I'm going with unreal, thanks for the input.

A card game is a great idea, thats really helpful, something I can start straightaway and has some sort of battle mechanics without needing to work on anything complicated. I can do that :)

If you really don't want to program anything then I'd recommend Game Maker, which is not something I do alot. You're mainly into art and music, game maker will get you up and running quickly with it's drag and drop system. Vlambeer make their games in game maker, and Spelunky was also made in it so it's not as horrible a choice as people make it out to be (though I personally hate it, but I'm a programmer so...). If you're hoping to go into some form of programming in the end then do go for unity/unreal, unity probably being the more beginner friendly. Construct 2 is also something you can take a peek at.

Also, simplest game to make is pong, has the least moving parts. Do that first and then graduate to either a flappy bird clone or a space shooter. After that you'll probably have some ideas of your own.

I agree with pong being simplest. After that, it can be extended to a block busting game.

Javas built in 2D graphics can be used for retro strategy games and has no hassle with linking or cross compiling. The libraries that are native to a language usually have a longer lifetime before it has to be ported or maintained. I can still play the games that I made for Windows 3.1 because I only used the default components in Visual Basic. Newer games with advanced stuff did not survive from Windows2K to XP or Windows7 to 8 before I had to fix new bugs. It sounds a bit boring but the first games made is like the first drawings that you will want to play 50 years later.

Unreal for a card game ?, dont you wanto learn program yourself ?

I'm going with unreal, thanks for the input.

A card game is a great idea, thats really helpful, something I can start straightaway and has some sort of battle mechanics without needing to work on anything complicated. I can do that :)

You can probably build something a step up from a card game if you want to. Something like a basic shooter wouldn't be super tough, where you had the FPS character with a hitbox set up (there should be a prefab for the character, you the hitbox would come later) and maybe one enemy type that just shoots when the player is in a certain range.

It's just an idea, you don't have to do it. Do what you feel comfortable with.

Best of luck!

Card games can be much more complex than you might at first think and can requier a lot of programing.

When learning a new system or component I use the 1 month project. In thus you sen 1 month developing a project, and at the end of the month you abandon the project.

Thus accomplishes several things:

First, it stops you from adding in too many complicating factors and so helps you to focus on what you are trying to learn.

Second, because you are going to abandon the project (and I do mean abandon as the idea is not to try and make a completed project) you don't have to try and make it pollished and releasable, and it also helos to atip you seeing thus as a pet project and becoming too emotionally invoved in completing it, which again would distract you from what you are trying to learn.

And finally, the short time frame helps you to keep the scope of what you are learning to small, easily acievable goals.

If you haven't done much (or any) programing before I would recomentld starting with the basics (move things on screen, collision detection and reacting to player to input). It is good advice to not use the project you really want to do to learn. Learning is hard and you will make mistakes and stuff things up royally (when learning, these are good things, but not when you are trying to make something you want to release).

Pong is a really good project that covers these concepts. It is simple and a good place to learn the basics of game programming.