I would be interested in doing some programming, I am just learning game programming, but I have a good knowledge of java. If your games arent super complicated, I can probably help you.

Hey everyone, im a second year computer science major and im interested in beginning game development. My university offers a concentration in game design to computer science majors and I would like to try and make a game before I decide if its for me or not.

I am pretty fluent in java at this point, so I might as well use java to start out with. What I lack is the knowledge of API's for game development. What I would like to get from you all here is: where do I start? I'd just like some broad advice as to where to concentrate my efforts as a novice game programmer.