Glossary

**Zampanio**: Zampanio is an old(?) retro(?) game(?) that may or may not exist that ZampanioSim is supposedly an adaptation of. *~crimsonDestroyer*

**ZampanioSim**: Zampaniosim is a story made by a small team that consists of documents, spoken audio files, images, webpages, and interactive browser experiences. Access to some of these story elements are hidden behind progress in the browser games/puzzles or in the webpages' code.

The story revolves around an ensemble cast of original characters that were created by the team for different copywritten or original universes. These characters were brought into this one universe and are stuck in a 50 year time loop between 1972 and 2022 in a world similar to ours in terms of technology and pop culture but fundamentally non euclidian, as you can both walk from Ohio to Disneyland but also can get lost for years in one single mall. Each character has their own motivations and sometimes supernatural powers based on the different media properties involved.

The community shares any findings on previously undiscovered story elements, tries to piece together the narrative, contributes by making original works, and helps newcomers figure out how to approach the project*. ~Guide of Hunters*

**Waste**: For reference for this who don't know, waste, wasting or its derivatives here tends to mean like breaking into the games code or just extreme game manipulation type stuff. Hackery or speedrunner glitch manipulation like interactions with these webpages. ~*Guide of Hunters*

**Gigglesnort**: Gigglesnort HideyTalk is the art of giving incredibly shitty hints to riddles that can only properly be understood after the riddle has been solved. ~*JR*

**Blorbos**: A specific group of characters that live in the mall.

**Eyedolgames**: Eyedolgames is the supposed creator of Zampanio.

**North**: To the NORTH is ThisIsNotAGame. In it's endless hallways you see countless variations on players and screens and the wistful Might-Have-Beens of a game you wish you could have played. ~*NaM*

If you go North, you find something RELATED to what you're looking for, but not exactly that. ~ The Intern

**South**: To the SOUTH is JustTruth. In it's endless corridors lurk the bitter ThisIsNotASpiral that has been watching and trying in vain to keep from tormenting you. Only truths are here, no more masks, no more pretence. ~*NaM*

And if you go SOUTH, you find exactly what you were looking for. ~ The Intern

**East**: To the EAST is ThisIsAGame. It is a place of lies and madness. It is here. You have brought us here and it is your fault. This was never a game. This STILL isn't a game, no matter how much you insist otherwise. How long will you trap us in these endless corridors? ~*NaM*

If you go EAST, who KNOWS what's going to happen. ~ The Intern

**West**: There is no West. West is the fourth wall. West is the Discord. West is us, the observers. West is the AdventureSim, West is the only place we can influence the story.

**Title**: You get one by gaining relevance.

**Marked**: The ones who got too involved in Zampanio, and got consumed by it.

**Unmarked**: The Zampanio fans who haven't peeked behind the veil yet.

**Branch**: Ones set of derivative works about Zampanio. It can be anything, puzzles, videos, fanfictions, fanarts, edits, summaries, analyses, videos, collections, music, anything.

**Fridays, Midnights**: Many parts of ZampanioSim works is a restricted way to remind you to take breaks.

**Threads**: Check them. Most of the discussion happens there.

**Rabbithole**: Many parts of ZampanioSim have a hidden segment that accepts passphrases and gives secrets.

**ZampanioEyes**: Jr communicates through this.

**Quotidians**: Information-gathering, shapeshifting bird people with swarm intelligence.

**Shambling Horror**: An imperfect copy of a person. A past version of someone, or the one replacing the past version. Same but somehow changed.

**Console**: If you use right *click -> inspect element*, you can find many secrets.