I'm new to the forums here and I thought this would be a good place to pick the brains of some people who actually know what they're doing.
Let me preface by saying that I have absolutely no knowledge of or experience with anything related to game development apart from the fact that I interviewed to be a tester once a few years ago. As I peruse the forums I feel like a deaf person trying to learn an alien language by listening to it. I really feel terribly out of place within this community.
Having said all that, I've got some ideas that I think have great potential in my head and I want to get them out.
The idea that I want to start with is a game that utilizes a conversation system similar to Mass Effect or one of the Quantic Dream games where the player is given a choice of different tones of response rather than a dictation of the actual spoken line, and a limited amount of time in which the player has to make his/her choice. The dialogue and cutscenes are presented as sort of animated comics akin to Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.
Periodically throughout the story the player will be presented with difficult choices that will affect subsequent events and ultimately the ending.
The problem I'm having is that, like I said, I have no knowledge of any aspect of game development and I have no idea where to begin such an undertaking.
Can anyone help?
TL;DR
I have no experience or knowledge making games and I want to make a sort of text-based choose your own adventure game, but I don't know how to do it. Can anyone recommend a good program for a total beginner to learn and create on?
P.S. I'm really looking forward to spending time with this community and learning as much as I can. So I thanks in advance for any help!
