Thanks so much for your replies. Very aware this is normally a team effort and my game will not appear overnight 
Love to learn the animation side though. Sounds like to stay away from blender. I could manage the little amount for MODO easy enough. Are there any other cheaper ones you recommend??? Just naturally don’t want to drop $200 a month till I’m skilled up. Though that would be amazing
I do have Inkscape.
I’ve been doing lots of tutorial games and practicing the blend spaces, basic animation putting together and things. They are comming together fine. My reading also told me not to start with my game and I will be starting with those smaller basic games once I’m out of the 100’s hours tutorial.
Might be better in own topic but do any of you know tutorials based around the game play above. Most seem to be around shooter games???
Thanks so much for replies. I’m really excited to learn some new skills.