I foresee the future to be drag and drop 2D and 3D game creation.
You will choose from a plethora of of 2D or 3D characters and objects with pre-programmed but modifiable behaviors and effects and you will choose your layout, effects and scenery and type of game and just drop them in place and the engine does the rest.
No event scripting and just modify object settings for how you want them to behave.
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That would open up game design to many more artists that have no interest in programming or writing events.
Next thing you know is we'll have a game engine app that only requires you to push a button to make an awesome game and it'll do it. No other effort needed.