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.
New Releases
New Finds
Latest Articles



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Dr. Dos | Jun 21, 2025 | Livestream | Contest winners, contest losers, AnD a LiTtLe BiT oF cHaOs |
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Dr. Dos | Jun 18, 2025 | Livestream | Tower defense jam games, a logic puzzle fakeout, the end of Shrek, turn-based NES demakes, and a beautiful Riven-inspired puzzle game! |
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Dr. Dos | Jun 16, 2025 | Publication Pack | A blast of fifteen newly published worlds, almost exclusively new releases! |
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Dr. Dos | Jun 16, 2025 | Livestream | The success of Cats. The struggles of frogs. And a boss that takes more than 50 shots to defeat. |
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Dr. Dos | Jun 14, 2025 | Closer Look | An excellent dungeon crawler with the gimmick of a murder-powered shape-shifting protagonist |
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Dr. Dos | Jun 12, 2025 | Livestream | Entries to the Summer 2.4 Hours Jam - A lot of bombs and a lot of explosions |
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Dr. Dos | Jun 08, 2025 | Livestream | Only 2.4 hours to figure out how to make a bomb re-ignite in vanilla ZZT |
Latest Feedback
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Mrs. Clause | Jun 29, 2025 | 3.50 / 5.00 |
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august | Jun 23, 2025 | 5.00 / 5.00 |
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august | Jun 23, 2025 | 5.00 / 5.00 |
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M.O. | Jun 19, 2025 | 1.00 / 5.00 |
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Chris Fourney | Jun 11, 2025 | 4.50 / 5.00 |
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May 29, 2025 | 3.00 / 5.00 |
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Commodore | May 26, 2025 | 4.00 / 5.00 |
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A. R. | Apr 29, 2025 | 5.00 / 5.00 |
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Apr 23, 2025 | 5.00 / 5.00 |
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Warrior | Apr 06, 2025 | — |