While writing games in any programming language is a very rewarding experience, I have found HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript to be very effective for writing games

While writing games in any programming language is a very rewarding experience, I have found HTML5 Canvas and JavaScript to be very effective for writing games as absolute beginners too. If sound is needed, there is Web Audio too, all available right within the web browser. It is quite possible to write simple games without using any external JS libraries by sticking to first principles only, e.g., drawing simple shapes with fillRect(), simple collision detection algorithms, generating simple tones using OscillatorNode, etc. Here is one such game I wrote sometime back: https://susam.net/invaders.html https://susam.net/invaders.html Also, if the entire game is written as a single HTML file, the game becomes immediately distributable too. All one needs to do is host the HTML file somewhere or send the file to someone in order to share the game.