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I can do some concept art, though it probably won't be super detailed. I could also come up with ideas, names, characters, etc. because I have this thing where while I can't really write (coherent) stories, I can make up pretty good characters and descriptions.

what I'm trying to say is, could I be an admin?

Last edited by luiysia (2012-06-04 19:02:49)

Perhaps I'm missing something, but... Scratch mud? Is it a special blend of different types of dirt and purified water of some sort? Nah, I'm just kidding, but I was initially very confused.

In all seriousness, you might seriously benefit from explaining what MUD is/stands for in your initial post.

Alright. A mud stands for multi user dungeon. It's pretty much an mmorpg, but that is all text based. There are no pictures. People can go to different "rooms" usually by going n, s, e, w, nw, ne, sw, se, up, or down. These are called exits. Usually there are anywhere from 1-5 exits in each room. For an example. The starting room may be called "TownSquare", so here's how it may look.

TownSquare
The town square is the middle of the town. You see two young rats. elfin8er and bioa10 are here.
Exits: N, E, Up

At that point, you would choose an action. There are MANY actions you can do. A few of the basics are below.

Look: Pretty much just shows you what's shown above.
Say <something>: Allows you to say something to everyone in your "Room"
<direction>:  Let's you go in a direct. Ex. n, north, u, up ect.
kick <mob>: Allows you to fight. You can fight animals, npc's, and humans. You can also punch the same way.
get <item>: If there's an item in the room you're in, you can pick it up.

There are many more commands, but this is just some of them.
You can also complete quests, join teams, trade, and buy items.

As for coffee mud, it is a codebase. That means it's sorta like a template, that already has all of the code needed for the mud server. That includes basic races, and classes, as well as a quest system, a shop system, a room system, a battle system, and commands. Our job, is to create everything. We create the shops, and what's in them, the rooms, the mobs ect.

Maybe this isn't quiet ready for help yet. If you know what coffee mud is exactly (ie have used it before) I could REALLY use your help, but maybe I'll just create the first few rooms, and shops, and mobs and all of that, and then you guys can add your own stuff? Would that work for everyone?

Last edited by elfin8er (2012-06-04 22:53:53)

XenoK wrote:

Classic muds dont tell you the exits, and let you figure that out on your own.

Hmm. Sounds really really really hard :3 coffee nud doesn't work that way though.

luiysia wrote:

I was thinking, could I make some concept art for this? I have some ideas that I think could be used, and I could make some kind of world map that shows the terrains, just for a general idea.

That would be awesome! We need to think of a name first, but if you want to make a map, with all the names of the rooms, and stores and stuff, that'd be great!

luiysia wrote:

elfin8er wrote:

luiysia wrote:

I was thinking, could I make some concept art for this? I have some ideas that I think could be used, and I could make some kind of world map that shows the terrains, just for a general idea.

That would be awesome! We need to think of a name first, but if you want to make a map, with all the names of the rooms, and stores and stuff, that'd be great!

I started, and I'm including:

- a world map (no fancy projections, just two sides of a globe)
- list of countries
- shop/item/npc ideas

Also, if you have a Google account, the admins and stuff could share a documents. I really like that idea, but I'm not sure if everyone has an account.

Awesome! Yes, I do have a google account. If anyone else here does, post your gmail, and I'll create a few documents for us to work on.

elfin8er wrote:

luiysia wrote:

elfin8er wrote:

That would be awesome! We need to think of a name first, but if you want to make a map, with all the names of the rooms, and stores and stuff, that'd be great!

I started, and I'm including:

- a world map (no fancy projections, just two sides of a globe)
- list of countries
- shop/item/npc ideas

Also, if you have a Google account, the admins and stuff could share a documents. I really like that idea, but I'm not sure if everyone has an account.

Awesome! Yes, I do have a google account. If anyone else here does, post your gmail, and I'll create a few documents for us to work on.

Like I said earlier, Docs is very very broken for me 

Could we make one of the typewith.me docs?

godmod3: yes, but I think you need to register first.

Last edited by luiysia (2012-06-05 17:59:49)

Do you want me to add you as an admin luiysia?

Still hasn't loaded, but the url is this.

Edit: I just stared rage clicking, and it loaded 

The only thing about this, is that we can't password protect it.

Last edited by elfin8er (2012-06-05 18:16:14)

Admins Only!
I made a secret room, that is south of the Town Square. The exit is invisible because it is like a lab for Admins only, to test out item creation, mob creation, ect.

slinger wrote:

This sounds very interesting...
Whatever a MUD is 

Mud stands for multi user dungeon, and is pretty much a text based mmorpg.

For some reason, I keep getting messages that say things like "You could really use some  ." Can you starve to death in this game? Because that would really stink.