<human>: Give me the gist of the text in a nutshell

I'm a recent university graduate currently employed in a software development role. I like most of the people I work with however the actual work is not at all like I thought it'd be - I imagined, and was led to believe, I would be writing code. Instead it seems I'm stuck in a more testing-centric role, wasting my time not actually coding and doing monotonous setup work instead. I've been having other work-related issues as well and just really want to quit my job and find someplace I'd be happier and feel like I actually have somewhat of a purpose.

My desired industry is game development. I live on the east coast near a major city however it seems most game companies are just independent groups not really hiring. I have no real problems doing other code work though since I love programming in general. Just not mindless database-y work, or web work. My skill set is more lower-level so I would not really even be qualified for web jobs. 

Anyway, In my spare time, I've become exceptionally frustrated because I have a lot of different things I want to do. However I spend so much time fretting that I just wind up not really doing much of anything and just poke at the various tasks I want to focus on.

So, the advice I'm seeking is... what should I be doing with my time? I want to look for more jobs on sites like LinkedIn, Monster, Indeed, etc. I also have programming interview books I could go through first to get practice before I start sending resumes out in every direction. I could also be spending my time making an independent game and see if that takes off while working full time. It would also be a good portfolio work which is also important to employers. There's also a giant backlog of programming books I want to go through to increase my knowledge. At the very least I know not to quit until I have something lined up first.
<bot>: Currently employed programmer. Interested in Game Development, but happy programming in general. Want to change jobs. No idea what to focus my time on.