Guides

Step-by-step guides for MUD administration, area building, and client setup.

Area Building with OLC

A step-by-step guide for Area Building with OLC in MUDs.

Area Building with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for Area Building with open-source tools in MUDs.

BBS Era MUDs with BBS software archives

A step-by-step guide for BBS Era MUDs with BBS software archives in MUDs.

BBS Era MUDs with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for BBS Era MUDs with open-source tools in MUDs.

Character Backstories with Backstory templates

A step-by-step guide for Character Backstories with Backstory templates in MUDs.

CircleMUD with CircleMUD

A step-by-step guide for CircleMUD with CircleMUD in MUDs.

CircleMUD with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for CircleMUD with open-source tools in MUDs.

Classic MUDs with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for Classic MUDs with open-source tools in MUDs.

Classic MUDs with Telnet clients

A step-by-step guide for Classic MUDs with Telnet clients in MUDs.

Combat Systems with Damage formulas

A step-by-step guide for Combat Systems with Damage formulas in MUDs.

Combat Systems with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for Combat Systems with open-source tools in MUDs.

Community Guides & Mentors with Guide handbooks

A step-by-step guide for Community Guides & Mentors with Guide handbooks in MUDs.

MUD Conflict Resolution with Mediation scripts

A step-by-step guide for MUD Conflict Resolution with Mediation scripts in MUDs.

Creating Your First MUD Area: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn to build rooms, NPCs, and items for a MUD from scratch

Cross-MUD Discovery & Directories with Directory data pip

A step-by-step guide for Cross-MUD Discovery & Directories with Directory data pipelines in MUDs.

DikuMUD with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for DikuMUD with open-source tools in MUDs.

DikuMUD with ROM 2.4

A step-by-step guide for DikuMUD with ROM 2.4 in MUDs.

Discord Bots with Discord webhooks and bot APIs

A step-by-step guide for Discord Bots with Discord webhooks and bot APIs in MUDs.

Discord Bots with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for Discord Bots with open-source tools in MUDs.

Faction Backstories with Faction templates

A step-by-step guide for Faction Backstories with Faction templates in MUDs.

Fantasy MUDs with Area editors and OLC tools

A step-by-step guide for Fantasy MUDs with Area editors and OLC tools in MUDs.

Fantasy MUDs with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for Fantasy MUDs with open-source tools in MUDs.

Free-to-Play MUDs with Donation platforms

A step-by-step guide for Free-to-Play MUDs with Donation platforms in MUDs.

Free-to-Play MUDs with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for Free-to-Play MUDs with open-source tools in MUDs.

GMCP with Mudlet

A step-by-step guide for GMCP with Mudlet in MUDs.

GMCP with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for GMCP with open-source tools in MUDs.

Guild & Clan Culture with Guild chat channels

A step-by-step guide for Guild & Clan Culture with Guild chat channels in MUDs.

Immortals with Admin command sets

A step-by-step guide for Immortals with Admin command sets in MUDs.

Immortals with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for Immortals with open-source tools in MUDs.

Lore Design with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for Lore Design with open-source tools in MUDs.

Lore Design with Shared setting documents

A step-by-step guide for Lore Design with Shared setting documents in MUDs.

LP MUD with LPC

A step-by-step guide for LP MUD with LPC in MUDs.

LP MUD with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for LP MUD with open-source tools in MUDs.

Magic Systems with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for Magic Systems with open-source tools in MUDs.

Magic Systems with ROM and Merc spell tables

A step-by-step guide for Magic Systems with ROM and Merc spell tables in MUDs.

Merc with Merc

A step-by-step guide for Merc with Merc in MUDs.

Merc with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for Merc with open-source tools in MUDs.

MUD Moderation Policy with Moderation playbooks

A step-by-step guide for MUD Moderation Policy with Moderation playbooks in MUDs.

MOO with LambdaMOO

A step-by-step guide for MOO with LambdaMOO in MUDs.

MOO with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for MOO with open-source tools in MUDs.

MUD Community with Discord

A step-by-step guide for MUD Community with Discord in MUDs.

MUD Community with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for MUD Community with open-source tools in MUDs.

MUD Events & Meetups with In-game event scripting

A step-by-step guide for MUD Events & Meetups with In-game event scripting in MUDs.

MUD Events & Meetups with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for MUD Events & Meetups with open-source tools in MUDs.

MUD Hosting with Linux VPS providers

A step-by-step guide for MUD Hosting with Linux VPS providers in MUDs.

MUD Hosting with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for MUD Hosting with open-source tools in MUDs.

MUD Security with Firewalls and iptables

A step-by-step guide for MUD Security with Firewalls and iptables in MUDs.

MUD Security with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for MUD Security with open-source tools in MUDs.

Mudlet with Mudlet

A step-by-step guide for Mudlet with Mudlet in MUDs.

Mudlet with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for Mudlet with open-source tools in MUDs.

Mudlet Trigger Basics for First-Time Scripters

Set up a simple Mudlet trigger pack with aliases, highlights, and a reusable script

MUSH / MUX with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for MUSH / MUX with open-source tools in MUDs.

MUSH / MUX with PennMUSH

A step-by-step guide for MUSH / MUX with PennMUSH in MUDs.

MUSHclient with MUSHclient

A step-by-step guide for MUSHclient with MUSHclient in MUDs.

MUSHclient with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for MUSHclient with open-source tools in MUDs.

Mythology & Cosmology with Pantheon design templates

A step-by-step guide for Mythology & Cosmology with Pantheon design templates in MUDs.

New Players (Newbies) with Help channels

A step-by-step guide for New Players (Newbies) with Help channels in MUDs.

New Player Onboarding with Newbie channels

A step-by-step guide for New Player Onboarding with Newbie channels in MUDs.

Player Killing (PK) with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for Player Killing (PK) with open-source tools in MUDs.

PvP (Player vs Player) with Arena systems

A step-by-step guide for PvP (Player vs Player) with Arena systems in MUDs.

PvP (Player vs Player) with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for PvP (Player vs Player) with open-source tools in MUDs.

Questing & Storylines with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for Questing & Storylines with open-source tools in MUDs.

Questing & Storylines with Quest scripting engines

A step-by-step guide for Questing & Storylines with Quest scripting engines in MUDs.

Roleplay MUDs with Character sheets

A step-by-step guide for Roleplay MUDs with Character sheets in MUDs.

Roleplay MUDs with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for Roleplay MUDs with open-source tools in MUDs.

ROM with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for ROM with open-source tools in MUDs.

ROM with ROM 2.4

A step-by-step guide for ROM with ROM 2.4 in MUDs.

Screen Reader Support with MUSHclient and Mudlet scripting

A step-by-step guide for Screen Reader Support with MUSHclient and Mudlet scripting in MUDs.

Screen Reader Support with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for Screen Reader Support with open-source tools in MUDs.

MUD Scripting with Lua

A step-by-step guide for MUD Scripting with Lua in MUDs.

MUD Scripting with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for MUD Scripting with open-source tools in MUDs.

SMAUG with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for SMAUG with open-source tools in MUDs.

SMAUG with SMAUG

A step-by-step guide for SMAUG with SMAUG in MUDs.

Social-First MUD Play with Group chat systems

A step-by-step guide for Social-First MUD Play with Group chat systems in MUDs.

MUD Staff Handoffs with Runbooks

A step-by-step guide for MUD Staff Handoffs with Runbooks in MUDs.

TinTin++ with open-source tools

A step-by-step guide for TinTin++ with open-source tools in MUDs.

TinTin++ with TinTin++

A step-by-step guide for TinTin++ with TinTin++ in MUDs.

MUD World History with Timeline documents

A step-by-step guide for MUD World History with Timeline documents in MUDs.