Want to get into programming

No, get into programming as a hobby. Just don't do it for job, or it'll suck the fun out of it, unless you're lucky to land a really cuchy gig where you can code in Lisp or whatever in your own office (with a door) and no constant meetings and agile scrums or other shits shoved down your throat.

Anyway you're lucky, because text games can be done in pretty much any language, including shell scripts and old school BASIC. Actually that reminds, me. Here's an adventure made with DOS batch scripts:
old-games.com/download/7709/hobbit-the-true-story

Yes, you have publishing tools with Ren'Py if you want to monetize your work. There are alot of erotic works made with Ren'Py as well. Katawa Shoujo is a famous one, but it is freeware, not free as in freedom thanks to its shitty licensing.

I suggest you reconsider and read the collected works of Richard Stallman on why we should program for free. You can still have sponsors and a GoFundMe, but you can release your work with a LGPLv3 license.

that sounds complicated, can't I just release the game for free and then get paid over Patreon like the Trap Quest creator does? He releases his game for free too, but people who pay him 20 dollars a month get a unlocker that allows them to cheat in game.

I don't really know anything about those licenses.

Yes, just send them a cheat code via email, you can learn how that works later. Just get started!

the attached pic is basically what I want, in a few years.

Anyway, I have downloaded this inform7 thing I named earlier, does this look like a good start? Or would you guys recommend something else? I heard some people are using Twine.

yeah but I am kinda confused about this licensing thing now, I am just allowed to make money with my shit or do I have to pay a part of the shit I earn to some nigger?

Fuck dude, just learn Ruby and download RPG Maker.

From what I understand, Inform and TADS are the big ones in IF scene. To get full details, you'll probably need to ask someone who actually used them. They have forums here:
intfiction.org/forum/

Btw what's the green monochrome game in OP? Reverse image search shows a 2003 page, but that redirects to an empty site.

idk what that is, I just searched text based game or something and that came up.

Everybody recommends something else. Even in this thread there are a lot of recommendations and other places recommend even more stuff, like for example some bullshit called rags ragsgame.com/

Not much to add but you can use libgen.io to download programming books.

Your first assignment: write your own tripfag filter in javascript.

kys

Personally I began with bash then POSIX compliant bash, then Dash, then I read the little schemer (lisp family), then I went to gnu guile and finally, C and a bit of c++.
I tried to look at java and more but it's not my cup of tea.

I threw away my Java books. There are plenty of other languages to program in. I've been wanting to do The Little Schemer, its on my backlog. I think you did good, good choices.

The little schemer is really good.
The first time I read it I was like "WTF are they trying to talk about ?"
Then after a certain amount of time an re-reading.

I began to see how they try to teach you, and it's actually really simple. (I felt retarded when I saw that)

The thing is like it's explained in the preface is that you must not go to the other chapter before understanding what the last chapter was about.

it goes like this

"is it true that this is an atom?"
atom

response:
Yes, because "atom" is a string of characters beginning with the letter a.

"is it true that this is an atom?"
turkey

response:
Yes, because "turkey" is a string of characters beginning with a letter.

"is it true that this is an atom?"
1492

response:
Yes, because "1942" is a string of digits.

"is it true that this is an atom?"
u

response:
Yes, because "u" is a string of one character, witch is a letter.

"is it true that this is an atom?"
*abc$

response:
Yes, because "*abc$" is a string of characters beginning with a letter or special character other than a left "(" or right ")" parenthesis.

"is it true that this is an atom?"
(atom)

response:
Yes, because (atom) is an atom enclosed by parentheses.

is it true that this is a list?
(atom turkey or)

response:
Yes, because it is a collection of atoms enclosed by parentheses.

is it true that this is a list?
(atom turkey) or

response:
no, because these are actually two S-expressions not enclosed by parentheses.
The first one is a list containing two atoms, and the second one is an atom.

is it true that this is a list?
((atom turkey) or)

response:
yes, because the two S-expressions are now enclosed by parentheses

Is it true that this is an S-expression ?
xyz

response:
yes because all atoms are S-expressions.

Is it true that this is an S-expression ?
(xyz)

response:
yes because it's a list.

is it true that this is a list ?
(how are you doing so far)

response:
yes, because it is a collection of S-expression enclosed by parentheses.

and it goes one.
This book is something that all programming schools should teach.

I liked The Little Schemer because I'm used to socratic dialogue.

Nah. Python just postpones the tricky parts a little bit (unless you fuck something up).

Okay so I just started on my first.

I first want to draw the map overview in paint so I later don't confuse shit and do bullshit like having two maps west of a room or shit like that.

Once the map is done I create all the rooms in game, should be pretty easy according to this shit tutorial youtube.com/watch?v=oTm0bWagG_M&list=PLlXuD3kyVEr4R_osnBr4OUVIXnuNh36X3&index=1

Also are there any beginner mistakes that I should know of? Like can you name me some crap you did early on that you don't do anymore? You know, stuff you wished someone told you.

Ohh boy, I can't wait for the hard shit to start. My game is going to be in a casino where you can play all kind of games like blackjack or rock paper scissors and shit like that. But I guess I start worrying about that shit once I am done with the first steps.