+1 for Godot. It seems like a great fit for your project. IDK about newbie friendliness, but if you already know python...

• Its scripting language is very similar to python. IIRC someone has a fork with python support.
• The download is super small
• Zero cost
• Open source / no telemetry
• Nice performance on low-end hardware

I spent some time with Unity3D prior to making the switch. No regrets at all. The big asset store was nice, but if you're not using it and have no love for Javascript/C#, then there isn't really much point IMO.

Hi man welcome to the community! if you ask my opinion i could easyly just say unity and unreal engine, but most essentially you need to learn how to program c# and javascript, you can find them easy on youtube or you can take some lessons at http://www.udemy.com

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