You won't find a tutorial telling you how to make a game, just the basics you need to make it, i'm afraid you will have to fill in the 'in between' bits.

Yes, you need to "dirty" your hands in order to make a game.
Computer programming is not an activity you can learn only reading theorical books, but you need to make them in practice.
Do what I suggested you. Invent some small tasks, and study the best way to accomplish them.
One thing more: gaming programming is a hard job, since you need to write code, but this code must be terribly efficient, fast.