I'm trying to pick up game development as a hobby (im already a full stack software engineer) and ive decided to either do lua with roblox or java with minecraft. im going to start out doing mods and building on top of already existant systems and then venture further if i like it. which do you think i should do? lua or java?

@vinerz so you would recommend minecraft then?

@vinerz ill check it out, thanks!

Are you into retro stuff?
What about Pico-8?

http://lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php/

@alexdovzhanyn there is a unity Project, that I looked into a while ago. https://github.com/TeamPorcupine/...
They are using lua, c# and some other stuff

Personally, I'd learn Lua and learn how to develop on the Roblox platform. I've developed on it for years, and because you can be paid for your efforts, through their system (you sell in game items for Robux, which you can convert to real currency, after you collect $1000 worth of it), and you can turn your hobby into a career. Top game there has brought in over $55 million for a team of 30 developers...