Carrer plan, huh? This might be interesting.

Ok, I'm just entered high school last year. Sadly, it had absolutely in terms of Game design/making whatever. Only basic C++ coding. The good thing is that now I know C++ to an intermediate level at least and am trying to learn SFML to make my first real game (because ice hockey with a broken CPU player isn't really a real game lol). I've also started learning to animate and am trying to build a 2D MMO (for now Base Attack, Walk, Block and Stand Animations are done).

That's enough about the past and the present. Now, to the future. I see myself finishing this game in about 3-4 years time. Later, I'll learn OpenGL for 3D rendering and MySQL to add proper leaderboards and other things to my games. Afterwards I see myself going abroad to a College specified in Game Making (I'm still not sure which College, but I have time to decide). There I'll learn special techiques in coding games, as well as other languages like Java, Objective-C, etc. And while I'm there I'll make 1 or 2 indie games in my spare time. After I'm done with college, I'll most likely go to work at a major game company (my dream was to work in Square Enix to make Kingdom Hearts 3, but it looks like that game doesn't suffer the same fate as Half-Life 3) and live happily ever after. The End.

Python is generally not a good language to code games on. I'd suggest C++/C#, since those are highly flexible and you can do pretty much anything with them without much an issue. I'm currently using Code::Blocks(C++) linked with SFML and am quite happy (although that's just for 2D games). For 3D games use DirectX/OpenGL. I personally prefer OpenGL, as it's portable and its code can easily be ported to multiple platforms.

Oh, and just a thing. DON'T start off with a high-level engine like Unreal. That'll just fu*k up your mind. Buy a good C++ book and OpenGL book (yes, books, Internet guides are not enough) and you're all set.