CodeAcademy.com A friend of mine is one of their lead techs.

Really nice site,

Same thing, Flash Games are normally created by a team. Only expert coders participate in the timed competitions for game creation, such as Notch has done in the past. Your best bet would be to go to a bookstore and buy a book on whatever coding language you want to learn (I recommend Python or C++, but Lua's also a really easy one to learn) and study that, as it's hard to find a good course online. As for creating mods, don't even bother trying to learn Java right off. It'll be far too difficult for you to learn an object-based language before you learn any other programming languages, and your attempts at learning those will confirm whether or not you have the ability to learn coding. Plus mod making and game making also require texturing, which is a whole new evil.

Okay, don't jump straight in. Creating video games takes months to years.

Learning programming will take 2-3 years to learn all the skills you'll need to get started.

Start with Python or HTML.


Google one of those languages and you'll be on your way.