I cannot believe that there is still a (sort of) active #ZZT community. I haven't touched it since the 90s but I've just installed Zeta and damn the nostalgia is strong! Now the question is... what kind of world will I make?

@prophyt #ZZT and #Megazeux brings back memories I still remember Code Red and Weirdness. Sadly Weirdness was never finished they only made Chapter 1.

#introduction

Hey, I'm Prophyt, a big computer nerd from the UK. By day, I work as a software developer (mostly in #CSharp, #TypeScript and #React). By night, I'm usually coding my own projects and wondering where all the time goes.

I enjoy #RetroComputing and #RetroGaming, especially the #ZXSpectrum and #MSDOS eras. #GameDev interests me; I used to dabble in #GameMaker, #MegaZeux and #ZZT but these days I'm trying to learn #UnityEngine.

Hoping to meet some interesting people on here! 👋

Takami Bluesky, the hacker hero of my #ZZT game "Cyber Purge", tries to stay on top of the latest online trends in their capacity as a cyberspace defender, but sometimes, even they get a little confused at first! #ANSIArt #Furry #FurryArt #Bluesky

Epic just added ZZT to their store, for free!

I have so many good memories of this game. Mostly using it to build our own adventure puzzle games with friends.

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/zzt

#GameDev #History #GameDevelopment #ZZT

@irenes This morning I found a game I was looking back for a long time randomly in a news article that Google suggested to me (turns out it was #ZZT).

Reviving ZZT
ZZT was (is) an ancient shareware DOS game that runs in character mode, created and published by Tim Sweeney. Originally published by Potomac Computer Systems, a company ran out of the basement of Sweeney's house, when it expanded its software selection it was renamed to Ep
https://setsideb.com/reviving-zzt/
#indies #niche #retro #almostofzzt #dos #epicgames #epicmegagames #github #indie #kevedit #msdos #niche #reconstructionofzzt #retro #shareware #softwarepreservation #zzt

seven years ago, graphic designer dave bock created an adorable little #zzt zine for a 1st year graphic design project.

the zine is called "bitmap 45 - zzt", and chronicles his experience growing up in #canada with #bbs door games and #shareware

it has a very stylish layout with monochromatic visuals.

it disappeared from the web several years ago due to linkrot. thankfully, /|/|emeGameSoft hung on to a copy.

here is that pdf for your enjoyment. thank you dave for sharing this personal passion project with the world 🙏

https://vga256.com/dialup.cafe/uploads/ZZT-Zine.pdf

I'm laying down tracks on #TheBeat3055 on www.labr.online in 90 mins | 00:00 UTC+0. Catch the audio stream for tunes from #Tiga, #CharlotteAdigéry & #BolisPupul, #Riton and #ZZT to name a few. Broadcasting from Studio #Starlifter Studio in #Narrm | #Melbourne.

On the eve of the general Twitter API shutdown, here are some fun ones I've encountered on Mastodon:

- CapibaraBot, where you receive photos of these strange and majestic creatures: https://lile.cl/@capibarabot/109822634024374515

- ff7script, serving up out-of-context quotes from Final Fantasy VII: https://botsin.space/@ff7script/10982486308266461910

- Worlds of ZZT, highlighting the various weird worlds people have created in the DOS engine: https://botsin.space/@worldsofzzt/109827057693488623

#bots #zzt #ffvii #finalfantasy

Played this ZZT game from ‘98, as highlighted by a bot that will soon cease posting on Twitter.

I played ZZT as a kid but never knew about all these creative gamemaker worlds that were being made at the time with ASCII graphics. Open a desktop browser and check it out!
#zzt #dosgames

From: @worldsofzzt
https://botsin.space/@worldsofzzt/109735752761758076

Thanks to ZZT wizard my longtime friend WiL, my #ZZT snakelike, "Nibblin'," is now playable in a browser! It's a game I started at some point between 1999 and 2003 and finished up in 2018. It's pretty snappy for a ZZT game! Now playable or downloadable on @itchio. #DOSGaming #gamedev
https://jdmgames.itch.io/nibblin

Thanks to ZZT wizard and longtime friend WiL, my #ZZT snakelike, "Nibblin'," is now playable in a browser! It's a game I started at some point between 1999 and 2003 and finished up in 2018. It's pretty snappy for a ZZT game! Now playable or downloadable on @itchio. #DOSGaming #gamedev
https://jdmgames.itch.io/nibblin

Thanks to ZZT wizard my longtime friend WiL, my #ZZT snakelike, "Nibblin'," is now playable in a browser! It's a game I started at some point between 1999 and 2003 and finished up in 2018. It's pretty snappy for a ZZT game!

https://jdmgames.itch.io/nibblin

#DOSGaming #gamedev

ZZT is an exploration of a submerged continent, ascii art, messy teen identity struggle, cybersex, transition, outsider art, and what happens when a nine-or-ten-year-old gets her hands on a programming language she can understand. 📚

Check this book, along with all of the other #BossFightBooks out right here:

🗝️ https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/boss-fight-books-3-zzt

#ZZT #MSDOS #DOS #DOSGaming #Gaming #VideoGames #VideoGame #Game #Book #Books #Bookstodon #PC #PCGaming #TimSweeney #PotomacComputerSystems #Shareware #Retro

ZZT is an exploration of a submerged continent, ascii art, messy teen identity struggle, cybersex, transition, outsider art, and what happens when a nine-or-ten-year-old gets her hands on a programming language she can understand. 📚

Check this book, along with all of the other #BossFightBooks out right here:

🗝️ https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/boss-fight-books-3-zzt

#ZZT #MSDOS #DOS #DOSGaming #Gaming #VideoGames #VideoGame #Game #Book #Books #Bookstodon #PC #PCGaming #TimSweeney #PotomacComputerSystems #Shareware #Retro

I remember spending daaaays working on the logic for a #ZZT-based virtual pet, which, like most of my childhood PC projects, has been lost to time and multiple hard drive failures :sad_cat: I imagine that ZZT-OOP was a lot of devs' first taste of programming back in the early '90s! I love that there are still people picking it up and building things even to this day

The ASCII graphics might not seem like much of a selling point, but they made for very tiny game files, which were relatively quick to download even on poky 2400-baud dial-up. And the tools and scripting language were intuitive enough that almost anyone could pick them up and make a game, so I was VERY well-stocked in Sonic the Hedgehog and Sailor Moon fan games as a kid :blobfoxcomfycomputer: #ZZT

While leafing through one of my retro tech communities recently, I was super excited to stumble across a pic of #ZZT running on a group of #DOS PCs! I almost never meet anyone who remembers ZZT, but maybe there are a few folks here who do…? It's a pretty fascinating relic of gaming history!

https://museumofzzt.com/about-zzt

#RetroComputing #RetroGaming

@Dusty I grew up with #Kroz and #ZZT on our Amstrad XT, downloaded from shareware BBSes when I was a kid. you'd think both of those games (AND hillsfar, with that amazing horse jumping minigame) would have taught me some patience