I personally split gamedev into 5 separate hobbies:

• conceptualizing
• 2d/3d rendering
• music
• programming
• putting it all together Then I rotate between whichever one I feel the most attracted to at the moment.

The hardest thing is to keep within your level. You’re not a 1-man army who can make a Hollow Knight in a year. Start with small ideas and expand and remix them as you improve and/or find slaves. But definitely keep the big ideas somewhere bc you might accidentally make all the systems you need along the way.

I find that if my updates aren’t frequent enough, then I just forget to do them altogether.