Microsoft MakeCode will feel very familiar coming from Scratch, but compiles into pretty readable (and editable) JavaScript, so it might be a good way to move up: https://arcade.makecode.com/
And it still gives you the image editing tools (pixel editing for MakeCode), asset management, game loop, etc – all of which are too much to take on for a new programmer, but are really helpful, and hopefully make it feel like less of a regression.
And it still gives you the image editing tools (pixel editing for MakeCode), asset management, game loop, etc – all of which are too much to take on for a new programmer, but are really helpful, and hopefully make it feel like less of a regression.