I hadn't see this before. Probably not what most people here imaging to be the future of coding bit still interesting? https://www.paintcodeapp.com/

This is very relevant, since it raises awareness of the different ways data can be represented and manipulated, drawing a connection between the artist-focussed authoring tool and the source code representation. It's empowering, similar to something like Processing, SVG, or (my favourite) Flash.