Games are not simple programs. Sorry to tell you this, they might, but they aren't. Like @SupaKomputa said, there are a multitude of tools for a multitude of different purposes, but, I would recommend web developer, might pave your way to world of different things (including games see here), and might also very easily land you a job.
See this, for a good starting point.
EDIT: Sorry, web means javascript, which at this point, can do anything, really. MDN has a great little course and the de-facto JS documentation as well .