I want to talk a little bit about some of the things that can be done to enhance the visual appeal of MUDs. This may sound a bit odd given that a MUD is all about text, but the text can still be presented in ways that are are more visually appealing. This is particularly… [more]
FMud is a simple web based Flash mud client. A running demo, feature list and installation instructions are available on the FMud project page. Download Version 0.7 Released on 7th November 2008. Fixed major bug when using FMud with Linux Removed display_height parameter. The dimensions of FMud are now calculated automatically from the height and… [more]
I believe that MUDs’ greatest strengths are also their greatest weakness; namely that they are quick and cheap to setup and run. While this means MUDs can offer some of the unique gameplay I mentioned in my last post it has also undoubtedly lead to an explosion in the numbers of mediocre games. New players… [more]
In my last post I asked what MUDs can offer players that they can’t get from more modern graphical virtual worlds. In order to answer this question we need to look at what makes MUDs unique. The single biggest difference between MUDs and other virtual world platforms is the relative ease with which MUDs can… [more]
This week saw the 30 year anniversary of the original MUD so I thought it would be a good time to offer my thoughts on the state of MUDs. MUDs don’t get a lot of press these days and if you weren’t aware of them you’d be forgiven for thinking that players and developers had… [more]
I had another one of those moments tonight while getting the latest version of FMud packaged up for release. In the last version I made some changes to the way output was displayed that greatly improved the performance and usability of the client, however a side effect was that lines from the mud were now… [more]
FMud is a simple web based Flash mud client. A running demo, feature list and installation instructions are available on the FMud project page. Download Version 0.6 Released on 15th October 2008. 1. Removed extra spacing from between lines in the output window. 2. Settings are stored locally between sessions in a “Flash cookie”. 3…. [more]
It’s been one month since I put together MudGamers.com so I thought it would be a good time to reflect on how the site has developed and what I have learned from the exercise so far. Looking at the numbers, the site has 114 registered members and 31 listed games, of which 7 are using… [more]
In my last post I made the case for a new type of mud portal site that would be more accessible to players who may be new to mudding. In one of those “I’ll do it just to see if I can” type moments I decided to put together MudGamers. The two main areas I… [more]
I have been thinking lately that one thing the mud community lacks is a good portal site that is aimed at promoting muds to new players. I posted some thoughts in this thread but nobody on that site seemed to care enough to comment so I thought I would expand my ideas a little more… [more]
