Which language should i learn?

Which language should i learn in order to make a simple rpg game? Can i use Visual Basic? What about Visual C++ or Visual C#?

Any good book(s) i could read? Websites i should visit?

Thanks in advance.

If you are starting it would be good to start with visual basic 2008
Thats the way i'm doing its easier than other languages and powerfull to:)
After you learn VB2008 then you can go on VC++:)

Migrating from C# to C++ might be easier than migrating from VB.NET to C++, especially when the TS has no experience with programming whatsoever. All those curly braces might look very scary once you're acquainted with 'End If' and stuff like that.

I suggest you look at beginner tutorials (you'll easy find some through Google) for both VB.NET and C#, and see what style you like more. Just remember though that most imperative programming languages are more similar like C#.

If you use C#, you can get XNA Game Studio. XNA is a game-making-framework/DirectX-wrapper designed to be a little easier to use without sacrificing low level power.

They recently released an Rpg starter kit, which gives you all the standard rpg basics immediately ready for editing.

If you already use Basic, C# isn't hard to learn. This helps.

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Originally Posted by SanderK

Migrating from C# to C++ might be easier than migrating from VB.NET to C++,

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I agree....if you want to write games I would just straight into C++