I've been learning on and off because I've been stuck in my new quarter... but I've been working on some 2d stuff, I kinda wanna make something like a visual novel but be able to have minigames for sequences, just a lot of work >.>
A visual novel will (no doubt) be a LOT of art, so unless you are planning something that is lower resolution, expect that to take a fair bit of time.
A minigame would get something on itch much faster, so that might be worth exploring, first.