Hi Vicky and welcome to EAB.
I never got into programming on the Amiga but its good to see what other folk managed to do and still do for it, now is the time to have the real hardware as there is so much in the way of upgrades available (or soon to be) for so many different systems. I must admit that I don't tend to play with my stuff at the moment, I go through phases so I should be playing again with my Amigas very soon
Good luck with your dream, it is amazing what ordinary folk can do, just think of Kipper2k and many others