Hi everyone,

I'm a engineering student in computer science and I'd like to improve my skills by developing a software : a Football Manager-type game (but for basket-ball). I really don't mind to build something not pretty to use at first as I'd like to focus on the accuracy of the database, gameplay (variety of possibilities) and simulaton engine.

I have some knowledge in Java, C++ and Python and I know for a fact that Java will be very needed in my near career. Would you recommend me to develop with Java? If not, which language do you recommend me?

Thanks for your future replies !

Usually we recommend that you pick the language you know best, to avoid you having to struggle with language and with the game application domain at the same time.

Otherwise, any language will do. Manager type games are pretty simple, so all languages you listed can be used. C++ seems a bit overkill for the job though.

Management style games usually involve manipulation of a lot of data, so the actual code structure is usually simplified to functional pipelines and scheduling, which you can do in almost any language.

I don't think that Java is a good choice here if you are planning to continue with game development (but a good choice if you are just building this to improve your coding skills for a non-gaming job). I'd actually suggest you use C# which should be very easy to pick up with you c++ background (it's basically a more streamlined child of C++ and Java), which is not just simple to use by itself but allows you to transition to Unity with ease without giving up on the .NET data access/storage/manipulation libraries.

Thanks ! You answered all my concerns.