The argument for learning Rust before C++ is that the compiler will teach you the best practices you'd have to discover the hard way when programming in C++. I

The argument for learning Rust before C++ is that the compiler will teach you the best practices you'd have to discover the hard way when programming in C++. If you have to work in C++, you can take that intuition with you. But if game dev is your motivation, it makes sense to just jump to C++.