Visual Studio with Monogame

godot, because it’s foss and has a friendly and beginner-friendly community.

PICO-8, though it’s more of an on-and-off again project of trying to teach myself to program again.
But I like the limitations you have to work with, and even I can create some crude 8x8 sprites :)

Bevy, cause I’m a sucker for Rust

MSPaint. Paint is King.

I haven’t found one that’s good enough that i can say it’s a favorite. I think it’s usually best to seek out an engine for each project because they all have major upsides and major downsides that can make or break a project.

ZZT

SDL2, with Android NDK, commandline version.

Visual Studio