Zanzlanz

New #gamedev skill unlocked: I made a physics engine from scratch!! I attempted it piece by piece 🧵

new daily word game! simply unscramble the letter blocks :) I spent my recovery from burnout by coming up with 365 fun words for zanz.net/abc #gamedev #haxe #puzzlegames

Man I wish I was this good at promoting my own things! I move on too quickly after I release stuff, to share it properly lol

Oh wow, 18 done already! Great work! I wasn't expecting anyone else to try and tackle this crazy, unreasonable challenge, haha. Good luck with the remaining 12! (Try not to burn yourself out, though! Five years later, that's still one of the hardest things I've ever done.)

Day 18 is done! I even submitted one to a game jam. I'm really proud of most of these games. But I've been VERY tired. I have a full-time job, y'know. But by the end, I hope to join @lou.cool in the very small club of devs who've survived the 30 games in 30 days #gamedev challenge. Wish me luck!

I'm making 30 games in 30 days. #gamedev I design and code each one after work every day! Each one is based on a year of my life, and when I finish making the last one, I will turn 30 years old. 13 days in! Wish me luck making it to the end haha :D

The mini-map in this game has a fancy radar feature, where it reveals where you can find the next letter to make your sign. The map uses hyperbolic tan projection to curve the visuals! Such a neat trick for 2D #gamedev. :)

I made a game where all of the graphics, sound effects, and music were made using just sine waves! Check out my latest YouTube video to see how it was made. Game's called Crow Sign - you're a crow that flies banners for neighbors on different planets. #gamedev #indiedev

Omg, @zanzlanz.com's latest game dev video has had me smiling from start to finish. Such a fun presentation for a well-executed, whimsical project youtu.be/Qr3VsZYQy4s?...

The future is here! Pasting SVG in #AfterEffects \o/ A couple years ago, this is what I had to do: I made a Python script that converted SVG clipboard content to AE paths for pasting. A bit later someone made a paid plugin that did the same thing but better. But hey I was proud of my hodgepodgery:

Can you add math symbols between the digits of 2026, to equal each number, 1 though 26? #mathsky #puzzles I love trying this each year! Here's my attempt:

It's my 14th annual recap! :D zanzlanz.com/n/102 This year was big for me: My focus went into my gamedev YouTube channel this year. The effort was rewarded with 1.5mil views and 39000 new subs! 👀 I made 7 videos, 3 games, and a bunch of music. Plus I learned a TON along the way! My 2025 recap:

an epic 90 minute orchestral drum & bass concert www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ7M...

@crypticsea.bsky.social Hi Alex! I was just wondering if I could connect with you some time. I sent you an email :)

I turned Rock Paper Scissors into a SKILL game! 💥 Here's a clip where I challenged @someran.dev! Watch the full gamedev video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=83W7... #haxe #indiedev

good is out on steam and itch! store.steampowered.com/app/3165530/... zzox.itch.io/good

This month's video reached 100k views already! ❤️ I never received this much attention on a YouTube video before. I'm so happy people love the concept & editing!

A tree won't say a single word for most of its life. But at the verrrry end, it will die-a-log.

People who love reading should be known as textphiles.

🎉 HaxeJam 2025: Summer Jam is in 18 days! Guests @ninjamuffin99.newgrounds.com, @squidly.newgrounds.com, and @zanzlanz.com will be playing all games on the Haxe Discord VC 💛 If you are interested in joining, please join on the itch page below. Ty!! itch.io/jam/haxejam-... #gamejam #haxe #indiedev

Watch out, it's the tree snake!

If I could be just ONE thing, it would be a game developer who also makes music and art and custom tools to make more of all of that and shows off these things in fun videos with animations and sound design and

Wait..! why would the Cancel button not be in the same place as the Update button when you press it? why would the Uninstall button swap there instead?¿⸮ that's it, I'm revoking Google's #UIUX privileges for the day

Last night I had the sudden irreversible urge to make a blank Sudoku solver (in Haxe). I tried to make this in Flash when I was a kid, and ended up deleting it because it would just crash. Redemption! Y'ever solve a blank Sudoku? Look at it go! :)