Looking for Coder

Someone on TMS has been getting stick for their ad offering to pay $100 for a coder for their new MUD, so as a public service I’ve put together this handy list of dos and don’ts when looking for a coder. Do have a design written out. It doesn’t have to be a formal design … Continue reading Looking for Coder →

Mudlet getCmdLine Function

When it comes to MUD clients I’ve always been a MUSHclient user but I thought it was about time I tried out Mudlet, particularly as they added a fancy mapper in the latest release. I found Mudlet pretty easy to get into and was able to do almost everything I wanted, but one thing missing … Continue reading Mudlet getCmdLine Function →

Web Client Prototype

Here’s the first prototype of a web client for my new game. I’ve decided to split the client into three main areas with a top window for location data (name, description, contents, exits, map), a bottom window for messages and a tabbed sidebar for other information (inventory, PC stats, target, party, spells, skills etc.) I’ve put … Continue reading Web Client Prototype →

Bulletin Board Plugin for Avalon

Here’s another MUSHclient plugin for Avalon, though I am sure it could be adapted fairly easily for any mud with an in game note or bulletin board system. The plugin stores bulletin board posts in an sqlite database so you can search for a particular word or phrase or find all posts from or to … Continue reading Bulletin Board Plugin for Avalon →

Avalon Prompt for MUSHclient Version Two

I think this is an improvement on version 1, but it’s a little bigger and has more information so YMMV. I’ve removed the H, M and P labels as they seemed superfluous and I’ve added some more functionality with the plugin now containing two lines of information. From left to right on the top we … Continue reading Avalon Prompt for MUSHclient Version Two →

MUSHclient Prompt Plugin for Avalon

After playing a bit of Avalon recently I thought I’d use it to experiment with MUSHclient’s miniwindow system by creating a simple plugin to replace the prompt. It’s a fixed miniwindow at the bottom of the main display with gauges for health and mana followed by a list of prompt letters, current exits and finally … Continue reading MUSHclient Prompt Plugin for Avalon →

Integrating Kongregate Authentication

We recently launched Maiden Desmodus on Kongregate and part of converting the client for their site involved integrating their user authentication with our own account system. This was a fairly simple process, but I’ll outline the steps I took here in case it proves useful to anyone else. When users connect to Maiden Desmodus for … Continue reading Integrating Kongregate Authentication →

More coding wtf goodness

I had another one of those moments tonight while getting the latest version of FMud packaged up for release. In the last version I made some changes to the way output was displayed that greatly improved the performance and usability of the client, however a side effect was that lines from the mud were now … Continue reading More coding wtf goodness →

Code blindness

I wonder if anyone else ever suffers from this? It’s not something I’ve ever really noticed before, but today I came up with a solution to a problem that has been bothering me for months. The solution was incredibly simple and while the code has changed significantly in functionality it only really took ~50 lines … Continue reading Code blindness →