Back in the day when I was a kid, I was dreaming of my game too and I stumbled upon GameMaker. I don't know the state of it now but from my experience it was re

Back in the day when I was a kid, I was dreaming of my game too and I stumbled upon GameMaker. I don't know the state of it now but from my experience it was really easy to grasp even at a fairly young age without help of any adult. I wonder what could I achieve if there was a senior at my side to go through the hardest parts together, but it was definitely one of pivoting experiences in my life which led me to study the world of programming. It also made me realise that i can MODIFY and create ADDONS for many great games around like minecraft and ace of spades, so I started to create custom narratives and objects inside them. Sharing these on forums with other fellow modders and regular players created a very strong feedback loop and kept me motivated to do it for the rest of my childhood. In the end I did not create any really polished and finished game or big mod, but I make a living crafting business applications now and the temptation to let go of everything and start the next masterpiece of a game never leaves my mind :)