I forgot to mention that the cheat menu is already deactivated. Regardless of whether or not that is enabled in that startup screen, you can still open the console and type "cm" and the creative menu will be available.
Here's another example to illustrate: Say you're working on a base and you've made some wooden frames. Now you want to upgrade those frames, one way is to have enough wood for the two wood upgrades then have enough cobblestone to upgrade further then have some concrete to upgrade even further. Then you wait for the concrete to dry and then apply another lay