I'm trying to make a game - Where do I start?

I finished the last app I was working on, which was really fun to do, and now I'd like to get started on a simple game. I 'googled around for a while, and only found how to make iOS or Windows games. I don't really know what I'm looking to do, or what to start on, so I was hoping to be pointed in the right direction.
If it makes a difference, let's say in this game I want to walk in a straight line through a hallway and have the game finish when I reach the end of it. (I'm using Xcode 5)

A text-only adventure? Puzzle? Does it need collision detection, or a physics engine? Single screen, or left-right or top-down scroller? Isometric? Fully 3D? Overlaid onto the real world, using the camera for input? (The latter because "you" want to walk, not "a sprite" or "your character".)
This "hallway", is this a 3D model? Voxels? A live updated view from a moving camera *in* an actual hallway on the other end of the world?
What about input? A text field ("move north")? Buttons? Tilting your iPhone? Joystick or mouse, or a Leap controller?
Do you score points for reaching the end of the hallway or for moving in a  straight line? Do you get a highscore list? Does this list include other players on other computers?
Can other players join you in this hallway? Can you interact with them? Is there a limit to the number of people in the hallway?

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