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C++ isn't that brutal if you learn C first, also C is a better starting choice in the long run. Python is a high level language (not recommanded for making games), it means the programming synthax and structure is very similar to English.

C is the best beginner language since after mastering it, learning Java and C++ is easy (C++ is basically 95% C). There's not that much math involved but you do need to know up to precalculus to do well in it (calulus does help a lot) here's a small sample of C code