[OT] MUD building

[Sean]

You forgot PK =)

Honestly, do what you want. I have mudded for 7 years, and I am not
changing muds, nor do I actually play much anymore or have the time to do
much besides be a minor annoyance. 

You might check out freshmeat, I thought someone had already started a lib
in python. A free mud with a graphical client would be new. I looked for
one of these about 3 years ago. Most had some sort of weird licensing
agreement attached to them. It however makes it a lot harder on the
client side and harder to develop (even if you only put one picture in
each room).

It would be a good "beginner" coding project for people wanting to learn
Python. I do see a lot of benefits from the project. 



On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Edward Glowacki wrote:

> There was much discussion at Saturday's LUG party about Multi-User
> Dungeons (MUDs).  Probably half a dozen people, including myself,
> talked about MUDs at length, and thought it might be fun to design
> and build our own.  While it isn't particularly related to Linux
> (or the GLLUG), we thought there might be other members of the
> GLLUG interested in helping out.  Here's a short outline of what
> we're planning:
> 
> - Written from the ground up in Python 
> 	possibly parts in C/C++ if needed
> - Advanced magic system
> 	customizable/scriptable
> - Classless character system 
> 	the goal is to have every single character be unique
> - Multiple levels of playability
> 	single character up to kingdom
> - Character and NPC AI
> 	allow characters to interact when their human is offline
> 	server-side triggers
> - Cross-platform client
> 	Python/wxWindows?
> 	Pine(the mail program)-like interface (i.e. Pine's design goals)
> 	Traditional command-line interface also available
> - Multiple levels of control
> 	beginner - high-level control 
> 	intermediate - change some values of spells, etc. 
> 	advanced - edit spells as scripts, etc.
> - Goal is to be the most advanced (and stable) text-based online game around
> 	Client may be semi-graphical though
> - Hosted on free software box (Linux, Python, etc.)
> - Free to play (donations accepted to help fund hardware/network costs) 
> 
> Types of jobs we'll need to pull this off:
> Coders (Server) - Write the game code itself, including probably
> interpreters for spell scripts, AI, etc.
> Coders (Client) - Write the user-side client for the game
> World Builders - Create rooms, monsters, items, spells, etc. for the game
> Beta Testers - Um, try to break things... ;)
> Help/Documentation Writers - Provide the players with a clue to
> what's going on
> Webmasters - Build a website where people can find out about the game
> Sysadmin - Keep the box running, backups, etc.
> Designers - Think of what needs to be added, new features, fixes, etc.
> Gods - Manage the players and the game once things get going
> Probably a bunch more that I haven't thought of yet... =)
> 
> I have most of the design already in my head (I've been thinking
> about what kind of game I want to build for a long time, as most
> of you who talked to me on Saturday realized ;) ), so this is going
> to be more or less "my" project.  I'm going to manage it, herd it
> where I want it to go, lead the design, etc.  That being said,
> there's certainly more than enough room to add new ideas and change
> things, so I don't want anyone to think "Oh, so my ideas don't
> count?!"  I'm sure there's a lot of stuff we should add that I
> haven't thought of yet, and I know some of what I've already come
> up with probably won't work the way I expect.  There's also a lot
> of stuff that I only have a very vague idea on how I want it to
> work, so I'm going to need your help bringing those ideas to life.
> =)
> 
> This is all of course only relevant if we get enough people willing
> to actually put forth energy to do this. =)  So if you're at all
> interested, and have at least *some* time (I'm not talking 80hrs/week,
> even an hour here or there every week or two would help), send me
> an email with what kinds of things you're interested in doing
> (either from the list of jobs above, or just "I want to write code"
> or "I want to teach the newbies how to play"), and I'll add you to
> the list.  This also applies to anyone I talked to on Saturday
> that's interested, I don't remember exactly who participated in
> the conversations and what they wanted to do. =)
> 
> If all goes well and there's enough interest, I'll try to organize
> a meeting where I can present the concept and stuff in more detail
> and we can all discuss it together.  I'll also try to get a mailing
> list set up at some point after that.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Edward Glowacki				glowack2@msu.edu
> GLLUG President				http://www.gllug.org
> Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.
>                 -- Jules de Gaultier
> 
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