Simple MUD
What is a MUD?
“A MUD (/mʌd/; originally Multi-User Dungeon, with later variants Multi-User Dimension and Multi-User Domain)[1][2] is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, usually text-based. MUDs combine elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, player versus player, interactive fiction, and online chat. Players can read or view descriptions of rooms, objects, other players, non-player characters, and actions performed in the virtual world. Players typically interact with each other and the world by typing commands that resemble a natural language.”
What I Created
I worked on developing a small MUD, a fork of Mark Frimston's Simple-MUD project on GitHub. Currently, the player can create a character, walk through and interact with a few rooms, and interact with other players. In the future I'd like to add NPC's and combat to the game.
Play online here: link
To play on a MUD Client or via telnet:
address: asgard.work
port: 1234
Commands
look - Describes the room that you are currently in, e.g. 'look'
look <object> - Attempt to examine a specific thing in the room you are in, e.g. 'look fireplace'
go <exit> - Moves through the exit specified, e.g. 'go outside'
help - Displays all available commands, e.g. 'help'
say <message> - Sends a message to everyone in the same room as the player , e.g. 'say Hello'
shout <message> - Sends a message to every player online, e.g. 'shout Hello'
whisper <player name> <message> - Sends a private message to a specific player, e.g. 'whisper Kaladrel How is the adventure going?'
emote <message> - Sends a message to everyone in the same room as you describing you character doing whatever the message is, e.g. 'emote waves'