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25694: Re: [MUD-Dev] Questions about my MUD design

Christer Enfors wrote:

You definitely have your hands full. :)

> ---start---
>   [*]-=-=-=-=-=-[*] You find yourself standing in the middle of a
>    |^^^^^^^^|..^^|  road through a pitch black forest. It is hard
>    |^^^^^^,-'.^^^|  to follow the narrow road in the dark. The
>    |^^^^^^|^^^^^^|  road is almost overgrown with bushes in some
>    |^^^^^^@FFFFF^|  places, threatening to trip unwary travelers.
>    |^^^^^^`--.FFF|  The forest continues to the south and east. A
>    |....^^^FF|FFF|  narrow pass penetrates the mountains to the
>    |--......f|Fff|  north. Looming mountains block movement to
>   [*]-=-=-=-=-=-[*] the west. The road leads north and south.
>           Obvious exits are east, south, and north.
> ----end----

This type of output always takes me back to the old BBS door game
Operation Overkill II. Excellent door game back in the mid-90s.

The map idea is good, have you considered building a custom client
for the game? Is there really any reason that you need to limit the
output to a telnet session and ascii?

This type of thing could be done by a pretty simple program that
displayed a graphical map, used a text window, and an single line
entry.

Good luck.

--
Wes!
wconnell@kanga.nu


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