Hey there nice to meet you. 🤗 No, I'm from Egypt. ✌🏻
I only made 1 game so far but I'd love to try making visual novels, strategic games, and adventure games. Having software engineering background had certainly helped. Actually even in normal apps and websites they're trying to add gamification so it is not so hard to adapt. Maybe the only difference between Game Development and Software Engineering is the depths of Game Design and the Game Community's values. I'm still getting used to them by the help of good friends I got to know here on itch.io. ☺️