definately python over javascript! -interactive shell -easy to debug -lot of great simple graphics libraries too -making 3d shapes is funner than div contai

definately python over javascript! -interactive shell -easy to debug -lot of great simple graphics libraries too -making 3d shapes is funner than div containers For 3d shapes, http://vpython.org http://vpython.org is a good simple library. He will be able to figure out how to get balls rolling around in no time. For a media library with sound for making 2d games, definately go with SFML (simple fast multimedia library) over pygame: http://www.sfml-dev.org/ http://www.sfml-dev.org/ It's faster and also has versions for C, C++, .Net, D, and ruby, so if he wants to learn one of those languages later he can try to port his game.