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OMG I forgot to announce my triumphant return. There comes a time in every man's life where he has to return to z2 after quitting forever to Zeuxworld because he was yelled at for stealing z2's games and whining about zamros. That time has come for me. Partially because zamros is no longer here, and...

Uhh... if I'm going to be running for Best ZZTer, I think maybe we need to break it down into a couple of subcategories. I don't think that my pure ZZT-OOP skills should be compared to people who are good at the actual game-making aspect of ZZT.

#cycle 1 /i#if not i #restart #clear i $Menu Heya, Joe! Whaddaya wanna do? !hammer;Use the hammer !gun;Use the gun !music;Jam to an awesome ZZM #restart :hammer $Hammer You killed yourself. #endgame #end :gun $Gun You killed yourself. #endgame #end :music #play ohiwishiwasanoscarmeyerweiner $Music Y...

See you, Saxxon. :(

Sorry for reviving an old thread, but I have something to add. I know someone IRL who is very similar to zzo38 in that he's a really smart guy but simply cannot spell. He couldn't read or write at all halfway through elementary school, so he was put on Hooked On Phonics or something similar. Now, he...

Wouldn't black ricochets and walls be easier than fiddling the stats for a black hole? If the hole and bullet switch X and Y step values, wouldn't the next bullet that hits the hole take the direction of the last bullet that hits the hole? It all depends on the situation. Sometimes ricochets would ...

Using an external editor that allows you to manually modify the X and Y steps is the easiest way. In the default editor, you could use pushers facing in the desired directions and flood fill them with empties to get the black holes. I haven't tested this, but I assume it would work.

zzo38: Yes. theorangehamster: Basically, the bullet's X/Y Step values will switch with the black hole's X/Y Step values. If the bullet's is (0,1) (down) and the black hole's is (1,0) (right), then the bullet will head downward until it lands on top of the black hole, when it will suddenly start movi...

Here's the scoop on why the player skips over black holes: Let's say you press left and move your player onto a black hole. As anyone who has dealt with this technical side of ZZT undoubtedly knows, the "ACE" player is the first group of stats on the board, so the black hole's stats are al...

Most likely, you did a flood fill over a group of something with stats. Black holes (or, empties with stats) DO have predictable effects, along with everything else in ZZT, and they can be quite fun to mess with. Basically, here's what's happening with your object: the object steps over a black hole...

There is a problem with that code. If the player already has a key and stands next to the key, you would see: You already have a key of this kind! You already have a key of this kind! You already have a key of this kind! etc. in a text box. Similar situation if you stand next to the door and don't h...

For a similar engine to zzo38's, check out the Give Anything engine in the MW Encyclopedia.

"#become yellow key" would be better.

The Mystical Winds Encyclopedia had an object library of immitation robots. I don't remember if I made key/door immitations, but Commodore's code is about as close as you can get. Objects don't have any way of setting real keys, nor can they be "captured" by the player like ammo, torches, ...

I might actually make one.

#blow