Museum of ZZT
Welcome to the Museum of ZZT, a site dedicated to the preservation and curation of the many games and worlds created with ZZT.
ZZT is a text-mode game from 1991 created by Tim Sweeney of Epic Games. ZZT has its own editor and scripting language which offers what may still be an unmatched level of accessibility to beginning game developers. A significant number of ZZT worlds were created by authors in their early teenage years, with some being made by children under 10. ZZT's simple ZZT-OOP scripting language gave many a friendly introduction to programming.
The goal of the Museum of ZZT site is to collect these worlds, offer discussions into them and the community built around them, and keep them safely preserved. It is the hope of the Museum that the generally unknown works of ZZT community can be easily discovered and that their importance can be recognized.
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Dr. Dos | Apr 17, 2025 | Livestream | Unwinnable levels, unfinished games, and learning Portuguese for "Interdimensional Portal" |
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Dr. Dos | Apr 14, 2025 | Livestream | Escaping giant monsters and Jeff. Shooting intruders. Prison breaks. Our future coffeeconomy and some magazines! |
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Dr. Dos | Apr 14, 2025 | Help | An overview of of ZZT versions used to play its worlds today, as well as historical releases and hacks. |
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Dr. Dos | Apr 09, 2025 | Livestream | Oh No! More Lemmings Clones! But this one excels at puzzle design making it easily ZZT's best take on the genre |
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Dr. Dos | Apr 08, 2025 | Livestream | Creating a ZZT world, "The Alien Office Escape", live with a 144 minute time limit! |
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Dr. Dos | Apr 06, 2025 | Livestream | Selling hotdogs to fund a trip to the radioactive wasteland of Eurasia, a ZZT aRPG attempt, a missing 24HoZZT entry rediscovered, and some other small engines |
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Dr. Dos | Apr 04, 2025 | Publication Pack | Emptying the queue for 5 minutes with an extra packed pack of 17 published files! |
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