> I can understand if someone left their job to write $FOO - you see an opportunity and you take a risk on it. What does the language have to do with it? There

> I can understand if someone left their job to write $FOO - you see an opportunity and you take a risk on it. What does the language have to do with it? There are no business opportunities in independent games - they are passion projects, with little chance of payoff. So, if someone is passionate about his game idea and also passionate about Zig, it makes sense to combine both motivations in one project. He might not have enough passion to do the game in C++ or some other language he already knows and hates :)