Question to you all, muds tends to have a unix style interface, has anyone done a replacement for this uiux that fits … the class of 2019 first year computer science student that doesn’t understand files and needs a different uiux.
Example clients: Mudlet, zMUD, kMUD, mushclient
It's still text based in sense of `look at monolith`.
> Discord slash commands are interactive bot commands activated by typing / in the chat, prompting an inline menu of options and parameters.
Discord uses slash commands to visually autocomplete possible parameters.
> https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guideline...
Apple uses contextual actions to limit freeform grammars.
The genre opened doors for MMORPGs like EverQuest. If you want something modern and polished there are no shortages of other games.
I think part of the nostalgia for MUDs is a nostalgia for the era of the internet where communities were small and special. Everyone has a discord now. It’s all so samey. Bring back the quirky hobby communities run by the users.
I think there's value to making a mud that uses discord-style slash commands outside of Discord without the player memorizing the text grammar.
There have been hundreds of MUD clients and many of them were not purely text based at all. Many had images and map screens built in.
Let's skip the strange purity tests and engage in good faith discussion.
My college roommate was really big into MUDs, one particular one anyway. He wasn’t a super techy person, it was pretty much the only thing he did on his computer.