

The following official worlds are locked using this method: Town of ZZT, City of ZZT, Dungeons of ZZT, and Guided Tour of ZZT.

ZZT provides an official way of protecting worlds from being examined in the editor - any world saved with the SECRET flag set will qualify as such. As a side effect, quitting and restarting a world will not restart it from the beginning. This value is the number of bytes remaining in heap memory for objects on the current board and the entire compressed data for the game world being played. During gameplay, the "m" followed by some numbers is shown on-screen where the cheat console appears.In versions of ZZT prior to v3.2, cheats are only made available when debug mode is enabled.In order to activate debug mode, set the DEBUG flag by typing +DEBUG in the cheat console. This functionality is occasionally used by fan-created game worlds to provide additional inputs, such as a help menu or inventory system. Typing in + or - followed by the name of a flag will set or clear that flag. -dark (v3.2 only) - Removes the darkness attribute.time - For time-limited boards, adds 30 seconds of extra time.gems - Gives the player 5 gems, but not the corresponding 5 health units one would receive by picking up the gems in-world.Be warned that this removes everything in those four spaces, including objects critical to the game, which can (and usually does) render games unbeatable. zap - Clears the four spaces surrounding the player.Versions of ZZT before v3.2 require setting the DEBUG flag before cheats are available, as well as writing the cheats themselves in lowercase. To access it, press the ? key (during gameplay or in the editor) or the | key (on the title screen). The shareware bonus world compilation ZZT's Revenge, containing The Crypt, Darbytown, Ezanya, Fantasy, Mystery Manor, and Smiley Guy.The shareware bonus world compilation Best of ZZT, consisting of two separate worlds: The Secret of Headhunter Isle and The Royal Treasures.The additional bundled worlds: Demo and Guided Tour of ZZT.

