I want to start unpacking and repacking game files. I have a great understanding of C++, and a mediocre background in rev engineering with Cheat Engine / Olly / IDA, but I'm not anywhere near good and I have no idea where to even begin to get better. A lot of the resources on here specifically refer...

I'm willing to dedicate a lot of time to this project as I'm fairly invested in learning how to unpack game files. Is there anyways as a scrub that I can contribute, or should I just go learn elsewhere?

No worries, Barti. I wouldn't expect anyone to waste time on something like this without being paid for said time. Off to the internets I go to attempt to work out how to do it myself... it's not payment that's the issue. Lots of people don't mind helping others out. It's just sometimes people are ...