Zachtronics is a renowned indie game studio celebrated for its complex, engineering-based puzzle games intertwining logic, creativity, and coding. Founded by Zach Barth in 2011, the studio has gained a dedicated following among programmers and hobbyists with games like SpaceChem, Infinifactory, TIS-100, and Shenzhen I/O. The latest release, Kaizen: A Factory Story, allows players to become an American engineer in the 1980s, hired by a Japanese manufacturing company to design assembly processes for various products.
Zach Barth appears on Joe Nash’s podcast to discuss his game development journey.
Joe Nash is a developer, educator, and award-winning community architect with experience at companies like GitHub, Twilio, Unity, and PayPal. He began in software by developing mods and managing servers for Garry’s Mod, and he continues to enjoy using game development to explore new technology and ideas.
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