Oh man, I hope you'll recover swiftly :o
Also, waw, the game is very cute! Keep it up.
"The stories of making your dream game first and failing hard, were all over the internet."
Eh, that's noise. They are probably talked about situations where financial success was required. Making money from games is really hard, but having fun and exploring your creative capabilities and needs, gaining experience is really easy, so just relax and have fun.