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.
Latest Files
Latest Articles
Livestream - The Joy of ZZT Ep. 3
Closer Looks: Six Games With Six Boards
Livestream - The Joy of ZZT Ep. 2
| Title | Author | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livestream - The Joy of ZZT Ep. 1 | Dr. Dos | Feb. 7th | Making an action board: Considering creatures, items, and player flow |
| Closer Look: Winter | Dr. Dos | Jan. 31st | Venture into the idle mind in this very much ahead of its time atmospheric puzzle world |
| The Joy of ZZT Ep. 0 - Installing ZZT/Zeta/KevEdit | Dr. Dos | Jan. 30th | Checking out the basics in preparation of making a ZZT game |
| Livestream - The Secret of Cannibal Island | Dr. Dos | Jan. 23rd | Ice caves, lava swamps, cannibals, and key hunting in a classic ZZT adventure |
| Livestream - Small Spaces | Dr. Dos | Jan. 16th | Small spaces with big challenges in a massively tiny collaborative world |
| Closer Look: Compound | Dr. Dos | Jan. 15th | ♬ Fix us a wire you're the Compound man ♬ Fix us a wire tonight ♬ Well man's destined to die from catastrophe ♬ While aliens watch in the night ♬ |
| Livestream - Sonic The Hedgehog Part 1 | Dr. Dos | Jan. 1st | Sonic: He can really move. Sonic: He's got an attitude. Sonic: He's able to say"Good night" in Spanish. |
Latest Reviews
| File | Author | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Rufus on Vacation | Agent Orange | 2.5 / 5.0 |
| Small Spaces | Ando | 5.0 / 5.0 |
| Vs. Blue's Clues: MST3K Edition Demo | Zinfandel | 0.0 / 5.0 |
| Faux Amis (v1.02) | John W. Wells | 5.0 / 5.0 |
| Russian Sexy Boi DEMO | gary busey | 5.0 / 5.0 |
| Faux Amis (v1.02) | Zephyr | 5.0 / 5.0 |
| Orc Killer: Blood-Slave of Gargax | Zinfandel Z.T. | 4.0 / 5.0 |
| Dr. Zeebo | Agent Orange | 4.0 / 5.0 |
| Unlimited Maze Works | Ando | 3.5 / 5.0 |
| Daedalus' Obelisk | Ando | 5.0 / 5.0 |
