Could use advice for making a simple puzzle game for the ios Thread

Hi, I have what I feel a pretty good idea for a puzzle game. The game mechanics is quite simple, so im thinking maybe to give it a try to create it myself, intended for the ios/app store. Problem is I have no programming skills.

What programming tool/language should I choose?

I would really like a book or comprehensive guide where they teach the programming language by making several simple games, is that likely to exist?

Yes books like that do exist. However they do tend to be full of fluff pages that dribble on about stuff that you probably don't care about or will end up forgetting the next day - similar to car theoretical tests!

I guess the most important questions are:

• what are you wanting to do?
• what platforms are you aiming for? (win, mac, linux, ios, android, console, etc)
• will the game be 2D? 2.5D? or 3D?
• are you actually willing to learn a programming language?

There's this book here (www.csharpprogramminggames.com) which goes through the process of making several simple games with C# & the XNA framework in Visual Studio. I don't know how good the book is mind, or whether you actually want to start with one of the C languages. They are a lot more complicated than say Java or Lua script. Although C# would be useful to learn if you planned on using the Unity game engine.

* edit: sorry didn't see your iOS in the title.

I think Game Maker Studio or Construct 2 would be pretty good choices, if you want to make a 2D puzzle game for iOS with minimal programming knowledge.

Edited by: AFRLme

It would be a 2D puzzle, yes. Of course 2,5 or 3D would be even better, but unrealistic for this project.
Spent yesterday looking for books and guides, my conclusion was html5 looked the simplest.
I also found Game maker studio, looked intersting, but as i understand it i would pay them a monthly fee for all future of the game?

Just had a look at Construct 2, looks much better than game maker to me. Thanks for the tip.

Is my idea worth the effort? is what i am pondering. Its a good idea for a touchscreen puzzle, but it seems kinda hard to get noticed among all the apps. I am tempted to give it a shot though.

You could try something like Multimedia Fusion 2, which doesn't require coding skills.
Or to learn C# and then go through the Unity videos on the official Unity site.