Game Dev - Making a Darby-Like (Part 3)

The trials and tribulations of puzzle design. Figuring out how to make a city actually look like a city. And being destroyed by stars.

Authored By: Dr. Dos
Published: Jan. 1, 2026
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โ™ฆ Livestream of some ZZT gamedev! โ™ฆ

Trying and failing to wrap up this little game in time for the new year. It's almost done by the end of this, as we manage to clean up the looping board that was the focus of last week, get our pre-made puzzle imported, and experiment with trying to find the correct number of stars to bombard players with on the game's final board.

โ™ฆ Originally streamed on December 28th, 2025 โ™ฆ

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