Well there's YoYo's Game Maker Studio and Clickteam's Fusion, for starters. These look like serious tools but also have tutorials, samples and such, and lots an

Well there's YoYo's Game Maker Studio and Clickteam's Fusion, for starters. These look like serious tools but also have tutorials, samples and such, and lots and lots of visual help by the GUI to guide the developer. They are actively maintained, and even used to create games "seriously", the commercial successes are Hotline Miami and Five Nights at Freddy's, respectively. https://www.yoyogames.com/en/gamemaker https://www.yoyogames.com/en/gamemaker https://www.clickteam.com/clickteam-fusion-2-5 https://www.clickteam.com/clickteam-fusion-2-5