I want to program a game

I want to program a game. To be more specific, a side-scrolling 2d shooter. After studying C++ for two years in school and getting top grades (because my teacher didn't care about what the fuck I was doing, meaning I can print text with cout.) I feel like I actually want to do something.

I can learn how to code, I just have no idea what to do first, and what to do after that. So, you EXTREME PROGRAMMERS, give me some advice. Where do I begin? Draw sprites in paint? The controls? Music? etc.
If you can point me to good tutorials and/or books it would be greatly appreciated.

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I'm never sure of when you guys are trolling about it or not... what makes that book so special?
We are trolling and we are not. SICP is a meme - read SICP (that's my way to say I've read SICP), but it's also one of the best programming books. And the classes are even better, IMO. They're great to learn from. You should definitely read the book or watch the classes. You'll learn a language you may never use, but you'll learn to think in a way that will make you a better programmer in whatever language you end up doing. You may find its examples require good mathematical agility, so if it looks too hard, try again after you've been through the first year (or first half-year) Maths at your university.

Also English is not my main language so I need to ask: is it hard to read?
Judging by how you wrote, you should be able to understand SICP perfectly. You might be less trained to listen English so watching the classes could be more difficult, but you can definitely understand the book.

I'm pretty much a noob when it comes to programming(I think I made that clear in the OP) so I don't understand all the technical stuff yet
SICP is not really technical (at least not until much later on, and it never gets into gory details or uses any jargon); it's abstract. You don't need to understand much about actual computers to understand SICP (but once you do, you'll find low-level stuff extremely easy).