Generic MUD Resources and Links
This page is eternally in progress...
Imaginary Realities
An on-line MUD magazine that we hope will remain in business. The have some good
articles for everyone, from newbies to wizards. Hopefully they will keep putting
out issues on a regular basis.
Introduction to Muds and Mudding.
If you would like more information about muds and mudding in general, check out
this very informative page. It is full of good information such as the history
of muds, and covers such essentials as good behaviour and how to not piss off
the game master.
Richard Bartle's MUD
Writings Archive, which has links and short extracts from many old and obscure
writings on mud-like games. There is some neat stuff here, but it may not appeal
to most people.
The Curious Area
Workshop, an early effort to make good areas for Merc and Diku style muds.
Most everything that came out of CAW was high quality, interesting, and
entertaining. While CAW has been closed for several years, there is still a
great deal of very good information on thier site.
Some
general area building tips, from the CAW builder's guide. This guide is
written from the standpoint of making areas for a DIKU style mud, but there
are a lot of common sense things in it that would be good to remember when
making an area for any mud. Recommended reading if you want to build an area.
Ed Snible's Mud Info
archive on servers and building, a good place to get information about the
administrative, system, and questing side of muds. This is a good place to
check into if you intend to bring up your own mud to play with.
Stealth's Mud List
A page with a mud list, links to many wierd clients, and links to other mud,
mush, and moo information.
Ftp.game.org, one of the biggest
download sites for mud servers, clients, areas, patches, snippets, and other
gunk. If you want to see how muds work, or put up one of your own to screw
around with, this is a good place to get tools. (Note: it is now possible
to run most types of muds under Windows 95/98/NT. We strongly recommend
_against_ this practice. If you want to run a mud, get one of the free
unicies, such as Linux or
FreeBSD. Windows is an inherently
unstable environment, and you will need tools that do not come with default
installations of windows.)
The
"MUD-Dev" MUD Development mailing list. This is a mailing list concerned
with various issues in MUD development. Mainly for implementors. The MUD-Dev
list is hosted by www.kanga.nu, which has
other resources on it that may be of interest.
The Journal of Mud Research
This is a site that has articles and other information that may be of value
to administrators or future owners of muds. The articles are well written,
and even if you don't agree with them they will make you think.
The Mud Journal
A periodical journal for articles related to mudding, everything from design
to player tactics.
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