[skrrskrr02]

Not everyone has to be a master coder from day one, and Ren'Py is a fun and super easy introduction to the concept of coding with the Python language. Does anyone have experience with Ren'Py or has anyone started their coding journey messing around with Ren'Py and have any thoughts on this? Could Ren'Py be used more as a fun beginner learning tool for game programmers in the future?

[arisono]

I would highly discourage people from using things like RenPy if they are actually interested in the topic. Things like RenPy are good fit for people who just want to churn out some one simple project and move on, like if you are artist for example and don't actually plan to do any games\programming afterwards.

If you are actually interested in making stuff not just once, but projects after your first one, you should start in Unity\Unreal\Godot directly, just start with simple projects.

Better start learning right tools and use them for simple things when you are new to it, compared to learning wrong tools and being stuck doing all the wrong things when you get to limits of what those simple tools can do for you.

[Conquistadora]

Python honestly is easy enough. I don't see how it could get more straightforward without abstracting away any of the "stuff you should probably learn".