Weirdness is a game for
Megazeux by
Greg Janson, oft-
worshipped master of
ZZT and
bad ASM. It is an inventory-based puzzle/adventure game, a genre non-Zeuxers may identify with such hits as the
King's Quest series. In it, the hero,
Jace Nyglus, must solve a number of bizarre problems, from extracting the
mercury from a
thermometer through
hacking into a
brother's computer, in order to unlock the secrets of a crash-landed
alien spaceship.
Weirdness featured excellent graphics, animation, sound, and music--at least for the limited capabilities of Megazeux. Many have tried to emulate its success. Sadly, Weirdness was intended to be part of a long sequence of games, but ended after the first chapter. This is not an unusual thing in the realm of Megazeux, but it is especially notable for Janson, whose story of hitting the black hole of Real Life is one of the saddest ever recorded.