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:

Goodbye 2025! This past year I made 3 games and became a YouTuber? Here's everything I've been up to, and what I'm thinking about in 2026! Happy new year!

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:

Here's my process gif of the above Thanator vs. Panther #pixelart from the #Avatar franchise.

It's my biggest pixel art piece!

Pixel art of a 6 legged alien dragon-like creature (also known as the Thanator from Avatar 1) meeting a normal panther, set in a lush and detailed jungle.

4x zoomed in version of previous image, on the strange face of the Thanator glaring at the panther. The different in size of their paws is rather notable at this size.

Another 4x closer from previous image on the panther. Its paw details are more readable at this scale.

I just got back from #Avatar3 with my family!

Here's my #pixelart of James Cameron's panther (a Thanator) meeting its real life counterpart: (Process gif in 🧵)

How hackers reverse Math.random() YouTube video by Zanzlanz

I underestimated how many people were secretly interested in cryptography!

Here's the video btw: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDsY...

#gamedev #programming

A screenshot of YouTube creator dashboard showing my video "How hackers reverse Math.random()" with 250000 views (240.6k more than usual).

I apparently was very wrong!

3 days ago, before I uploaded this month's video, I told friends this one was going to be "mid".

I've never been so thankful to be proven wrong! lol

Player solved Riemann hypothesis on accident:

"I was just trying to figure out what was behind the locked door in Duangle's Latest Game; I had no idea it was a $1mil unsolved problem...

"But yeah behind the door was a really silly gif!"

Camo & Krooked & Christian Kolonovits - Red Bull Symphonic Johann Strauss 2025 Edition | UKF On Air YouTube video by UKF On Air

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

I feel like MourningMist's logic has been simply "I'll beat that" with no further qualifications, haha!

It's kind of inspirational

The current world record speedrun is by MourningMist16 (on Twitch)!

29.34 seconds!??

as a fan of @crypticsea.bsky.social's "Skate or Don't!",

I had the burning question: "but what if skateboarding was an obstacle course?"

(I recommend playing in Chrome, not FF)
zanzlanz.com/game/SkaterW...

#gamedev #indiegame #haxe

Just an idea:
Still render the text all at once. But separately, draw the grid colors to a small image that you stretch over everything and multiply with the text using a blend mode.
Composite over a second stretched image for the background colors?

Thanks so much for watching, and saying so! o/

It's too true!!

For almost the entire time, I was resolving interactions per object rather than per collision, and I was losing my mind to stuff just randomly exploding because of that simple mistake.

And yeah I don't even need an edge case for rigidbodies to rocket to space. They prefer that mode

Coding a Physics Engine from scratch! YouTube video by Zanzlanz

Check out the full YouTube video below! #gamedev
It's my best one yet, according to stats & comments :D

youtu.be/nXrEX6j-Mws

I made my physics engine in 7 days, using only past experience, trial-and-error, and a whole lot of dot products 😅

5 of those days were spent struggling with rigidbody physics, haha

New #gamedev skill unlocked: I made a physics engine from scratch!!

I attempted it piece by piece 🧵

As I was growing up, I thought I wanted to be many things:

An inventor
A magician
An artist
A musician
An animator
A writer

Turns out, I didn't have to pick! I could be ALL of it. Gamedev is every bit of my dreams and so much more. I love this career!

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

I hadn't thought about that! Would you pick them the round before your turn, so you have to predict what your opponent will choose first?

I considered letting the opponent control shuffles by pressing swap presets. But it would be hard to both shuffle AND pay attention to what's under each cup haha

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

I animated these little emoji guys for the video! #aftereffects #2danimation

They represent "autonomy", "competence", and "relatedness" in Psychology.

They're kind of why we do what we do. Say hi:

What exactly makes games fun??

In my latest monthly video, I explore the Philosophy, Psychology, and Physiology of "fun" in #gamedev!

youtube.com/watch?v=aGFY...

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.

To create the maze visualizations in my new video (see previous post in 🧵), I created a little physics solver with a bunch of animation controls! #haxe #gamedev

Here was an early test of it:

Making the most complicated PowerPoint game! YouTube video by Zanzlanz

Tada! The weird thing about the game is:
It's a PowerPoint game made of 1046 slides, created by hand. #gamedev

Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmYD...

People who love reading should be known as textphiles.

HaxeJam 2025: Summer Jam A game jam from 2025-08-03 to 2025-08-12 hosted by l0go. Welcome! Summer time is here! HaxeJam is a one-week-long game jam. It is run with the ambition of giving a platform for the Haxe community to s...

🎉 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