Not having developed a game myself, but harbouring aspirations of doing so at some point, I don't have any advice that can be backed up by experience. However,

Not having developed a game myself, but harbouring aspirations of doing so at some point, I don't have any advice that can be backed up by experience. However, I did find this game development series[0] by Yahtzee (of Zero Punctuation fame) rather insightful, so perhaps it might help. I've also watched a few of the videos[1] made by Timothy Cain (Fallout 1/2, Fallout New Vegas, Outer Worlds etc) where he goes into some of the underlying mechanisms of video game design. [0]: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAbMhAYRuCUibhDtVUn3WJnHojS2uSNPD&si=uGtMQhFwaZm9YH6L https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAbMhAYRuCUibhDtVUn3WJnHo... [1]: https://youtube.com/@cainongames?si=PUO0Mf7WKjPRdXAP https://youtube.com/@cainongames?si=PUO0Mf7WKjPRdXAP