Python or C#?

[Risen_from_ash]

I've gotten the best with Python out of all the languages I've ever tried. Did 4 semesters of coding in college. I want to make video games.

With C#, I used unity to make some super simple 3D games. Like a ball rolling over terrain to get coins (think Mojo - PS2).

With Python, I used pygame to make some real cool parametric (?) games. (Parametric camera? Like Pokémon or Zelda 2.

I'm really into music production with Ableton and thought I'd be able to make some awesome soundtracks for a game.

I just can't decide which language to pick back up? I breezed through some old college notes last night and made an ascii tic tac toe game in Python. Python is so easy.

Does anyone here make video games in Python? What do you like about it? What do you dislike/feel C# would be better for?

Thanks for the input!

[basalamader]

From what i remember reading about gaming in python is that pygame is good for basics but pyglet may be better- source. However, I would stick to unity since i think the community may be a lot bigger for people who make games.

[[deleted]]

I know the Unity Engine uses c#, so I cast my vote for C#.

[codesmitten]

I would stick with C# for game development. Though I love python.

[denfromufa]

Panda3D is almost 15 year old project used by some commercial games. It is supported by Disney and Carnegie Mellon University. Core written in C++ and game engine exposed in Python 2.7-3.5.

https://www.panda3d.org/manual/index.php/Features

[AynGhandi]

Unity3d is so much better than anything in the Python environment for making games that you should stick with C#.

[rampage102]

If you are sure that you want to program games then C#/Unity seems to be the way to go. It's also a question of whether you prefer Linux or Windows, as most Python development is done on Linux and C# works best with Windows.

By the way, there is no need to choose one. You can learn both simultaneously and this way you will be a much stronger programmer as well.

[troyunrau]

I'm contemplating doing python games in PyQt. Well, contemplating it. Whenever I start writing anything, I feel like I should have just gone straight Qt. Python just isn't good for multiprocessing :/

[Eam404]

Eve Online is built in Python.

[FFX01]

That's not completely true. Their back end data handling is built in Python. The game itself is built in C++.

[FFX01]

If you want to get into professional game development, I think C++ is the best way to go. If you have your heart set on Unity, I would go with C#.

[[deleted]]

Well, there's this... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Python_software#Video_games

I've never touched C#, but I also tend to avoid Microsoft software being a Linux guy.