game worlds

when i was in high school i discovered zzt (and later megazeux) and made some game worlds for them. mostly i named them weirdland with a subtitle specific to that game, even though none of them really have anything to do with each other. i finished three of them and then started two more. to play them you will need the game environment, which back when i had them were available free as shareware.

hercules: the thirteenth labor

aug 1996 megazeux

this was a project for the mythology unit of my 10th grade english class, where weirdland ii (unfinished at the time) was adapted to a greek mythological storyline and carried out to become a full (though short) game. this was the first time i had a raft going across a river in a game, and i made the river by coloring lava dark blue.

hercules.zip hercules: the thirteenth labor in the dmzx vault

yellow snow and the seventh dork

aug 1997 megazeux

this game combines weird humor and classic fairy tales. you must take on the role of of yellow snow and attempt to rescue the seventh dork from the evil witch and her flying monkeys. the other dorks aren’t much help to you, but at least you can sell some of the diamonds from their mine.

wrdlnd2.zip yellow snow and the seventh dork in the dmzx vault

weirdland i: the breakout

aug 1997 zzt

this game started a series in which the games have strange, sometimes confusing plots that have nothing to do with the other games in the series. this is the only weirdland game that can be found in zzt format as the rest are megazeux. it’s actually my second or third gameworld in zzt, but the first one i kept.

wrdlnd1.zip

jay & andrew vs. the nazi teacher party (unfinished)

sep 1997 megazeux

this is a game was never finished, but the beginning is playable. a high school history teacher goes nazi during a world war ii unit and it’s up to you and your straw wrappers to stop him and his followers from eliminating all students, including you and your friend.

wrdlnd3.zip jay & andrew vs. the nazi teacher party (unfinished) in the dmzx vault

larry’s adventure in: happy fairy land (unfinished)

sep 1997 megazeux

this is a game was never finished, but the beginning is playable. this one was going to be closer to rpg format. you play larry, a regular guy that somehow ends up in happy fairy land and has to figure out what’s going on and eventually get home. there’s actually something to do here—give those elves a pummeling!

wrdlnd4.zip larry’s adventure in: happy fairy land (unfinished) in the dmzx vault