A MUD is an online world where players can meet and play an adventure game (often text-only). This page is about the server for such a game, called (not-very-imaginatively) "MUDserver". An example text MUD is playable online, see the details below.

See this page for connection details, and more information about Alternate Universe.

Stuff you can do
You can:

• move around (north, south, west, east, inside, outside).
  
• list online users ("users")
  
• send a text message to a user (e.g. "message bob Hello Bob!")
  
• examine various objects, including other players
  

Implemented features

• Map Markup Language (makes creating and editing new maps very easy)
  
• Users can create new accounts
  
• User accounts are persistent (saved on server shutdown)
  
• Text messages can be sent between users
  
• Partially detects telnet terminal type (no configuration required)
  
• Built-in login delays to discourage brute-force password attacks
  
• Server event logging
  
• Connection timeouts
  
• Basic scenery objects
  
• Objects (dynamic command interfaces, full manipulation of game state)
  
• Scheduled events
  
• User descriptions
  
• Command aliases
  
• Help file system
  
• Players can alter their own descriptions
  
• Superuser special commands
  

Future development

• Dynamic location blocks (e.g. spaceships)
  
• Create a bigger and better environment
  
• Corewars integration
  

The MUDserver will be available for download here (as a JAR file) when it has a few more features.

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26th February 2002