Making your first esolang

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So, you want to make an esolang yourself. That's a nice idea. However, you have no idea where to start.

Have an idea

To make an esolang, you need an idea to base it off of. It could be anything, really. It could be something you like, maybe a song or a video or a person. Or you could base it off of an existing language instead.

You can then build on that idea.

Write some examples

Now that you have an idea, you can start writing example programs to get a feel for how the language will work.

Afterthoughts

Now that you've made your very first esolang, you have many paths to choose. You can either leave it at that and decide to come back after a while (if at all), or you can make more. You should see What to do after you created your first esolang for more.