Noob needs help creating linux programs

[u/WarGiver]

I am posting this reluctantly because reddit is a toxic mess most of the time, but two hours of research and I am no closer to an answer. If this is the wrong place to ask please aim me.

I am about 6 months into using Bazzite Linux and decided to make a program for content generation for a game (does not matter for my question but for context its a program to either randomly or psudeo-randomly produce a custom planet for the game space engineers) I want to make this tool available if/when I finish so leaving it a python script (I am well aware the unholy pain converting that to c++ will be) is not going to be a good way to share it.

The problem is that while I know and have compiled stuff to exe files for windows, before I switched, I do not know anything about doing that for linux. Can anyone aim me at the noob resources for that?

I started making it in py half to teach myself py half to see if I could, I got far enough in that I stopped to think and now I need help finding the off ramp.

Edit: Thank you all for the help! I am just going to stick to python and share that when I am done.

[u/Weary-Bowl-3739]

If you want to have a less toxic experience than reddit over all, you came to the right place. Still toxic, but a lot less. If you prefer even less toxicity, go to the dedicated stack exchange forums and avoid stack overflow AT ALL COSTS.

C runs faster. But is it relevant? Do you have some function based on simple variables and a few operations? Or do you push thousands of array through the CPU or GPU? 

Game optimization should focus on the parts, that make a difference.