I am making an n64 like game. I really would want a Zelda oot like game, but with less scope, but high polish in certain areas like movement, combat, environment, atmosphere, animations, enemies, gameplay progression(starting from nothing and become powerful), good pacing etc. Maybe an 8 hour semi-open world with world progression locked behind movement progression and puzzles. The idea is to build a first area or level to completion, and expand on that and make separate zones like 3 or 4 total, that build in complexity. The separate zones is hopeful but not guaranteed, im a solo dev might not be economical.

I am brand new to game dev. About 3 weeks. I have learned alot very fast using ai to teach me. I am doing good in blender and using unreal engine. I have my character modeled and basic movement animations I created, I just made a lock on target as well.

Im making great progress, but figured it would be worth it to ask some people for advice. If I could even talk one on one to a real dev for an hour that would be great!

Or better yet, if there are some of you that would be willing to help me out in any way you can? I would even want help with the game itself, just not sure it would be worth it for 3, 4, or 5 us working on a game that might only sell 200 copies and take us over a year, maybe 2 or 3 years to make.

I am unemployed but have a good bank account and some passive income, so I can game dev for up to 12 hours a day no problem.

If anyone has advice or would like to see what I got or wanna talk? Or maybe collab?? I'll make a youtube video about my proggress in a week or two. Maybe, I havnt got to environment yet so idk if its worth showing yet.