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One of the unique aspects of ZZT is its capacity to be used as a medium for publishing about ZZT itself. Various company magazines, best-practice guides, and reference encyclopedias (collections of cool things you can do) were created throughout the years. However, the drawback of publishing information in this way is that you can't get to it easily without loading the world files in ZZT and actually playing them. The Museum of ZZT File Viewer helps greatly with this visibility problem, but the content is still spread across several publications. | One of the unique aspects of ZZT is its capacity to be used as a medium for publishing about ZZT itself. Various company magazines, best-practice guides, and reference encyclopedias (collections of cool things you can do) were created throughout the years. However, the drawback of publishing information in this way is that you can't get to it easily without loading the world files in ZZT and actually playing them. The Museum of ZZT File Viewer helps greatly with this visibility problem, but the content is still spread across several publications. | ||
This page will list out the topics of such files, specifically focusing on how-to guides. For company magazines, see: [[ZZT Magazine Directory]] | This page will list out the topics of such files, specifically focusing on how-to guides, and the official Demo and Tour worlds that Epic MegaGames released. For company magazines, see: [[ZZT Magazine Directory]] | ||
Revision as of 10:19, 18 July 2019
One of the unique aspects of ZZT is its capacity to be used as a medium for publishing about ZZT itself. Various company magazines, best-practice guides, and reference encyclopedias (collections of cool things you can do) were created throughout the years. However, the drawback of publishing information in this way is that you can't get to it easily without loading the world files in ZZT and actually playing them. The Museum of ZZT File Viewer helps greatly with this visibility problem, but the content is still spread across several publications.
This page will list out the topics of such files, specifically focusing on how-to guides, and the official Demo and Tour worlds that Epic MegaGames released. For company magazines, see: ZZT Magazine Directory
Notes and Warnings
- For inquiries on this list, you can contact me. Keep in mind that this is mostly just hyperlinks to content on Museum of ZZT, which I have donated and submitted games to, but do not own or administer.
- The Title, Author and Year fields are taken from the Museum of ZZT directly, and could potentially change at any time. In-game copyright notices and such may be different.
- These links might contain offensive or NSFW content.
ZZT Syndromes
Author: Barjesse
Year: 1996
Description: A classic in its own right, Barjesse guides new ZZTers through issues and mistakes that were common in the AOL era.
- Museum of ZZT: https://museumofzzt.com/file/z/syndrome.zip
- MoZZT Closer Look: https://museumofzzt.com/article/318/closer-look-zzt-syndromes
The UNOFFICIAL ZZT Programming Guide
Author: Corey "Des" Garriott, Mark McIntire and Others
Year: 1996
Description: "Want to begin ZZT programing? This game may silence some discordant items in your games!"
Notes: Seems to start on the wrong board.
- Museum of ZZT: https://museumofzzt.com/file/u/coprogram.zip
Emon's Guild To ZZT
Author: Emon
Year: 2001
Description: "From basic stuff to cool tricks with ZZT-OPP." First topic is rooms with yellow borders.
Cliche: a Guide for the Advanced ZZTer
Author: JoE
Year: 2000
Description: "It's kinda like a sequel to Syndrome. It tells you what NOT to do. Have fun and try to LEARN(barf) something!"
- Museum of ZZT: https://museumofzzt.com/file/c/clichegui.zip?file=CLICHE.ZZT
ZZT Crime
Author: Wong Chung Bang, Scorch3000
Year: 2000 (Version 2), 2001 (Versions 5 and 6), 2007 (Version 8)
Description: "A ZZT world for newbies. Points out what not to do in ZZT files."
ZZT Programming Tricks and Techniques
Author: zzo38
Year: 2018
Description: A newly-minted ZZT-on-ZZT world!
- Museum of ZZT: https://museumofzzt.com/file/z/zztptt.zip