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Not rude at all!

For learning, for me it was more about figuring out how to get things on screen, and then getting them to do what I wanted. Like instead of planning a whole game or just doing tutorials, I was thinking more "how do I make a robot walk? How do I give it a rocket launcher?" It takes a bit longer piecing together things from multiple searches, but for me it kept me going (and learned faster I think). I made so many "toys" and prototypes and when one was "fun" I made it a game.

For actually finishing my game, a big help was alternating "fun" and "I hate this" jobs. I hate menus. Like really hate menus. Its boring, its tedius, but also very important. I love doing npc behavior, or adding weapons. So if I spent a week burning out on a menu, I might focus on weapons or new enemies til I was enjoying it again.

Also lastly, it will sound cheesy but you have to constantly remind yourself its ALL helping you get better at it. If you cancel an idea or throwout some part of it you spent a lot of time on, it was all learning! Every prototype is learning. Before I finished Broadside Renegades I think I had maybe 3 projects I spent months on thinking "this will be my first full game!" I actually used a menu from one as my start menu. I made homing missiles in an older project so it wasnt hard when I needed them later.