MegaZeux: Game creation system released in 1994 and still being developed today

Re:MegaZeux: Game creation system released in 1994 and still... by throwaway53678 on Sunday December 22, 2019 @02:51PM (#21859226)

Ahaha, I wondered if MegaZeux would ever make it to HN. Which one of us posted this? Been using MZX for 20 years. It’s what got me into programming. It’s a treasure.

There’s something about the programming model (“robots” so easily model people conversing and doing silly things) that allows you to just casually sketch out whatever’s in your head. That’s given rise to so many quirky, funny games for this system in a style that might never be made in any other context, except of course its predecessor ZZT. Dive into the archives and have fun.

The community, to my knowledge, still meets up yearly and also has impromptu hour-long game jams.

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Re:MegaZeux: Game creation system released in 1994 and still... by PetahNZ on Sunday December 22, 2019 @03:40PM (#21859509)

Me too, this was one if the first things I learned to program. This and MIRC scripting.

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Re:MegaZeux: Game creation system released in 1994 and still... by noderat on Sunday December 22, 2019 @08:37PM (#21860898)

Blast from the past for sure. MZX, TurboPascal and mIRC scripting were some of the first things that got really into development after migrating from my brother's hand-me-down C64 and later an Amiga 600.

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