Submitted something that works, thanks to your advice! Didn’t get as far as I wanted, but I’m pointed in the right direction now making progress everyday :-)
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ooh, I'm so glad you've found my answer to be helpful!
I also much prefer text tutorials. KidsCanCode has most of his stuff in both text and video format, and recently (like a week or two ago) GDQuest started experimenting with text content too!
I'll sure try and leave some feedback on your entry this weekend :)
I've also just sent you a friend request on Discord, so feel free to hit me up if you have some further questions. I'd be happy to help you figure out what went wrong when you tried to modify Dodge the Creeps' code, for example. :)