Are MUDs Still a Thing?

Question

I love the concept of MUDs but they were before my time. Is there still a niche community out there for them? If I made one, would there be anybody to play it? Are there guides for best practices, etc?

turnkeyradio · Accepted Answer

Yes, the Diku codebase was recently updated to Diku3 and a web socket version of Valhalla is currently running.
https://github.com/Seifert69/DikuMUD3
http://www.valhalla.com/
I think the current populations are quite low in game.

akagusu · Answer

Since the first comment of this thread was "What's a MUD?", I think MUDs are not a thing anymore.Of course it doesn't mean there is nobody to play it if you made one. I would certainly play.

RedShift1 · Answer

What's a MUD?

Are MUDs Still a Thing?

I love the concept of MUDs but they were before my time. Is there still a niche community out there for them? If I made one, would there be anybody to play it? Are there guides for best practices, etc?

Yes, the Diku codebase was recently updated to Diku3 and a web socket version of Valhalla is currently running.https://github.com/Seifert69/DikuMUD3http://www.valhalla.com/I think the current populations are quite low in game.

Since the first comment of this thread was "What's a MUD?", I think MUDs are not a thing anymore.Of course it doesn't mean there is nobody to play it if you made one. I would certainly play.

What's a MUD?

Yes, the Diku codebase was recently updated to Diku3 and a web socket version of Valhalla is currently running.
https://github.com/Seifert69/DikuMUD3
http://www.valhalla.com/
I think the current populations are quite low in game.

Since the first comment of this thread was "What's a MUD?", I think MUDs are not a thing anymore.
Of course it doesn't mean there is nobody to play it if you made one. I would certainly play.