Introduction topics should go in Community Speak
Sprites, animation or other graphical elements should go in Graphics
Fangame ideas should go in Concepts
Also, if you ever have specific coding needs, you don't need to be familiar with anyone in the game-making community. We're all friendly here, and anyone who knows how to answer your question will. If you have a specific coding question you should post it in the Resources, Discussion forum. I have no idea how to code, but a lot of the other members here do.
Good luck with any gamemaking in the future, I suggest taking on small and not so ambitious projects for a while until you have some skill built up. Then if you still want to make a fangame you can be a little more ambitious, or by then you might want to just make your own not-fangame game. Also welcome to the forums