Evok my Friend , That's the thing with being new
it takes you a lot of time to do simple things because you have no experience with GameDev , but i can help you with one thing i know
is to just make a simple game with the skills you have , that's it! doesn't matter how bad it is , every game developer was once at your place knowing nothing about GameDev
Skill takes time....
you should not let your expectations/scope exceed your skills , or you would just give up instead of having fun , you would end up treating your GameDev like it's your job.....
Hope i helped.