Looks like they are more than just 'still out here'. Sounds like they are in the midst of a revival of interest and an influx of a new community.

I'd never heard of zzt before today. It appears to be a way to make text games of some sort, a la Zork I imagine? In July I will be reading the Twisty Little Passages book, and I think I may have found the software to use while going through the book.

EDIT: nope. ddg shows it does some sort of top down map with enemies etc. Closer to a 'retro Game Maker 7' or Clonk style game. That shows me for thinking I can infer what zzt is just from that page. Sounds like I'm better off with twine, inform, ren'py, or inky after all.