If I were you I would pursue what makes you happy. As a solo game dev I understand how much time and effort goes into creating something and then wondering is all this worth it? I struggled with this same debate, do I quit my job and game dev full time because I know it’s almost impossible to build the games I want to build by doing it in my “free time” or do I keep working my 9-5 so I have stability, but sacrifice being able to work on the game or games I want to build? I think it’s probably best to slowly transition from one to the other. It’s probably not going to happen overnight unless you are putting out a masterpiece that you’ve spent the last 10 years developing 🤣 but slowly your smaller games start to do well and then it starts becoming realistic that if you saved a little and got a few more games out when you release the game you’ve always wanted to you’ll already have a following of people that love playing your games. So the to answer the question was it a mistake? Probably, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t one day going to make it as a game developer! I wish you good luck and hope you keep developing 🙂