lets say i have the idea for the a cool video game what language

>>56534661
C#, use the bindings from mono and then you can build for both platforms.

>>56534661
Neither go for C or C++. Java is ran in a virtual machine and will slow your shit the fuck down.

Use GameMaker

>>56534661
Unity

>>56535164
+1 at least for prototyping and seeing if you are up for the task

>>56535164
>>56535203
The humble bundle for it is still going

>>56534735
Meme elsewhere

leah gotti

>>56534661
Neither. Java is pretty much android or SLOW for your task (game). Swift is iOS/OS X, but i don't think there are actually runtimes and stuff for Windows/Linux. Try C# or C++ or even JavaScript.

>>56535233
>answering to a certain question to be asked
this fella knows what is up

>>56535233
right click > reverse image search

Use Steel Bank Common LISP

>>56535233
BLACKED

>>56535225
Why do you think minecraft was slow as fuck, and still is?

>>56538468
Because Notch isn't, or at least wasn't, a very good developer. Any implementation detail you'll ever hear about Minecraft is a horror story.