Doc No. ZDX-0001 · Rev. C

Mechanical
Play Units

ZDØX is a game works registered as heavy equipment. We manufacture interaction the way others manufacture gearboxes: tolerance-controlled, over-built, and rated for repeated impact. No mood. No myth. Just units.

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06Shipped Units
11Operators
2015Commissioned
EN 60068Test Standard
UNIT-01
Catalogue / Released Hardware

Production Units

SKU ZDX-RG-06

Ratchetworld

Factory-puzzle rig. Conveyors, camshafts, and fault lines. Player maintains a dying assembly line that produces levels instead of parts.

ClassPuzzle / Sim
PlatformPC / Linux
Release2025
MTBF*120 h
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SKU ZDX-HV-04

Hydraulic Verge

Excavator combat on a collapsed dam. Pressure systems replace health bars. Overpressure = death, underpressure = stall.

ClassAction / Tactical
PlatformPC / Console
Release2023
MTBF*90 h
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SKU ZDX-SL-02

Slaglight

Foundry roguelite. Pour metal, cast rooms, cool the map before it warps. Difficulty curve plotted on a cooling chart.

ClassRoguelite / Craft
PlatformPC
Release2021
MTBF*140 h
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SKU ZDX-ND-07

Null Diesel

Co-op maintenance horror on a derelict generator ship. Two players, one throttle, no restart. Currently in field trial.

ClassCo-op / Survival
PlatformTBA
Release2026
MTBF*—
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UNIT-02
Plant Description

The Works

ZDØX was commissioned in 2015 inside a retired gear-milling hall. The first prototype ran on a PLC cabinet and a modified arcade stick. We never moved out of the plant metaphor.

We do not use the words "magic", "soul", or "immersive". We use "tolerance", "feedback", "cycle time". A game is a mechanism that survives the player’s hands. If it jams, it ships broken.

Eleven operators. One shift model. No crunch permits issued since founding. Units are released when QA signs the torque sheet.

UNIT-03
Operator Roster

Assigned Crew

OP-01 / STATION A
K

Kaj Reuter

Chief Engineer

Owns the torque sheet. Believes game feel is just damped oscillation with good springs.

OP-02 / STATION B
V

Vera Lindqvist

Systems / Tolerance

Writes simulation code that fails loudly. Specializes in pressure curves and failure states.

OP-03 / STATION C
M

Mads Okoro

Industrial UI

Designs menus like control panels. Every button has a guard and a label plate.

UNIT-04
Dispatch / Inquiries

Contact Desk

Send correspondence
to the plant desk.
Registered Address ZDØX GmbH
Hallenstrasse 12
8045 Zürich
Switzerland
Telephone +41 44 501 2287
Email [email protected]
[email protected]
Desk Hours Mon–Fri · 08:00–17:00 CET