nope it's free for non commercial games

dont know what type of game you wanna make but godot can do 2D and 3D games, the interface is pretty solid and the documentation are pretty good and plenty of tutorial on youtube. You might also wanna check Gamemaker Studio since it has visual script and is quite good for 2D games.

I made some solo ttrpg that are free and kinda cool (maybe ?)
Fish & Dice : computerdwarf.itch.io/fish-and-dice
Dwune : computerdwarf.itch.io/dwune

Getting stuck causes players to explore the world.

Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.

An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.

We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.

i was looking at the game dev feed on here, now i will probably watch some vids before i sleep

good, even tho its 2am for me :)

maybe Game Maker with their Visual Coding interface can help or If its 3d you can buy The Adventure Creator Plugin for Unity it has visual scripting and you can make some kind of 3d narrative exploration game with it.

yep

maybe try with LÖVE2D ? its full LUA like pico-8 so could be nice ?

but the contrast between light and dark works pretty well i think