Yes, and despite the comment above that's a GOOD thing. Making things easier for people to get into, and get interested in, is always a good thing. It might not

Yes, and despite the comment above that's a GOOD thing. Making things easier for people to get into, and get interested in, is always a good thing. It might not be the "best" way to do something, but if it gets them keen and learning then eventually they'll reach the limitations of it and be motivated to move further up (down?) the stack to learn more "proper" methods/languages/etc later. I started with GameMaker Studio and it let me get a simple platformer up in a weekend, and let me make/publish multiple "full" games that have been enjoyed by my kids for hundreds of hours. It then led me to learn Unity/Blender/etc so I could get beyond the limits of GMS.