hinge object a with object b
then 
hinge object b with objecta[/code:3q3avccv]
this will make them stuck together like one big object

if you're really intent on it looking crazy, you could add something graphical that happens to make them gel, either a distort map thing, or an in between sprite there just to make the gel area look just right, 
but yeah hinges connect,

if "health" is less than 10 [/code:2vk7gjd3](also the way you say that in construct), and [code:2vk7gjd3]character "lives left" = true[/code:2vk7gjd3], then do so and so
imagine if we're saying remember.  it would only be annoying

[code:2vk7gjd3]recall memory of health, and if less than 10, recall memory of lives left, and if that's true, then do so and so[/code:2vk7gjd3]
and you can't call it a memory, because memory already has a meaning in computers and programming

"remember forever" is also misleading.  a global variable can remember something for less than a 60th of a second if so needed, the amount of time has nothing to do with it.  it's the fact that variable can be used globally that makes it global. "globally" meaning throughout every part of the program.  we could call "all around variable", "always ready memory" and it's still going to need explanation. 

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Considering that something is "advanced" or "professional", simply because it is obscure is nonsense.

first of all, it's not obscure.  you're like a kid walking into french class, saying the teacher sucks because you can't understand what anyone's saying yet.
it's not written in plain english because no one has invented Synthetic Intelligence yet and it's impossible to do that.  besides, if you want to create something reasonably complex, meeting the computer halfway makes it easier to describe your problem.  
[code:2vk7gjd3]I want the x coordinate of my character calculated by interpolating the values of the x coordinate remembered from the last checkpoint he touched, and the x coordinate of the enemy he just clicked on, and I want it to be closer to the enemy based on the amount of power we remember he has left in his magic pouch.[/code:2vk7gjd3]
this is not a complex problem, however it is arbitrary, it's something I might want in my game, that no one will ever need in their game again.  there can't be a little button with an icon on it that describes that.  it's a math problem, based on parameters that are decided by the game creator
in construct that would be something like
[code:2vk7gjd3]character.x=lerp(lastcheckpoint.x,enemyclicked.x,powerleft/fullpower)[/code:2vk7gjd3]
now of course you have to first learn that something.x, tells you the x coordinate.
you have to know or care what linear interpolation is,  which is just the mathematical way to solve the problem, and then you have to look in the wiki to find out that LERP means linear interpolation...i'd prefer to look that up once than to type in linear interpolate every time, btw. photoshop doesn't involve complex problems of logic,  it's just visuals, of course it can be visually intuitive.  you can't just draw logic to a screen, or actually you can,  and construct does it quite nicely. 
[quote:2vk7gjd3]
It is quite alright that you have designed this engine for making professional quality 2D games, but that does not require you to make it difficult for non-professionals to do so.  Games and game logic are incredibly simple if you care to be honest about it.  There is no need to add layers of complexity just so those who consider themselves "professionals" don't feel let down.

games and game logic are as simple or as complex as you'd like them to be, if I want to be able to able to move character1 to object2
[code:2vk7gjd3]"position character1 to object2" [/code:2vk7gjd3][i]<---this is how you tell construct to do this[/i]
seems pretty simple and self-explanatory to me,  however, if you wanted to make a game that calculates the most realistic animations for the legs of a fully customizable creature so that no matter how weird you make it, it still moves in a way that makes sense(like spore, for instance).  I challenge you to describe that solution in simple terms.  and yes, things like that are possible in construct
there are no additional layers of complexity.  there are layers of complexity removed for you actually, the behaviors in construct take care of a ridiculous amount of logic for you.  it sounds like you're not interested in making games, you're interested in someone making them for you,  which is what a game designer does, not a game developer.  I think construct takes as many layers out of the middle of that as possible.  I can think of a complex problem, and have a working model in minutes with construct.  something totally unheard of in any other platform with this level of power. 
 It really can't get much simpler than this without sacrificing ridiculous amounts of power and making it an RPG Maker or something, where you're not making your own game, you're just plugging your characters and story into a premade game.  you can make any type of 2d game or app with construct.  mario, legend of zelda, lemmings, tetris, paintshop, world of goo, braid, a calculator.   of course with this amount of flexibility you're going to need to learn the tool, instead of just clicking around
actually, after reading through the basic tutorials, and asking a few questions, I learned quite a bit by clicking around,  but you get my point.  this is not the little big planet level editor.  the little big planet level editor is fun and awesome and you can do amazing things with it,  but you couldn't make a little big planet level editor with it.  with construct you have the ability to create anything, that additional power comes with additional things to learn and get used to

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Actually, PhotoShop was one of those programs I learned to use quite proficiently by clicking around and not reading a single page of documentation or following a single tutorial.  Any really professional application that claims to have even a fraction of PhotoShop's utility should provide the same facility.

that's a silly comparison,  that's like me saying that because I can sit down and a drafter's table and draw something, but I can't sit down in a mechanic's shop, and fix a car, that the tools at the shop are poorly designed.  photoshop is used for making [i]visuals[/i]. you're looking at the screen.  it's an analogue to a piece of paper.  There's all kinds of functionality in photoshop you can't learn to use correctly by "clicking around".  
you can't just draw logic on the screen. 
[quote:2vk7gjd3]
Oh yes . . . Deadeye - that avatar of yours speaks volumes, you know.

that's mature

[quote:2vk7gjd3]'Good programming makes simple things simple, and complex things possible' (Alan Kay, more or less).

if you're going to quote computer scientists, you should quote them in context.  he's discussing the way you write programs, not the languages you're writing them in.  object oriented design is a way to design programs so that it's easy to break down things into manageable chunks of information and logic, so as your program grows, it's easy to conceptualize what you are doing, and btw
just curious, what looks simpler, construct? , or alan kay's current project ?:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edit_Source_Code.jpeg[/url]

[quote:2vk7gjd3]� Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. � - (Abelson / Sussman)

abelson is a little closer to the mark, but I think construct exemplifies this concept to the fullest, construct makes it completely simple to see what I'm doing.  I can see
[code:2vk7gjd3] in the event Bullet Collides with Guy1,[/code:2vk7gjd3] this list of things should happen to both of them.   
anything unreadable about someone's construct software is a result of poor planning, or poor documentation within their program (comments and such)

[quote:2vk7gjd3]One of these days the Priesthood of the code will be thoroughly disbanded.  Mark my words.

Psmith

so basically, you're annoyed with automobile engineers with their well designed CAD software, because you couldn't pick it up and design a ferrari by clicking around?