Thread: what am i supposed to do?

sorry if this is in the wrong place or just a stupid question =(. anyways ive read my way through several tutorials in the beginner section and i understand it but i dont get how to actually make the game. i have used gml (game maker language) in which i would take an object select an event and then add in the code which would be executed in order. for example ball>up arrow>move up etc.
what i dont get it how a game in c++ works, i think there are multiple files like one for ai one for graphics etc. (just a guess) and they are all run from a main file. im also not sure how those files are setup is it something like:

int main()

int ball
int key
int player

*an if statement*
*do something*
*an if statement*
*do something*

if someone can clarify this to me or can just point me in the direction of something that can that would be great because for the life of me i cant find anything

Learning the language would be a good place to start.

Game Maker and C++ are a lot different. By the sounds of things, you're still in the bare basics of C++ so wait until you get more comfortable with things before even considering games. And if you want to get into graphics, there's a super long extra wait for you.

For the most basic games, you're going to have to understand if statements, loops and functions, so start with that.

yes i realize its going to be a long while before i can start making games especially with the simplets of graphics but i really do wish to learn. ive gone through the tutorials for the basics of c++ and so far i understand:

if statements
loops
functions
switch cases
pointers
structures
arrays
strings
file i/o
typecasting
classes
inline functions

i havent even touched on graphics yet but im planning to do that after ive learned the rest of the basics so i could start making simple games with just as simple graphics. but i still also dont know what the layout of a game would look like, i have learned only a few programming languages which are GML, QBASIC, and HTML.