I want to make an iPod game :3

[Nicknclank]

Yeah, well, since I DO want to be a game programmer when I grow up, I need to learn how to make them. And so, I've decided to make an iPod/iPhone/iPad game as a neat challenge :3

Now, the game I wanna do isn't THAT difficult... I think. It's mostly a "Choose your option" kind of game. Unfortunately, I hit a brick wall right from the start.

I don't know anything about game making, so I've tried looking at Google to know how I can make games. But the only sort of program-thingies out there are like game-making kits, with their own images, commands and stuff like that, which I don't want. I want to learn how to make stuff myself.

So my question is, does anybody know a sort of program to make games? And if so, is their and easy tutorial on how to make different commands yourself? (For instance, Python or something...)