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I have to build the paths myself. I am programming it in notepad++ btw. I am going into the placement of the files!

I would also say RPG Maker(it is great for old school rpg games, only programming is necessary for more complicated games). Game Maker is great too. But if your son wants to do online games I would say use stencyl, again no programming knowledge required! 

For the ouya part, I know that monogame(c#) is compatible with the ouya. 

Have you looked into MonoGame at all? It's built around the XNA framework and allows you to port your game into multiple OS's, and you don't have to learn an entirely different programming language. You can still use XNA to build basic 2D games on the PC for now, so if you're just trying to learn, it's still a viable solution.

I have heard about it once, I'll look into it more now. Thanks

Thanks for all the replies. The main reason why I did not use c++ s because it wasn't a good choice for people without programming knowledge.  Some person here said to read this:http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2011/08/04/I-want-to-be-a-game-developer.aspx. I'll diffidently consider looking at that book, and the head first java book!