So I want to make a game like jalopy if you’ve ever heard of it. I have no scripting expirience and I have no idea where to start.
I would start here Learn
I wouldn’t embark upon any project that I had ‘no idea’ where to start.
My advice would be to develop your programming skills by programming simpler projects until you are knowledgeable enough to understand how a game like Jalopy might be constructed before you try to reproduce it. Otherwise you’re probably setting yourself up for a world of pain.
A project like that might be a step harder than starting on a MineCraft clone from scratch
Go through the usual tutorial recommendations and get yourself familiar with the engine.