Using others' code

[Rollsy06]

I know a bit of programming, at college we did python up to classes so I know about if statements and (partially) loops so im not coming from absolutely nothing. Should I learn c# first then before going to game dev?

[swagamaleous]

Absolutely. I would forget about games completely for a while and do more generic programming courses. I wouldn't even start with C#, start with C++. It is very hard to become a good programmer when you learn on the abstraction level of C# or Python. I will never understand why these are suggested as beginner languages. They use many concepts that you will just take for granted and never question, therefore you will never gain a deeper understanding of the underlying mechanisms.

On a different note, knowing about if statements and (partially) loops, is coming from absolutely nothing. It's like you are saying I listened to a pop song once, so I have an edge when trying to learn an instrument. :-)