MUD development

[Whelk]

I've been working on developing a text-based telnet MUD (for fun and to teach myself to program - not to be the Next Big MUD). I'd love to get some suggestions and have folks test it for me to help me find out what's broken and what needs improving. If anyone's interested, I'll compile some info on the site I have for it and post a link here.

It's still in the very early stages, but I've got the engine and some of the basic mechanics working, so people can run around the town and buy things and interact with a handful of commands. I also have a rudimentary skill system set up (learn by practice, no levels), though the only skills people can develop currently are hiding and firekindling. Swimming and climbing work, but there's nothing in the explorable area yet to climb or swim.

No combat yet, but it's what I'm working on next, since it seems to be what most people are interested in.

Barbarians.

[Sirridan]

sounds neat, I'd be happy to help out!

[Blackened]

Well, I have never played MUD before, but always liked the idea and really would like to try. Given that, I probably won't be of much help, but count me in anyway. :-)

[Whelk]

I've really cracked down on this project lately, and it's coming together pretty well. If anyone's interested in playtesting or helping develop it (even just discussing ideas), I'd appreciate the assistance and the fresh ideas.

For any interested, here's the site I've thrown together for it:

http://clok.contrarium.net

Note: I did talk to Pav and get permission to rip off the general site format of angband.oook.cz. I'll change it at some point when I want to spend time on an original site design, but right now I'm focusing on the game itself, and after all I really like pav's site format. Nice and clean. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right?

Edit: Updated site address.

[ekolis]

Ooh, wow, I never got into MUDs too much before, but I might wanna try this out... I have played some of the old BBS door games like Tradewars and Legend of the Red Dragon back in the 1990s (yeah, Tradewars 2002! That's in the FUTURE! :P) Not to mention roguelikes (obviously - I'm here, aren't I!) and (Windows ports of - I'm only in my mid-20s!) the classic Adventure game... not to mention "Begin" and "Vector Tactics", which are starship combat games controlled by text commands (Vectac is even multiplayer by telnet, so in a way it IS a MUD)... so I suppose MUDs might be a logical step for me

Fire all torpedo!
** 3 ktx hit on Lexington's hull **
## Lexington DESTRUCT! ##
Kor: Command, captain?

[pav]

Wow, it sure does look hot in red

[ekolis]

Aww, the server shut down? I was having fun... was it because I accidentally tried to buy Relena the shopkeeper? :P

[Whelk]

Hmm, did it kick you out? It hasn't shut down, because I'm still in it. Sometimes if you put in a command that I managed to break (which happens often) it'll kick you out. When that happens, please log back in and report it with the BUG verb. Thanks.

[ekolis]

Oh, OK... well, I don't even remember what the last command was I typed... and I didn't fully configure the log feature of my client, either!

[ekolis]

Hey, did the CLOK website go down or something?

[Whelk]

Yeah, we just moved into a new place, so the server was down while we got things configured on the new connection. It should be back up now. The site seems to be loading real slowly at times, and I'm working on that, but the connection to the game server seems to be fine.

For the info of anyone else reading this, I'm currently working on character registration to reflect the new races, so new characters can't be registered right now, should be finished by tonight.

[Whelk]

I've been working lately on guilds, and could use some suggestions for guild ideas and ideas for said guilds' abilities. I could also use some area designers, or just general idea-bouncers. If anyone is interested, drop me a line. I've only got one other GM at the moment working with me, but I'd be thrilled to have a little team going.