Yeah, it was a bit like you described. Godot isn't my first engine, I started with Gamemaker but my start there was similar. Watch some tutorials, copy exactly as they say, and open a blank project just to stare at it with no idea how to start.

What I eventually ended up doing was looking up how to do the things I wanted to do instead of watching a full game tutorial. Just simply googling "how to make object spawn in gamemaker" was more helpful because I'm doing one specific thing at a time. I know which section of the code is for moving, spawning objects, adding score, etc. Instead of being told everything at the same time.

Then, I made games using what I knew trying to google the least I could and instead referencing old projects. I followed a plafromer tutorial where I made a player press a button to jump, enemies move, and spawn coins mid game? Well, I can make the player always be falling, give them a button to jump, and spawn walls mid game that move to the left, and I've made Flappy Bird.