Gamesalad - Game creation for the rest of us?

Well i guess that depends on who they mean by 'the rest of us'. For years i've cried for someone to create a simple drag drop click and poke app that would allow you to build upon the basic gaming templates of yesteryear. I got my hands on Sawblades Power Gamefactory that allowed users to change assets on a scrolling shootem up. This was a kool bit of software, simple idea, but lacked the vision.

Now comes Gamesalad. Looks modern, has everything a modern online sensation should have. Compatability with all major online social networks the ability to publish to iphone. So what is it?

Gamesalad gives you the basics of all the basic game templates of yesteryear, shoot em ups, platformers, scrolling driving, RPG. It has all these and allows you to change and edit in a more graphical way. No need for skills in coding, no need for complex CC+ xcodey -booby wotzits language skills. this as they say on the website, is 'game creation for the rest of us'.

Im good at the graphics stuff, im shit at the codey stuff, its a simple problem which Gamesalad is here to fix. The interface is quite easy to get yur head around, and i soon had the Asteroids template suitably modified to be Gelatinous green cubes on a beach. Changing the controls of the player character was easy, and adding new sounds. In all it all seemed to be doing what i expected.

Then i tried adding another level..... I thought adding a simple 'change to scene 2' would be appropriate. Though the software did not think so. Ok so i went online and looked through the sites wiki, and forums. In the end i had to ask on the forums how to make the game change to a next level.

I got one response and i tried really hard to understand what he was saying, but as i think i've already mentioned before, Im good at the graphics stuff, im shit at the codey stuff. So when i had done what the guy said and was confused at why it did not work, i resigned to thinking maybe i'm not in that group that call themselves 'the rest of us', outcast once again.

Anyway heres a link to the unfinished game i made http://gamesalad.com/game/play/13224

And here is a link to the browser plugin you need to play it,http://gamesalad.assets.s3.amazonaws.com/GameSalad-Plug-in-0.4.8-beta.zip be warned the plugin does not always work.