I’ll have a think about smaller ideas to try for now.>
I think that’s a good decision. Especially if your experience in game dev is low, starting small is the best step to take. For someone to create their first game, it’s a massive task, even if it’s a simple pong clone, so having a complicated concept is just adding to the “things that will potentially burn me out” pile.
Once you’ve made some small games, not only will your confidence on making games will be in a better place, but you will be able to picture how to organise the code better before starting the project, which will allow you to work on more complex games. Even if your experience in programming is high, game dev can be quite different when it comes to organising the code.
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