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    CoverAO
    English: Cover AO is an FREE 2D MMORPG Open Source based of Argentum Online (https://sourceforge.net/projects/morgoao/) Inside this fantasy free world, set in a medieval era. You are in charge of writing your own story. Where you can build, train, trade, conquer and interact in real time with the rest of the players in the world. Important: Client and server are distributed under Affero GPL v1. - Spanish: Cover AO es un MMORPG 2D GRATUITO de código abierto basado en Argentum Online (https://sourceforge.net/projects/morgoao/) Dentro de este mundo libre de fantasía, situado en una época medieval. Tú eres el encargado de escribir tu propia historia. Donde podrás construir, entrenar, comerciar, conquistar e interactuar en tiempo real con el resto de los jugadores del mundo. Importante: El cliente y el servidor se distribuyen bajo Affero GPL v1.
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    Downloads: 436 This Week
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    Arianne RPG

    Arianne RPG

    Arianne is an engine to develop multiplayer online games like Stendhal

    Arianne is a multiplayer online engine to develop turn based and real time games, providing a simple way of creating the game server rules and clients like our MORPG Stendhal. Our engine Marauroa uses Java and SQL for hosting hundreds of players on a solo host. Stendhal is a fun friendly and free multiplayer online adventure game with a huge and rich world. With hundreds of NPCs and different quests, features like the Travel log and achievement system keep track of progress. Thousands of creatures are ready to fight, above and below ground, and as players level up they can compare themselves on a detailed stats website. The engine Marauroa provides a simple way of creating games on a portable and robust server architecture. Marauroa manages the client server communication and provides an object orientated view of the world for game developers. It handles database access in a transparent way to store player accounts, character progress and the state of the world
    Downloads: 98 This Week
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    TinTin++ Mud Client

    TinTin++ Mud Client

    A MUD client for Android, iOS, Linux, Mac OS X and Windows

    TinTin++ is a console mud client for any type of text mud or bbs. The mud client's main assets are an easy to learn scripting language, triggers, automapping, and a split screen interface to separate mud output from client input. Installation instructions for Android, iOS, and several other operating systems are available on the website. https://tintin.mudhalla.net
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    Downloads: 101 This Week
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    ShowEQ Open Source Project
    ShowEQ or SEQ for short is a program designed to decode the EverQuest data stream and display that information on another computer running the Linux OS in real time. Our Forums are located at http://seq.sourceforge.net
    Downloads: 181 This Week
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    Crossfire RPG game

    Crossfire RPG game

    Cooperative multiplayer graphical RPG and adventure game

    Crossfire is a free, open-source, cooperative multi-player RPG and adventure game. Since its initial release, Crossfire has grown to encompass over 150 monsters, 3000 areas to explore, an elaborate magic system, 13 races, 15 character classes, and many powerful artifacts scattered far and wide. Set in a fantastical medieval world, it blends the style of Gauntlet, NetHack, Moria, and Angband.
    Downloads: 45 This Week
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    TinyFugue, aka "tf", is a flexible, screen-oriented MUD client, for use with any type of text MUD.
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    Downloads: 40 This Week
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    Qodem Terminal Emulator
    Qodem is a a terminal emulator that resembles the BBS-era Qmodem. Includes phonebook, scrollback, capture, X/Y/Zmodem, Kermit, ANSI (+ music) / Avatar / VT102 / Linux emulation, Unicode, and keyboard macros. Connects over serial, ssh, telnet, rlogin.
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    Downloads: 47 This Week
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    Dawn of Light

    Dawn of Light

    Dark Age of Camelot server emulator

    Sourceforge is discontinued, now on Github: https://github.com/Dawn-of-Light Framework for interacting with the Dark Age of Camelot client (Mythic, EA/Mythic, BioWare, Broadsword licensed). Also know as a Dark Age of Camelot ( DAoC ) Server Emulator. Give life to your own world ! Please consider playing live: http://www.darkageofcamelot.com
    Downloads: 21 This Week
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    Argentum Online

    Argentum Online

    Argentum Online is an onlie role playing videogame

    Argentum Online is an Open Source FREE 2D MMORPG, it has: guilds, magic, combat, animal taming, 21 skills, a huge world with towns and dungeons. Several races and professions. Client and server are distributed under Affero GPL v1.
    Downloads: 9 This Week
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    Dusk is a multiplayer game engine, written in java. Gameplay is similar to text MUDS, but completely redesigned to fit in a graphical game world.
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    Downloads: 33 This Week
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    Alternative Lineage 2 Game Server written in Java.
    Downloads: 18 This Week
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    Pueblo/UE
    The Pueblo MUD/MUSH/MOO/etc client, originally developed by Chaco Communications. Updated, improved, and open source! The client provides access to "virtual worlds", supporting HTML, colour, forms, and images.
    Downloads: 27 This Week
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    GGMud

    GGMud

    GGMud is a cross platform modern MUD client.

    GGMud is an opensource multiplatform GRAPHICAL mud client. It uses the GTK toolkit for the GUI (quite similar to the ZMud one) and is compatible with tintin++ configuration files.
    Downloads: 8 This Week
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    Mudlet
    A modern open source MUD client with a graphical user inteface and full built in Lua scripting support for all major platforms.
    Downloads: 6 This Week
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    Legend of the Green Dragon is a remake of the old BBS game Legend of the Red Dragon (aka LoRD). All support for this game resides at http://dragonprime.net
    Downloads: 7 This Week
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    World of Kallen mmorpg
    Rpg based upon world of phaos system but heavly modified. Browser based.
    Downloads: 6 This Week
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    LambdaMOO is a network-accessible, multi-user, programmable, interactive system well-suited to the construction of text-based adventure games, conferencing systems, and other collaborative software.
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    Downloads: 16 This Week
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    A Visual Basic, Telnet MUD (Multi-User-Dungeon) Server. Utilizing newly developed methods for easier game play in the simple telnet environment.
    Downloads: 12 This Week
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    World of Phaos is a browser based RPG written in PHP.
    Downloads: 12 This Week
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    OpenTibia

    This project has moved to github.

    This project has been moved to github.com. You can find the new project at: https://github.com/opentibia
    Downloads: 3 This Week
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    WorldForge

    WorldForge

    Provides a full suite of clients and servers for virtual worlds.

    Worldforge provides clients, servers, tools and protocol to allow for anyone to create and host their own virtual and online world.
    Downloads: 5 This Week
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    JHCore is a core database for the LambdaMOO server. JHCore is an excellent starting point from which you can build a wide range of applications. JHCore is an alternative to LambdaCore, the default core database for the LambdaMOO server.
    Downloads: 11 This Week
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    A tool for Spellcrafters and their customers playing Mythic Entertainment's MMPORG, Dark Age of Camelot
    Downloads: 9 This Week
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    Turowy, przeglądarkowy, fantasy MMORPG napisany w PHP i MySQL korzystający z Smarty Template Engine, ADOdb/ADOdb lite i PHP Mailer. Oparty na Vallheru 1.3 beta, szybszy z naprawionymi błędami. Support: http://support.santic.pl Santic Engine 0.2 już
    Downloads: 9 This Week
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    MUD Map

    MUD Map

    A mapping tool for text-based games like text adventures, MUDs, etc.

    MUD Map helps users of MUDs, MUSHs, text adventures and similar games at creating maps of the virtual worlds and to keep an overview over places, paths, dangerous areas,... This repository contains the code and binaries of MUD Map v1 (deprecated!) as well as the Java binaries (jar) of MUD Map v2. More information about MUD Map v2 can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/Neop/mudmap2
    Downloads: 8 This Week
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Open Source Multi-User Dungeons (MUD) Games Guide

Open source multi-user dungeons, also known as MUDs, are a type of interactive text-based adventure game. These games originated in the late 1970s and continue to be popular today among people of all ages. A MUD is played via computer or smartphone and involves multiple players entering a virtual world with different characters (avatars). Players interact with one another and explore the environment by navigating through various rooms and manipulating objects within the game.

Players typically control their character using basic commands such as "go north" or "get sword". Depending on the type of game, there may also be more complex combat systems that require strategy. As players progress through the game, they gain rewards such as experience points or new items for their inventories. The main purpose of most MUDs is to complete quests or solve puzzles, often involving dungeon exploration and encounters with monsters or other NPCs (non-player characters).

In addition to traditional quest-based gameplay, many open source MUDs offer an extensive social experience in which players can chat with each other, form alliances and even engage in player versus player (PvP) battles. Some games feature persistent worlds where events take place regardless of whether anyone is playing at any given time – allowing for more immersive experiences as well as influencing certain aspects of the plotline. Many open source MUDs are free to play but some may have optional membership fees for extra content.

The open source nature of these games make them unique from typical commercial video games because they allow users to make changes and additions to the code base themselves - thus creating an infrastructure where user contributions can be incorporated into future versions without breaking existing features - something that isn’t possible with traditional closed-source gaming platforms like PS4 or Xbox One consoles. This makes it much easier for developers to keep up with evolving trends while still retaining core principles that have been established over decades of use by previous generations of gamers.

Features Provided by Open Source Multi-User Dungeons (MUD) Games

  • Game World: MUDs are set in a game world that is often based on fantasy and/or science-fiction settings. Players can explore the different areas of the game's virtual world by “teleporting” from one area to another, finding items, completing quests, and interacting with other players. They also may have their own personalized characters and user accounts.
  • Combat System: Many MUDs use a turn-based combat system that allows players to battle each other or non-player characters (NPCs) such as monsters, dragons, and zombies. The player's character can be equipped with armor and weapons in order to survive in combat.
  • Crafting System: Crafting systems allow players to gather resources through mining or scavenging, create items such as weapons or potions using recipes gathered during exploration, and sell them for currency used within the game.
  • Social Interaction: Players can join parties or guilds with fellow adventurers in order to team up for quests or combat encounters. Players can also engage in text-based conversations with each other through an ingame chat window.
  • Role Playing: Some MUDs emphasize role playing elements by giving players more control over their character's appearance and background story than other online games do. This encourages immersive experiences where players adopt personas that could not exist outside of the game world.

Different Types of Open Source Multi-User Dungeons (MUD) Games

  • Text-Based MUDs: These are traditional MUDs that are played on computers via typed commands. Players interact with the game world and other players through text, usually by typing in commands like "go west," or asking questions such as "where is the nearest shop?" Text-based MUDs can range from fantasy worlds, to science fiction settings, to post-apocalyptic wastelands - all depending on what type of environment the creator has coded.
  • Graphical MUDs: Also known as MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games), these games have a graphical overlay and often feature 3D visuals. They typically require much higher bandwidth than text-based equivalents, making them less accessible for those with slower connections. However, they often offer richer gaming experiences due to their visual appeal and immersive nature.
  • Browser-Based MUDs: This style of MUD utilizes a web browser rather than an application client for running the game engine. Browser based games are widely available and don’t rely upon installations or downloads. As such, they tend to be more simplistic in design compared to their Graphical counterparts, however highly interactive gameplay can still be achieved without complicated installation processes.
  • Programming Based MUDs: These represent the most complex form of MUD building and involve coding skills beyond what many casual gamers might possess. The sort of programming involved ranges from basic HTML scripting right up to C++ code in order to develop advanced gaming engines and features. Such advanced knowledge is needed in order to create a functional game environment that is expansive enough for multiple players at once while remaining stable performance wise throughout sessions

Advantages of Using Open Source Multi-User Dungeons (MUD) Games

  1. Free & Accessible: Open source MUDs are largely free and accessible to anyone with an internet connection. The Zero Code Open Source movement, for example, encourages developers to build their own fully-functional versions of the game using existing software packages. This means that any number of players can enjoy the same game without spending money on additional licenses or proprietary technology.
  2. Diverse & Customizable: Open source MUDs have a wide array of possibilities for customization, allowing players to tailor the game experience to their tastes and preferences. Players can create custom races, classes, weapons, spells, monsters - anything they desire. With this level of flexibility comes unparalleled diversity in terms of gameplay experience among different users.
  3. Community Driven: Developing games with open source code means that the development process is largely collaborative between coders and designers alike – which often translates into a stronger sense of community among users who are actively involved in its creation. Developers also tend to spread their knowledge across channels like forums and mailing lists so that others too can benefit from their expertise.
  4. Unparalleled Replayability: It’s no secret that open source games come with more content than official titles due to contributions from multiple authors over time. This generates greater replayability because each version of the game tends to be upgraded frequently with new features and content added every few weeks or months; as such there is always something fresh for players to explore when they return.

Types of Users That Use Open Source Multi-User Dungeons (MUD) Games

  • Socializers: This type of player enjoys the interaction with other players in the game, primarily for fun or to make friends, and may not be as interested in the questing or combat aspects of MUDs.
  • Explorers/Builders: Explorers enjoy searching for new locations, uncovering secrets and discovering hidden areas. They often take on the role of amateur architects who build new structures or edit existing ones.
  • Adventurers/Questors: These players are goal-oriented, enjoying completing tasks and hunting down mysteries. They focus mainly on reaching certain objectives within the game’s storyline while also engaging in PvP (player-versus-player) battles with others along their journey.
  • Power Gamers/MinMaxers: Players of this type are solely focused on character optimization through power leveling and grinding so they can become incredibly powerful characters that dominate other players in combat scenarios.
  • Combatants/PKers (Player Killers): As their name implies, these types of players only join a MUD to engage in battle with others—either among allies or complete strangers—with no regard for story progression or relationships built within it.

How Much Do Open Source Multi-User Dungeons (MUD) Games Cost?

The cost of open source multi-user dungeons (MUD) games is typically free. Most MUDs are available for download online without any charge. There may also be some costs associated with hosting a MUD, depending on the number of users, but this can vary widely. Many popular and well-established commercial game servers offer very reasonable rates, sometimes as low as $5 per month or less. These servers often include features like free world building software and community support that may not be available with more basic open source solutions. Of course, if you're feeling particularly ambitious you could opt to host your own server and enjoy complete control over every aspect of the game's architecture and code - although this would require a bit more work in terms of getting everything set up and running correctly. In either case, it's possible to enjoy a great multiplayer gaming experience without breaking the bank.

What Software Do Open Source Multi-User Dungeons (MUD) Games Integrate With?

Many types of software can integrate with open source multi-user dungeons (MUDs) games. These applications provide players with additional features and capabilities such as user experience improvements, custom game mechanics, data tracking, and more. Popular types of software that can be used with MUDs include programming languages like Python and JavaScript, databases like MariaDB or MongoDB, tools for network mapping and graphing like Cacti or RRDtool, and customer support systems like Zendesk. Additionally, development frameworks such as Unreal Engine and Node.js are often utilized to create advanced versions of MUDs. With the help of these different types of software integration, players are able to have a much richer gaming experience than would otherwise be possible without them.

What Are the Trends Relating to Open Source Multi-User Dungeons (MUD) Games?

  1. MUDs have been around for decades and have become increasingly popular over time.
  2. They are now available on a variety of platforms, from the classic text-based versions to more modern graphical ones.
  3. In recent years, there has been a surge in the popularity of MUDs due to their increased accessibility and ease of use.
  4. MUDs have also become more social, with players able to interact with each other through chat rooms or online forums.
  5. The complexity of the games has also increased, allowing players to create and customize their own characters and worlds.
  6. The technology powering MUDs has advanced significantly, leading to better graphics and more immersive experiences.
  7. There is also a growing trend of players creating their own MUDs, which can be hosted on dedicated servers or even on cloud-based platforms.
  8. Finally, there is a growing trend towards open source MUDs, with developers releasing the source code for free so that anyone can modify it and make their own versions.

How Users Can Get Started With Open Source Multi-User Dungeons (MUD) Games

  1. Getting started with playing open source multi-user dungeon (MUD) games is fairly easy. First, you will need to download the game client. Many popular MUDs offer free downloads of their game clients so that users can begin playing right away.
  2. Once you’ve downloaded the game client, you will need to create a character in the game world and choose a role for your avatar. This could be anything from an adventurer exploring unexplored dungeons to a merchant trading goods in exotic locales. The choices for creating your character vary depending on the particular theme of each individual MUD and are only limited by imagination.
  3. After your character has been created, it's time to enter the game world and explore all its wonders. Depending on how familiar you are with MUDs, there might be helpful tutorials or guides, either within the game itself or available online, which can help explain different commands and mechanics of any given MUD.
  4. Most open source MUDs also feature lively communities of players who chat with each other while they quest across virtual worlds—so don't be afraid to ask questions or seek assistance if you ever get lost or confused. Remember—most people play these games because they enjoy having conversations and losing themselves in vast fantasy stories—don't hesitate to engage with fellow players and make some new friends as well.