First of all... Hello! and welcome to Serenes Forest! I hope you enjoy your stay here!
Also, it's pretty cool that you're a game dev student, I might be getting into some sort of game designing classes as well next year. I've got a little experience with it though.
And yeah, it usually is a pretty nice community. You've got some eccentric/strange people here. But overall, most people seem to be easy enough to get along with.