Ahaha, I wondered if MegaZeux would ever make it to HN. Which one of us posted this? Been using MZX for 20 years. It’s what got me into programming. It’s a treasure.

There’s something about the programming model (“robots” so easily model people conversing and doing silly things) that allows you to just casually sketch out whatever’s in your head. That’s given rise to so many quirky, funny games for this system in a style that might never be made in any other context, except of course its predecessor ZZT. Dive into the archives and have fun.

The community, to my knowledge, still meets up yearly and also has impromptu hour-long game jams.