Developing games, mac or pc?

[mediamatt]

Hi,

My son, who is homeschooled, is wanting to learn programming. He is about to learn python (a free course so thought why not). He loves gaming and has shown interest in developing games. My questions is, what do game developers use? Pc or mac? I would prefer him to use mac as we are on mac but if pc is the dominant platform to code on then I would do that.

Any help appreciated

Matt

 

[mediamatt]

Thanks a lot for all the advice. He is nearly 11 now but very bright and very interested in technology and coding. I'm going to build him a pc and he can learn python first. Then if he wants to he can go the c++ route.

I might even have a go myself

Matt