Can someone help me?
I want to program games, (2d & 3d) I have made games in clickteam and RPG Maker, but I want to program them. My biggest issue is my hardware. I have a not so powerful notebook, and I don't have Wifi. So online installers are off the table. (Nono, visual studio.) Syntax, I like clean, easy to read syntax, and I would like an active community. Any suggestions?

Language preference?

I use Python currently.
But I feel as if it'd just not right for me. I hear c++ is good.

I dunno then. Most C++ engines require giant online installers, out at least a giant install.

I use Godot Engine to create game right now (work greats with low end laptop but assume that u have opengl2.0 available).
You can try these lightweight frameworks & tools
pygame
love2d
Urho3d
sfml
sdl
Cocos2d
GDevelop
Visual Studio is bloat, try vim ;)

@CSaratakij I can't believe I forgot about Godot. How do you like it?

Xamarin Studio + Monogames.

Open-source equivalent of the stack Visual Studio + XNA

@runfrodorun I love unreal, but it has massive online installations, which isn't helpful

@iam13islucky I love how easy & quick to prototype game with godot engine. git friendly is a plus :) and according to dev log -> Godot Engine 3.0 will release soon (and it use opengl 3.0 which mean -> more beautiful 3d looks)

@CorruptComputer It's like Unity in my opinion except that is opensource and editor itself works great for linux (Unity is usable in linux but not that great) I recommend godot ;) (go try it yourself and u will love it)

I'll recommend Unity3D - each major version comes with an offline installer including documentation and an IDE. C# is probably a good language to learn in general. JS is also an option as scripting language

No, @runfrodorun
I can't get Ue4.
I was very serious when I said I have issues with hardware. Do you think I haven't tried Ue4? Though, I do have an Ubuntu computer thats pretty good.

Thank you for all your suggestions. I found a tutorial on how to get Ue4 on Ubuntu. So I should be fine. Thank you all for your help.

@runfrodorun Lol, he specifically says he has a shitty notebook with no wifi and your solution is ue4. First of all, I think ue4 might not even open, much less run, on a shitty notebook. Second of all, its up there with VS in terms of online installation.

So uh, maybe not so much "life coach". You can't code on a few sticks and some tape, so hardware is important for creating, but not necessarily for learning. All you need is a book to learn.

@Atari There is a good chance ue4 will be overwhelming for you, it's something to work up to. Start with pygame, because python is an easy language, and pygame is an easy system. Work your way up to 3d programming, it's very difficult, and can scare you away quite easily.

@runfrodorun Agree. I have low-end laptop with celeron b815 1.6ghz with ram 2 gb (upgrade to 6gb now). try compile & run ue4, its editor did run though but unusable (really slowly).
still, I installed arch linux -> make desktop beauty and usable -> sqeeze all performance I can get -> and it works flawlessly (ue4 still cant run anyway). I still use that laptop as my main pc and I manage to make game with that thing ;)
This is my last jam game (linux game jam 2017) -> https://github.com/CSaratakij/zZZ
Bonus : my beautful desktop xD -> https://github.com/CSaratakij/...

@AlgoRythm
I have used unreal before (albeit on a better computer.)
And loved it. I will check out pygame, but I am a bit familiar with the engine. Plus, it has just the right community. I'm not a newby at game development, I just want to advance.