Let's end the year with a little poll....

What kind of tool/language do you like to create games or utilities.

Low level? Or high level....

Level 0:
Are you really into using a HEX editor to create you games!

Level 1:
Assembler... As close as machine language goes...

Level 2:

Coding in languages that are still close to a system level, like C, C++, Pascal (and I think D also goes here). You still need to manage stuff like memory management yourself, but it's already easier than assembler. And of course cross-platform becomes possible now.

Level 3:

C#, Java, BlitzMax... Languages that still need to be compiled, either to pure machine code (like BlitzMax) or to JIT interface that is still as allpurpose as possible... No more memory management, and good OOP possibilities (which would disqualify Go for this level (as OOP in Go is terrible) but as Go has a garbage collector and a few other things it manages by itself, I guess this level will do. It's also way too slow for level 2 anyway).

Level 4:

LÖVE has taken loads of trouble out of your hands making a lot of freedom disappeared (an not for the better, unfortunately), still due to the use of a scripting language (in this case Lua) it still has a bit of low level approach on matters. NWJS also falls in this category, although JavaScript is the scripting language there. If you know a similar tool, hey it goes here ;)

Level 5:

Unity, Godot, RPG Maker, as long as it is partially visual and partially code and/or set up for a specific genre, this level goes. Yes, Unreal also belongs here.

Level 6:

Any software creation tool where no line of code needs to be entered goes here.

Level ∞:
Not a creator, but a player? This is your level 😜🤣😂
Nah, I still respect you... I need you to play my games after all. Without you, I'd be working for no purpose... So don't feel offended. But if you aren't a creator yourself, I still wanted you to make yourself heard....

Of course if this poll is a good representation of things will depend on the total number of votes, so spread the word if you want this poll to be truthful. 😁