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It's really odd to watch people see them as "the Fortnite company" and ignore/discount the Unreal engine, etc.
by lotyrin 8y ago
It's really odd to watch people see them as "the Fortnite company" and ignore/discount the Unreal engine, etc.
- Waterluvian 8y agoIt just completely skips my mind that Epic has more going on for them than games. Not that I've really tried to understand their business units or offering.
- AJ007 8y agoI actually see them as the ZZT company.
- 1123581321 8y agoI learned quite a bit from the simple message passing in ZZT-OOP as well as some about timing and inserting new information into logic loops. Most of my programs were closer to what would be done in Twine today, which makes me optimistic about the generation of future programmers that framework is creating.
- kbenson 8y agoOh man, for some reason Epic Games and Epic MegaGames were distinct in my head. Two companies, one which made ZZT, Jill of the Jungle and Jazz Jackrabbit, and the other which starts with Unreal. I loved ZZT back in the day.
- fazilz 8y ago> Jazz Jackrabbit Wow that's a name I haven't heard in ages. Jazz Jackrabbit 2 was one of my favourite games growing up.
- acheron 8y agoHa, same. That’s always the first thing that comes to mind. I was programming before ZZT, but it definitely solidified some things in my head, despite its limitations.
- bane 8y agoThere's a ton of ZZT mods out in the world BTW. It's kind of amazing what was possible with such a limited environment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZU4wR86h1E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZU4wR86h1E