You're first going to need to get REALLY familiar with C++ first. There is absolutly no way you'll get anywhere before you know your way around the language. I'm not saying this to discourage you, just to let you know that game programming is one of the more complicated areas in Programming. Start out small, then as you get further and further along, you'll start to notice that you'll (for the most part) be able to answer all your own questions
Try the site
http://www.gamedev.net/ it's got some excellent game programming resources.