We run events for total beginner programmers and have actually found Construct to be much easier for beginners than Scratch. Scratch requires a lot more up-fro

We run events for total beginner programmers and have actually found Construct to be much easier for beginners than Scratch. Scratch requires a lot more up-front knowledge to make a simple game, e.g. students need to learn control flow, event loops, etc. Construct, being event-based (and especially with the built-in behaviors) lets us get beginners started in about 40 minutes, while still being complex enough that they understand variables, instances, properties, etc within a few hours.