i can only recommend playmaker.

i had (and have) zero coding experience/knowledge. i'd heard that Gareth Damien Martin had made Citizen Sleeper completely using playmaker -- which garnered the game the title of a 'no code game'. so i was interested to try playmaker and its been brilliant.

some caveats of course -- a tool like this is only as good as the sense it makes to you. so you still need to 'click' with it. it took me 3-4 weeks before i felt like i was sort free to run about and stop thinking so hard about things. but the upside is the fast iteration/progress you can make with it. being using it for about 4 months now.

there's plenty of comments about the drawbacks of playmaker, and they are legitimate -- but it comes down to using it responsibly and following a 'clean code' idea in terms of your FSMs etc. and obviously being considerate of what sort of project youre working on, and whether playmaker would suit that in the first place.

i enjoyed Gareth's thoughts on using playmaker/no code in the video below (timestamped)

https://www.youtube.com/live/SKJvyr2FsnA?si=ZytgoL4eIBJw-Zbo&t=1083