First Choice
ok so I didn't know where to start, I mean forget the idea of a game or something I was more interested in deciding what software I was going to use to do this. So I did a little reading online and after finding a really good article that laid out a few alternatives with their pros and cons I went off to those places websites to do a little more reading.
After that I had a little look through their lists of games that have been made with their software and decided upon using game maker studio as my first choice. It sounds like it should be flexible enough and easy enough as well as free to use for me, if it isn't the right choice then I can always go and have a look at another one of the options. Also in the lists of games made with it I spotted 5 or 6 games I had heard about previously as well as a indi game that I own (Hotline Miami).