Most likely not. The skills to program can be taught but what I think that these goldrush devs would be lacking would be either the creativity and appreciation

Most likely not. The skills to program can be taught but what I think that these goldrush devs would be lacking would be either the creativity and appreciation for the nuanced aspects of design. I think the only measurable change would be the amount of clones would increase (like the Flappy Bird / Threes&2048 fads)