Game Idea>>looking for software suggestions, etc

So i have this really great game idea. I wont go into details, except that its main idea is a puzzle RPG in which you use time travel to solve problems and save the day. I plan to call it Every Second Counts. it would be a 2d "birds eye view" style rpg, not to graphically complex.I'm willing to self teach, I'm a freshman in Highschool, so its not like i have a lot of responsibilities right now. I get a new moniter soon, planning to buy some RAM and a new graphics card and really get my computer running fast.
I'm looking for some software suggestions and/or a company willing to help independent game developers get started. Any help would be greatly appreciated. My inspiration comes from this guy in his 20's who made a game all by himself completely by self teaching and what not. I think he's done with it, its called Ben's Game, or something like that. i saw it in a forum and it got me thinking. (and no, I am not referring to the cancer fighting game, while that is inspirational)
so anyway....er....yeah, help would be much appreciated.

Probably a good beginning would be RPGMaker, but if you can't get what you want done in that, then I'd recommend using flash and actionscript. Definitely try RPGMaker first though, it's a good starting point.

I made a RPG once,took me years thoughI used simple paint progras for the design,then iused python and various other simple free programs.
But thats the hard wayRPG maler is very good,but limited :(

ok, ill try both. thanks a lot!

freshman27 · #1Ben's Game, or something like that.

i'm pretty sure that was all a joke.RPGMaker VX would be a good place to start if you have had no previous experience.