Hello!

I'm Samantha Arantes, space hunter extraordinaire. My rates are quite competitive, so hire me!

When I was a baby, the Froggos found me floating in an escape pod between the bulrushes and lilypads of their home planet. They found soon afterwards that my parents had been killed in stealth attack by the leader of the dastardly Space Ninjas, and from that point on decided to adopt me and raise me as one of their own. Not wanting my fate to befall anyone else, I decided to learn their mystic arts and strange sciences so that I could become a protector of the galaxy.

Unfortunately, the realities of enacting justice in this universe have proven far more difficult than my simple upbringing led me to imagine. It turns out that being the self-styled savior of the galaxy entails more than just being a common space-cop. This is still an area of active study for me.

I enjoy the color blue, restaurant-quality ramen, and a nice glass of milk. I loathe fried grapefruit, quadrillionaires, and unkempt womanizers.

The current best introduction to me and my personality are my ZZT games available on itch:

The first two games are short ones that should only take you 15-30 minutes each. The second two games are much more ambitious in scope, and will likely take at least an hour and a half of your time.

(Prior to the events of these games, I battled against the terrifying "Karid-X1." Unfortunately, another scurrilious bounty hunter rushed out a false account of the fight to steal credit from me, possibly in an attempt to shore up her flagging popularity. Even though my account is still unpublished, I assure you that the things that happened that day are much cooler and more amazing than whatever that other girl said.)

If you want to make any art of me, I have some character reference sheets. They're slightly scuffed, in my opinion, but they should be good enough for a starting point. If you have any questions or feedback regarding them, send them to me via the usual channels.

Other Me's

Fragments of my personality drift along the rivers between time and space, giving rise to beings that appear to be various reflections of me. We share a cross-dimensional quantum mindlink with each other, but the precise nature of our relationship is a complex matter that we have been unable to find a satisfactory answer to yet.

One such persona is a humanoid bioform known as "Alex," who claims to be my creator. They call the universe they are from "Real Life," which (to be quite frank) sounds quite presumptuous to me (my world feels real enough to me). Delusions of granduer aside, they have proven to be quite helpful in putting this site together.

Another persona goes by the designation "RT-55J," who is a denizen of alternate universe called "the Internet." They prefer being called "RT" or "artee" unless you are just getting to know them or are "@ing" them (who uses a symbol as a letter like that??). They are a proficient mapmaker and moderately talented rom hacker, and have opted to host their files here.

Beyond all of these things, there is "Gadfly Goods", which is currently the "company name" we use for publishing ZZT games (ZZT companies are a long and storied tradition). It was once the name of our Cohost page, but that ship has sunk (RIP).

Mailbags

You can ask me questions (or send other forms of sweet nothings) in this forum thread. You may also ask me questions on other platforms, but I might end up forgetting about them. Every so often I will gather a bunch of the Q&As together and publish them all together in a mailbag-style format, just like the good old days. The list of currently published mailbags can currently be found on the sidebar (or below here on mobile).

Previously, people sent me questions on my guestbook or on Cohost, but those platforms are no more. v_v;

FAQ

Questions that get asked especially frequently will be put here.