What steps did you take to learn how to make these games?
It depends on how specific you'd want me to be. The experience needed for me to do this was amassed through a long life with ups and downs. I've had many hobbies of different natures. I was highly educated and had work experience in several areas. I gained an interest in programming. I have always been interested in games since I played Atari and Commodore 128. I wanted to write a story and considered turning it into a visual novel. I knew nothing about rendering and 3D art but had a photography and digital art background. I started researching and learning how to do it. I tried. I failed. I tried even harder. I kept going. I managed.
The main advice I would give someone else wanting to do what I do is: You cannot expect anyone else to lead the way for you. You have to find your own way, and you're the one who has to make it happen. No one will tell you "start a company", "make a game", "learn this" or "learn that". In life, you're taught in school to be part of a team or how to be an employee, but they rarely, if ever, teach you how to go your own way and how to start something on your own. I woke up one day realizing there was another option in life for me besides being a resource to someone else's company, and that's how I got motivated to do this. At first, I had to work two full-time jobs to make it happen, and it was rough. You can do it, too, but you gotta decide that you want it and stay devoted to that desire. Research. Learn. Improve.
My first art was shitty as hell.
And now I can create this.
Everyone starts as a beginner.
