[arcticwombat]

Sounds like a great project for you to learn a low level language, and some UX and GUI design at the same time.

Game development is done in several languages and frameworks, so it's not a big deal what language you go with as long as you learn to write good code and document it well.

Every tool, language, and framework has downsides and quirks, literally every single one.

Over your career you'll use dozens of languages and tools, if not more.

Stop fretting and start doing :)