♦ Livestream of 2 ZZT worlds. ♦
♦ Stream Contents ♦
• (3:45) "Worms: A Love Story" by John Thyer (2025) [https://museumofzzt.com/file/view/wals/]
• (39:03) "Oasis: Part One" by WiL (2025) [https://museumofzzt.com/file/view/oasis1_museum/]
Two brand new releases for 2025!
First, John Thyer returns to ZZT for the first time since 2017's "Atop The Witch's Tower" with his latest release "Worms: A Love Story". This time, you are once again dealing with romance. ...why didn't I save this for Valentine's Day. You are a worm living in an underground society of worms and insects, and for your anniversary, you've decided to acquire some Royal Dirt for dinner as your girlfriend has always wanted to try it. You explore the town, tunneling through walls and across underground rivers, performing trade quests to bring you ever closer to your goal, or maybe just because you're a kind(-many)-hearted worm. Like its predecessor, the gmae is full of charm, with some great little bits of props in the various locations, and a variety of interesting characters to help out. Plus, a hint of danger from some of the larger worms (centipedes) adds a little bit of risk to an otherwise laid-back experience.
The game is a part of the Tunnels of Vextro jam: https://itch.io/c/5260212/tunnels-of-vextro a jam where all entries exist in continuity with one another. Playing it sans context, you could catch a few glimpses of what must be revealed in other games, but the ZZT experience works just find standalone, but I suspect the other entries are just as compelling.
Then WiL shows up on a Friday with "Oasis: Part 1", a surreal treasure hunt set in the Darius Vöd-iverse. You arrive looking for the seven treasures, but getting them is no easy task! There are a lot of fun tricks with Weave that keep the game full of surprises, including zoom-ins, dynamic board exits, chasing a baby, and carcinisation. Like Darius, navigation itself can be a challenge, and the puzzle elements are deliberately difficult to unravel. Thanks to WiL's guidance I was able to pull through, but expect to be stumped. And think before you touch god.
♦ Play these worlds directly in your browser ♦
• https://museumofzzt.com/file/play/wals/
• https://museumofzzt.com/file/play/oasis1_museum/
♦ Originally streamed on February 7th, 2025 ♦
