Hey there everybody, I'm planning on developing a 2d game and I need an engine for it because I don't have the skill or inclination to craft my own from scratch. Here's a little about my skill level and what I'm looking for in an engine:

I understand coding and I have some experience with it - give me some reasonably well commented code and I can figure out how it works and why - but I am in no means a "programmer." That said, I have no problem learning and using a scripting language. Having to delve into coding more deeply isn't something that sends shivers up and down and up my spine again but I would rather spend that time on gameplay tweaks, level design, story design, etc etc.

I'm looking for something that will give me a visual editor for level building, entity management, asset management and so forth. I don't need something that will hold my hand at every step of the way but I do want a reasonably streamlined environment. I don't have a whole lot of free time so I'm looking for something that's simple enough for me to have a reasonable concept to prototype turnaround time.

I've used Torque Game Builder and I found it to be a pretty good option but before I dropped the cash for the license I wanted to see if there were any suggestions for other options that I may have missed.