I've been using GMS for over 10 years now so I'm very familiar with it. Back in the days, Construct and GDevelop were not as popular as today. That said, I would advise a new dev to consider Construct and GDevelop.
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There are a lot of options now that can make you dizzy! I'm using Wick Editor at the moment, it's good enough for a small project, but for a full 2D game, I think Kaplay.js (formerly Kaboom.js) or Melon.js will be more than enough.
My art isn't as interesting as yours, and that's something I'll be working on. Cheers!