1.

music is not complicated

it's fairly easy to get into, if you know where to look

2. drums are good, but dont focus too much on it

if your drums is just a loop that keeps on repeating thats fine
at least vary it a little in the chorus

3. music for games can be loops

4. make your melody stick

pokemon and mario have very memorable melodies

5. remember your music's progression

i got nothing for this, watch this video: https://youtu.be/A2dH-48tDMc

6. iterate it till you make it

7. have fun!
dont focus on making a masterpiece, just make a good song for yourself

_-_-_OTHER SHIT_-_-_
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isqYXEdUvfY good for learning lmms
https://opguides.info/music/gettingstarted/ if you want to get neck deep into vcv
rack
https://learningmusic.ableton.com/ (good)
https://cdn-resources.ableton.com/resources/uploads/makingmusic/
MakingMusic_DennisDeSantis.pdf also the book as well

- forgdeer