You description kinda reminded me of The Finals! I've never played it, but a friend of mine is a streamer and has played it sometimes. The idea of destructible terrain is really satisfying when pulled oof, but it has a massive work behind it all, too much for my little brain :')
I agree with you! I never installed tik tok and only have instagram, mostly because I used it as my canvas for my musical persona, so I needed a medium where I could publish my music, videos and stories, but I still try to keep off of it as much as possible. Now it became my meme sharing app where all I see are the memes I get from my friends xD And also quit facebook because it was my main offender for procrastinating.
GML has very shot material indeed, and the manual is rich, but a bit too superficial or difficult to read sometimes. When I feel stuck I start asking blackbox about the language and especially the engine itself ( since I didn't find anything about it ) and treat AI as a teacher who can help me study rather than give me solutions, and I feel like it is helping me learn faster. I still spend time on forums and see some amazing posts and videos, but sometimes tutorials or videos are way too specific.
I thought of multiplayer in the past, and still wish to work on a project someday, but at the moment I don't think it's a challenge I could take xD