Ahh, thank you! I hope I don't disappoint, haha. I looked at Ren'py the same way! It's simultaneously easier and WAY more confusing that I thought. I think the biggest issue is that the Ren'py documentation assumes you understand how everything works already. It feels like a big victory when you finally wrangle things into working, though!
(and thankyou hehe, I'm feeling much better. Also, your icon is super rad)