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    <p>C/C++ and Java are two of the most widely used languages for creating games. The Pygame module in Python is also widely used. Since you are a beginner, making a game like this would be rather difficult from the ground up, even if the game itself is not too complex. I've been programming for about 2 1/2 years (not full-time, but over 20 hours a week) and I still consider myself a beginner. A project like this would still take me a good amount of time and research.</p> <p>Not trying to deter you or anything, but if you want to do 100% of the coding for this, I suggest learning C/C++ or Java. I prefer C++ because it has manual memory management versus Java's automatic memory management. Some people consider this a pain, but I like to know exactly what is going on in my program. </p> <p>**Just a side note on the C/C++. C is a procedural language and C++ is an object oriented language. The majority of games are created with object oriented languages.</p> <p>I would not worry too much about "starting down one path." Generally (not always), when you learn a language like C/C++, many other languages can be easily learned since so much is derived from C. </p> <p>If I were you and I wanted to get into making the game right away, I would think about trying a program called RPG Maker 2003. Here is a link <a href="http://2drpg.com/2003.php" rel="nofollow">http://2drpg.com/2003.php</a> Also, I would go to <a href="http://www.gamedev.net/page/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.gamedev.net/page/index.html</a> and check out some of the tools they offer. </p> <p>I almost forgot, Flash is a good "middle ground" between full out coding and using a game creation engine like RPG Maker. Flash Develop is a great tool for creating Flash applications www.flashdevelop.org </p> <p>Hopefully that helped. This was my first answer ever at StackOverflow.</p>
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    1. COThanks Josh, that's really good info. I'm not looking to make a game, so much as I am an application that can help in running pen & paper (dice and paper!) RPG sessions. Something to help with the generation of random content. For example, creating a fully-fleshed out town for a game like Pathfinder requires multiple random table rolls to determine town alignment, shops, shop inventory, notable NPCs, and so on. This can take 10-20 miunutes. I'd love to have a program that can do all of this in one click - and display / save the output in case the PCs return to the town.
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    2. COIf generating random numbers is the main thing you need to do, then Python might be something to look into. Python has several random number functions. I would look up the randint() function at http://docs.python.org/2/library/random.html All you need to do is put the range of the random numbers you want to generate. If you have to generate many random numbers, I would do some research on loops. Just nest the randint() function into the loop and you should be good to go.
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