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Re: Tell HN: 17 years on the same game

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Post by shabble » Wed, Apr 04, 2018, 11:53 AM UTC

jwfxpr wrote: post #51

rsync wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"the client talks about flash and or websockets" Can you just telnet in and avoid the web based interface completely ? I would assume so ... then you could start your game in a screen session and just re-attach anytime you like. Can you, indeed, telnet (or ssh) to discworld ?

You can directly telnet in, yeah, but it's not a great way to play. There are plenty of MUD clients (for Discworld in particular you want one compatible with MCCP compression) that are designed for playing in a terminal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD_client I played on Discworld MUD for many years, quite some time ago. It's probably been 15 years since I last logged in. Very tempting to stick my head back in ther…

Make sure you login every couple of years or so. I just had a quick look and two of my three accounts have expired and been purged.

Re: Tell HN: 17 years on the same game

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Post by akvadrako » Wed, Apr 04, 2018, 11:55 AM UTC

jwfxpr wrote: post #55

There's another, non-MUD text-based game inspired by Discworld (specifically, inspired by Small Gods ) called Godville. Running since 2010 on the web and with apps available on major devices, it's essentially entirely player-built and full of Pratchettesque humour. It's a ZPG — Zero Player Game. You aren't the player. You're a marginally potent God, with a single devoted follower, your hero. Your hero actually plays…

This is my favourite casual game. It's funny and takes very little time, but is still rewarding. It's basically the modern tamagotchi.

Re: Tell HN: 17 years on the same game

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Post by shabble » Wed, Apr 04, 2018, 11:56 AM UTC

movedx wrote: post #38

What MUD client do you use? I use /u/blueknight suggested Mudlet, but it doesn't have a profile for Discworld.

TinyFugue (http://tinyfugue.sourceforge.net/) was for a long time the terminal client of choice.

I used to use zMUD (http://www.zuggsoft.com/page.php?file=zmud/zmudinfo.htm), but looks like it maybe never made it past Windows XP.

Re: Tell HN: 17 years on the same game

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Post by ytjohn » Wed, Apr 04, 2018, 12:02 PM UTC

jwfxpr wrote: post #55

There's another, non-MUD text-based game inspired by Discworld (specifically, inspired by Small Gods ) called Godville. Running since 2010 on the web and with apps available on major devices, it's essentially entirely player-built and full of Pratchettesque humour. It's a ZPG — Zero Player Game. You aren't the player. You're a marginally potent God, with a single devoted follower, your hero. Your hero actually plays…

Oh wow. Back in the 90s, I "played" a game called Progress Quest. Basically you downloaded the game, spun the dice a few times and then your character would go out on quests. Your game was saved in a small file, which you could move about machines, and you could have your stats uploaded to a web-based leader board. Now they have a web-based version, accounts and forums.

Godville seems like a much more advanced concept of this. Whereas PQ has an automatic hero that's supposed to be you, Godville has a character that worships you and may or may not follow your commands, if you choose to send them at all. I like it.

http://progressquest.com

Re: Tell HN: 17 years on the same game

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Post by vkjv » Wed, Apr 04, 2018, 12:07 PM UTC

The Return of the Shadow MUD has been around since the 90s. Not only is the player base still active, the game is still actively being developed! Just in the last year the maintainers have added new skills, specializations, quests, and soon Beornings.

https://returnoftheshadow.github.io

Re: Tell HN: 17 years on the same game

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Post by your-nanny » Wed, Apr 04, 2018, 12:19 PM UTC

ryan-allen wrote: post #29

JKCalhoun wrote: post #15

Awesome. Why didn't MUDs ever go rogue-like ... with simple 2D tile-graphics? I think a few tried and failed, but wondering why that was. Seemed like everyone jumped to Everquest(crack) when it hit the scene, we seem to have skipped the 2D.

> Why didn't MUDs ever go rogue-like ... with simple 2D tile-graphics? That's not to say that there is still room for something like this! There are heaps of great indie games on Steam that are lightweight and deep. If you don't mind graphics, I'd recommend checking out Streets of Rogue and Death Road to Canada, though they are not RPGs per-se and more Roguelites. If you want something a bit more hardcore I'd check o…

I play rogue likes but never use tiles.

Re: Tell HN: 17 years on the same game

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Post by gwbas1c » Wed, Apr 04, 2018, 12:21 PM UTC

That's approximately 3.2 hours a day. (20000 / 17 / 52 / 7)

Yikes! I wish I had 3.2 hours a day to spend on hobbies.

Re: Tell HN: 17 years on the same game

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Post by jmnicolas » Wed, Apr 04, 2018, 12:27 PM UTC

gwbas1c wrote: post #77

That's approximately 3.2 hours a day. (20000 / 17 / 52 / 7) Yikes! I wish I had 3.2 hours a day to spend on hobbies.

Nobody on his death bed says "I wish I had spent more time working".

Work less and enjoy your life.

Re: Tell HN: 17 years on the same game

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Post by wazoox » Wed, Apr 04, 2018, 12:27 PM UTC

I've been playing the same multiplayer PHP game, MountyHall (remember these?) since 2004

Re: Tell HN: 17 years on the same game

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Post by billysielu » Wed, Apr 04, 2018, 12:33 PM UTC

I've played a multiplayer asteroids game called Subspace Continuum (now on Steam) since 2001 (17 years). I probably have about 20k hours in that too. It is community run and has about 100 people playing at any time. It's a free game, so try it if this sounds like your thing.