Projects

You're going to build one tiny game (a single mechanic, like a one-button jumper) and then do the actual job of a game designer: tune it until it feels good. The skill is game feel: noticing why one jump feels satisfying and another feels like mush, then changing gravity, timing, a little screen-shake, a sound until 'meh' becomes 'one more try.' That's the heart of game design, the judgment about what's fun, and doing one tells you fast whether chasing that feeling is your kind of work.