I was the same, I used to hobby game dev for many years. I was never a gamer, what intrigued me was creating worlds, and the technical challenge. I learned tons

I was the same, I used to hobby game dev for many years. I was never a gamer, what intrigued me was creating worlds, and the technical challenge. I learned tons writing things like 3d software renderer, scripting language, path finding, physics. Nothing I wrote ever progressed past a 'tech demo' though. Nowadays, using thing like unity or whatever, games are essentially an excercise in content creation IMO. Well, this has been true for a long time.