Hey, everyone. I've been curious for the longest time about programming outside of the miniscule amount I've picked up in school. I'm comfortable enough with C/C/C# to build basic programs, and have made some VBA tools for my employers, but I've never had the drive or free time to really dig into programming in other languages as a hobby.
That said, I've always been interested in game design and writing. Never enough to make it a profession, but I've always been fascinated by text-based adventure games, RPGs, and the like which are equal parts storytelling, game design, and programming know-how. Problem is, I always get nervous when I start looking around for a new language to learn. I get a bit claustrophobic when trying to look up how languages function, what their limits are, and where to get started. It feels, at times, incredibly esoteric to try and break into the programming scene when you don't know where to get started.
So, to anyone out there, if there was one or two languages that I should focus on intimately to at least get started in designing rudimentary games like this, where should I look?