Hi,
I knew a little from my programming courses in college, and advanced with game development using UDK then Unity and now UE4.
However, I think learning some simple game development things would help.
There’s a series on making a game with python’s pygame that’s, to me, is REALLY old school, but teaches fundamentals of game design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujOTNg17LjI
I also suggest skulking about google and youtube to learn how components work together like materials, shaders, textures.