How long till I can create my own game

[Rainman0330]

Ive been learning c++ for around 2 months now and how long will it take me to learn it enough so i can learn direct x also how long will it take to learn that enough until I can make:

1 Simple 2d game
2 side scroller 2d game
3 simple 3d game
4 small 3d rpg type game kind of like the upcoming game cube world.

[o1vk4iN6]

Never, sorry for your loss. ):

[Duthomhas]

No need to be a creep. All the people who do those things had to learn; the OP can also. It does take a lot of time and effort to be very professional, but the time to start is now.

[Aramil of Elixia]

start with console based stuff first. also time doesn't help. You could learn for 2 months and still be on if statements or you could be making your own classes. can i suggest these before you start out?

an interactive room thats a function

a fight algorhtym where monsters are made by a class or struct

a game where the user randomly picks a number guessed by the computer

a game where the user picks a number that is guessed by the computer

hangman

tic-tac-toe

[Duthomhas]

I actually suggest you go over to the http://pygame.org website and get PyGame, and start playing around with SDL using Python. Once you get comfortable with that, you can easily branch out to using SDL or SFML with C++.

Once you are comfortable with that, you can also easily pick up some OpenGL or DirectX programming. See http://nehe.gamedev.net/ for more on that.

Good luck!