affect it very much, it's what you do with it. that's a bit like asking what's the best (linguistic) language to write a play in.

german

Indeed.


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lol, thanks for all the feedback guys. ;D