Step 1: Pick a popular platform. Step 2: Make some games. If you can't think of a game or the games you want to make are too hard for now then learn by trying

Step 1: Pick a popular platform. Step 2: Make some games. If you can't think of a game or the games you want to make are too hard for now then learn by trying to re-make someone else's game. Step 3: If you find yourself saying you're making a framework or engine before you've made dozens of games punch yourself. You might like getting started with Unity3d: http://unity3d.com/ http://unity3d.com/ or Cocos2D http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/ http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/ and there's a lot of devs here: http://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev http://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev.