Glad I could help. I’m pretty much the same way inre targeted/structured learning. Creative stuff should always be exploratory as far as I’m concerned. You pick an aspect that attracts you, start digging into it, and everything else should just fall into place as you get deeper and more obsessed with it.

Good luck to you! There’s a lot to learn and it goes in every direction. Perfect for people like us. :)

Most of the other replies have you covered on DAW and free plugin suggestions (and they’re all good/valid ideas), so I’ll come from the perspective of mindset. I picked up production/sound design/synth patching/etc as a hobby in mid-2020 so I’m nothing more than a hobbyist, but one of the main things about the overall subject of music production that has kept me in it (vs. dropping it within a few months like most other hobbies) is that its so varied. If I get bored with trying to make catchy loops, I can go try to build some interesting synth patches that i can save for later, or I can spend some time building drumkits so that doesn’t bog me down when I want to actually make something, or I can play around with drum patterns, or whatever.

The main draw to all of this - for me specifically - is the ability to explore and the huge amount avenues I can explore. This method of approach has probably slowed me down as opposed to like… a targeted/structured way of learning the things, but I’ve found that I have the freedom to deep-dive all sorts of sub topics without any constraints.

What I’m trying to say is: have fun, explore, dive down rabbit holes as questions come up. We’re living in a time where there are more resources for music creation - both in terms of educational resources and tools, both free and paid - than any other time in history. Pick something that feels most interesting to you and just start running with it (for me, it was synthesis/synth patching that really pulled me in - Vital would be an outstanding free software synth that will help you understand what the knobs are doing because its very visual and there should be a number of youtube videos going over it out there).

As you learn more (independent of what you’re specifically learning about on any given day), you’ll start wondering more and that’ll allow you to ask your preferred search engine better and more detailed questions.

Once your have your feet under you and are feeling comfortable with the tools (your DAW, synthesizers, etc), if you’re absolutely dead set on learning a genre, you’ll be able to pick up the knowledge you need by watching genre-specific production videos, of which there are plenty, especially in regards to the genres you mentioned in your OP.

EDIT: I’ll add that I didn’t come from a musical background other than a short stint taking piano lessons when I was a kid and about 6 months of trying to self-teach myself guitar in like 2015 or so. I find the piano layout much easier to understand than the guitar and much easier to plonk around on to come up with interesting melodies. If you’re a genuinely a curious and driven person and music production really ends up resonating with you, you can be cranking out music in a matter of months… and within a year or two, it can even sound good (once you get some time with mixing and everything that goes along with that).