I dont know what direction to take to make games

So i am currently in college doing interactive design. For some reason my course was joint with the game development course which I was confused about at the start but now I really enjoy it and want to pursue it in my own time.

Here's the thing, I've been doing all of this development in c++ and sfml. But now that i will be doing this independently without the college curriculum im wondering what I should do?

Do i continue with sfml? Do I use a game engine like unity or godot and learn their programming languages? Do I pack my bags and ship myself off to a deserted island and start a farm?

Online obviously doesn't help as there is so much conflicting opinions out there. Valid ones, but it's very confusing.

The games I'd like to make would be mostly 2d probably pixel art but I'd also like to do 3d games in the future. I also would love to develop mulitplayer games in the future and yada yada yada as I improve (overly ambitious i know 😂).

Off of those goals what would you recommend? Because I'm very VERY lost