wish i could find a place to download all the programs i need to make games but i cant find any of it yet ill have to keep looking
Might want to consider going the free route.
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for 3D,
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for 2D and
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for an engine are all you really need to make just about any game imaginable. They are all open-source and cross-platform. If all you want to make is a visual novel, like many here, then you can also go with
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instead. All of these are absolutely free and extremely powerful and have absolutely no troubles at all competing with their commercial rivals when it comes to the solo, or small team, environments you are likely to find yourself working in.
A few other free, open-source and cross-platform tools to consider would include
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, a personal desktop wiki program, which is great for compiling your game design documents/notes. If you plan on doing a branching narrative based game,
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's node based story editor is about the best tool for roughing out your storylines in advance.
These days the only thing stopping you from making a game is yourself. Don't use the price/availability of lackluster commercial tools as your excuse for not taking the initiative when there are so many amazing free tools at your disposal that will surely be far more than you could possibly need for years to come if you're willing to put in the effort.