02-05-2015, 05:19 PM
For the uninitiated, a MUD is a multi-user dungeon...think the entirely text-based precursor to the modern MMO. Silly graphics just hold them back!
In fact, they kind of do. Following the drop of CotH itself, Kretol and I talked about it and the idea of running a MUD came up. I know he's mentioned it before to some people, but the idea has been getting traction and we may be making a serious attempt at it. This gives us a number of advantages over running CotH...it being perfectly legal is a big one, but also the lack of reliance on graphics means that we're more open to creating our own world and developing our own lore without being reliant on the game engine or Warcraft's setting.
So this leads to the question posed in this thread, detailing the kind of setting that we are going to be creating, and seeing if there is enough interest to go ahead with it. The idea will almost certainly be medieval fantasy of some sort, though we have a number of possibilities going in.
Covering myself here, but disclaimer: I am in no way binding myself to the results of the poll. This is just an interest check.
I do have a number of my own ideas already forming, taking inspiration from a number of sources. Since Kretol is sort of putting me in charge of general world-building for this idea, I'll mention that I enjoy making settings that put new spins on old cliches, or otherwise go outside the box a bit. A few lesser-known games are inspiring certain ideas for me (in particular, "Tales of Maj'eyal" and "Geneforge", if you're curious,) but let's see what everyone wants to see.
The current plan, if we go ahead with this, is to get a basic area, race list, and class list out so that basic RP can begin, and worry about the actual game mechanics after that. We'll be using CoffeeMUD as a base, which is easy to edit and is still seeing active development. It has a number of neat features, like us being able to edit a large number of aspects of the game from the web browser instead of in-game. Once we have an idea of the direction we're going, specifically, I'll be making a checklist and begin work. Again, if there's interest in seeing this project take off.
In fact, they kind of do. Following the drop of CotH itself, Kretol and I talked about it and the idea of running a MUD came up. I know he's mentioned it before to some people, but the idea has been getting traction and we may be making a serious attempt at it. This gives us a number of advantages over running CotH...it being perfectly legal is a big one, but also the lack of reliance on graphics means that we're more open to creating our own world and developing our own lore without being reliant on the game engine or Warcraft's setting.
So this leads to the question posed in this thread, detailing the kind of setting that we are going to be creating, and seeing if there is enough interest to go ahead with it. The idea will almost certainly be medieval fantasy of some sort, though we have a number of possibilities going in.
Covering myself here, but disclaimer: I am in no way binding myself to the results of the poll. This is just an interest check.
I do have a number of my own ideas already forming, taking inspiration from a number of sources. Since Kretol is sort of putting me in charge of general world-building for this idea, I'll mention that I enjoy making settings that put new spins on old cliches, or otherwise go outside the box a bit. A few lesser-known games are inspiring certain ideas for me (in particular, "Tales of Maj'eyal" and "Geneforge", if you're curious,) but let's see what everyone wants to see.
The current plan, if we go ahead with this, is to get a basic area, race list, and class list out so that basic RP can begin, and worry about the actual game mechanics after that. We'll be using CoffeeMUD as a base, which is easy to edit and is still seeing active development. It has a number of neat features, like us being able to edit a large number of aspects of the game from the web browser instead of in-game. Once we have an idea of the direction we're going, specifically, I'll be making a checklist and begin work. Again, if there's interest in seeing this project take off.