I think you should just install a few different themes. I don't mind if this were the default theme, but I'd prefer to use a different theme.

What I really don't like about this theme are the icons next to each thread. Some of the icons, I have no idea what they mean, and some of them are flashing It's confusing.

The problem why eventing in Construct is slow is because you're required to scroll down to get to several actions.

I think a simpler solution is to replace the list with a tree. All items are collapsed by default, and a single click on an item will expand it. This will pretty much eliminate the need for scrolling, and will make eventing much quicker.

A few requests for the Python editor.

Change the font to a fixed width font, such as Courier New or Lucida Console. I also think the font should be a little bigger, 10 pixels or so. I don't use clear type on my monitor, so anything 10 pixels or larger is easier to read.

The list on the right is case sensitive. This is a bit annoying, and most programming editors are not case sensitive.

Add buttons to import and export .py source files. Perhaps just add a toolbar? The toolbar can have common buttons, plus programming specific buttons such as increase / decrease indent and comment out a block of code.

I highly recommend Sandboxie.

http://www.sandboxie.com/

This allows you to run any program in a sandbox, a controlled environment in which the program is unable to modify anything on your PC. It's a great way to test software to make sure it does nothing malicious.

Use "input" rather than "raw_input", as raw_input will always give you a string.

aaoc = input("enter your selection, between 1-9:")

Then you can use this to verify the input:

assert(type(aaoc) is int and 1 <= aaoc <= 9)

This verifies that aaoc is an int and is a value between 1 and 9.

The reason they do this is if you were to pass an array to a function, it's faster to pass by reference than to duplicate the array.

But this is simply how Python is by design. It's a dynamically typed language, so everything is a reference to an object. Even primitive types like int, float, and string are objects. Even the types themselves are objects, which means you can do this:

arr = [int, float, str]

I know C++, D, and Python. I consider myself an amateur programmer at best.

I don't post here often, but I think this is an excellent idea. Python is a pretty easy language, personally only took me a few days to learn.

How about being able to write extensions in Python? It's a far simpler language than C++, which would make it easier for amateur developers to write extensions for Construct. Python has great interoperability with C++, so the Python SDK could be entirely based off the C++ SDK.