Zachtronics is a renowned indie game studio celebrated for crafting complex, engineering-centric puzzle games that blend logic, creativity, and coding. Founded by Zach Barth in 2011, the studio has attracted a devoted following among programmers and tech enthusiasts with games like SpaceChem, Infinifactory, TIS-100, and Shenzhen I/O. Their latest release, Kaizen: A Factory Story, casts players as an American engineer hired by a Japanese manufacturing company in the 1980s to design product assembly processes.
Zach Barth joins Joe Nash on the podcast to discuss his game development journey.
Joe Nash, a developer, educator, and award-winning community builder, has worked with companies like GitHub, Twilio, Unity, and PayPal. He began his software development career by creating mods and running servers for Garry’s Mod, with game development being his preferred medium to explore new technologies and ideas.
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