Im sure that once the recovery will come soon and this will become another good thing to come. Investing in the new project was not a bad idea at all.
You must know which was that's legit and it's not a scam project.
It's best to just invest in top 10 coins and stick with them even during bear runs because eventually they will rise again. When I say top 10 though, I never consider dogecoin as a top coin ever so top 10 minus dogecoin.