Please help, newbie looking for any advice

Good Morning Everyone! My name is Mike I am a true Newbie to game programming. I will cut to the chase. I am desperately searching, and quite frankly overwhelmed with all the information I am finding. My goal is to create sports simulation management games for the PC. I want my games to focus on the management aspect which would detail AI and less graphics. I just need a starting point. Do you create your own game engine, do you buy one...I mean, the chart is endless. I would appreciate any feedback on where I could begin before I dump a red-cent into anything! I just want a tip in the right direction so I can make the most of my time. Thanks again everyone, I'll talk to you all in the near future. Mike

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Please help, newbie looking for any advice

Jed Atreides
here's a link to another post that should help you,

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=148055&SiteID=1
WLW
If you are going to be working on a sports management application/game and not relying on graphics as much. Personally I would start to look at the way that you would like to store the data that the program is using. You will find that you need to be able to get to the data quickly. Next don't worry at all about graphics in the beginning no matter how simple they are, concentrate on the content and business rules behind the scene, with a sports management application you are going to have to be accurate in almost all the details as this is what will draw people to it.
Please help, newbie looking for any advice

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