Zootzo

Modern Day Knight

I build games I’d want to exist and take apart the ones that treat players as revenue. The concepts are mine; the tools are just fast.

Game Concepts

Design ideas, realized fast — the concept and critique are his; AI is only the prototyping tool.

No Second Currency
2026 · Jun
A roguelite economy experiment: one currency, earned only by playing, spendable on nothing that shortcuts skill. What does progression feel like when you cannot …
- roguelite
- economy design
- monetization critique
The Honest Timer
2026 · May
A management game where the only clock is the one you can see. No energy meters, no offline timers, no notifications engineered to pull you back — just a …
- management sim
- anti-retention
- design theory

Currently Playing

A build-time snapshot of recent play — each game read through a design lens.

Elden Ring
2026 · Jun
Studying how it respects the player's time without a single quest marker. The map trusts you to be curious, and rewards curiosity instead of compliance.
- open world
- player respect
- studying

Design Log

Short, irregular field notes on games, mechanics, and decisions worth calling out.

The loot-box tell
2026 · Jun
When a reward screen animates longer than it needs to, someone measured that the delay increases spend. The polish is the manipulation.
- dark patterns
- monetization