Not sure if this is being monitored or not but I believe the op's question was where to start with programming in general and then how to transition into game development.

You can pick virtually any programming language to start from but with the big caveat that some languages are harder than others to learn and for example C can have a pretty steep learning curve for more complicated programs.

I started in C and I believe it is a valid starting point but it is like starting in the deep end. If I was starting to program for the first time today, I would choose python. Of course this is a personal opinion and I believe that there are a lot of really complicated concepts that need to be learned when starting with lower level languages. Python however is more of a top down approach to programming rather than a bottom up.

I believe that the best way to learn to program and game programming is to just try things out. Higher level languages like Python allow this because it is really easy to get started and there is a lot of details that you do not need to worry about.

You really just need to learn a programming language and write programs to get used to the thought process and how to think about problems. Once you learn one programming language it becomes easier to learn more.

Hope that helps