[Jogo]

If you are hoping to profit, I highly recommend working in Flash. It is definitely accessible for high school students, and the casual game market is doing well. Even simple puzzle games can go for upwards of $1000 if they are addicting, and with a large enough group can be a 1 or 2 week project. Actionscript 2.0 and up is a full-fledged object oriented programming language not much different than Java or C++, and it is pretty easy to work with.

Sponsorships can be achieved by contacting sites directly, or using flashgamelicense.com.