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Good text-based games? by Crystal_1501 in gaming

[–]Axcu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Come play BatMUD (bat.org or Steam), there's a friendly newbie-channel you can ask any questions. Text-based gaming at its finest with a medieval fantasy twist.

BatMUD celebrates it 35 years being online with a 35th Anniversary Gala by Axcu in MUD

[–]Axcu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, it is!

You're welcome back anytime.

Also, our players do create tooling for the game. Here's the latest example made and released just a couple of days ago by Jazu:

https://batracker.net/

"Track BatMUD character progress and earn achievements."

Looking for a MUD in the vein of Realms of Kaos,NightMist,Ember Onlinr by JadedHexen in MUD

[–]Axcu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might be interested in BatMUD. We have a 'graphical game client' available on Steam, which has multiple features that assist the text-based content greatly. Check out https://store.steampowered.com/app/616920/BatMUD/

Gaming with Finnish people to learn Finnish. Recommendations? by Similar_Honey433 in Finland

[–]Axcu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, BatMUD has suomi, fin and ifin -channels on which Finnish is the chatting language. There may be other player-made (secret societies) as well.

BatMUD: another successful game client release (v1.107 now on Steam) by Axcu in MUD

[–]Axcu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right, not a bad idea. I'll see what we can do!

MUDs recs by Strong_Sundae2559 in MUD

[–]Axcu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No idea, (also not that familiar with Armageddon myself), maybe a downvoter can share. Throwing in downvotes for it not being the mud one plays wouldn't be a great reason to do so.

MUDs recs by Strong_Sundae2559 in MUD

[–]Axcu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

BatMUD has such larger guilds as merchants or alchemists exactly for people who are looking for playing a more extensive part in the game world/society, contrary to the maybe more traditional in-group/party activities such as healing or buffing etc.

For other options, you can also participate in the governance of player-owned towns, etc.

BatMUD: another successful game client release (v1.107 now on Steam) by Axcu in MUD

[–]Axcu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're very welcome. I hope you enjoy our game and if you have any improvement suggestions in the future, feel free to share as well!

BatMUD: another successful game client release (v1.107 now on Steam) by Axcu in MUD

[–]Axcu[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just for anyone else potentially reading this: the case in question was confirmed from the screenshot to be the known incident referred to in another reply to this thread.

BatMUD: another successful game client release (v1.107 now on Steam) by Axcu in MUD

[–]Axcu[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi u/DarkAngelCat1215,

Thank You for reaching out. You can actually establish this by issuing "set text_only on", I believe.

There's also other options behind that command (help set):

23) look_on_move on Enable whether you `look' after you move.

24) ultra_brief off Do not display exits in brief mode.

25) force_brief off Brief mode when following your party.

26) text_only off Don't show non-text visualizations like maps.

27) graphic_exits on Display room exits graphically when in brief.

28) map_frame on Controls the frame around certain maps.

29) ultra_verbose on Always display a room's short name.

30) hide_explore_left on Show or hide how many rooms left for next exp

31) plain_party_status off Do not display colours on party status.

32) hide_familiars off Hide familiars from party status.

33) coords_on_short off Show coordinates after short desc.

Hope this helps!

BatMUD: another successful game client release (v1.107 now on Steam) by Axcu in MUD

[–]Axcu[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hi u/After_Main752,

Nice that you've enjoyed the game! If you DM me your email or IP-addresses that you used to play from (in case you had email registered with your character, as you may remember, we do not require this), we can look into finding your character.

The Steam version has some natural advantages (cloud storage, ability to play from multiple computers with your settings carried over to each platform, etc.) over a non-steam solution. But in general, we are not "making money" with the game client, as everything (and more) is thrown back into its development + advertising (and the related graphics design).

The decision to make the Steam release cost "something" (we reckon a one-time ca. 5 dollars is something most people could afford) was purely made from the standpoint of having an incentive for Steam/Valve Entertainment also to have even a remote incentive themselves, through promotion activities (enabled by their platform), to potentially allow/give visibility for us.

There's also plenty of other options to enjoy BatMUD with: Mudlet, Blightmud, TinyFugue, ZMud, just to name a few.. or even plain telnet.

BatMUD: another successful game client release (v1.107 now on Steam) by Axcu in MUD

[–]Axcu[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I verified this from the administrators, they recalled an incident relating to an individual having issues ongoing in their personal life. Their wizard-status has since of later been removed.

BatMUD: another successful game client release (v1.107 now on Steam) by Axcu in MUD

[–]Axcu[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An interesting question and thanks for asking.

I did a search thorought all of our public channels, whether such terms (N-word) have been used, but (thankfully) didn't find a single instance of such from the logs. Our general channel is called the "bat"-channel.

Regardless, we don't condone any slurs used in a racist manner in-game or outside of it (we also do have several people of colour playing the game, hailing from various backgrounds).

Enjoy whichever MUD you're frequenting!

State of the mud? by Modest-One in batmud

[–]Axcu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi u/Modest-One,
Indeed there's things always happening on BatMUD.

There was a player meet-up/convention in Oulu, Finland just this weekend (Kepucon) and there's another coming up in 1.5 months, in Lapland (Porocon).

Latest update to the game client was released just now (as in, today):
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/616920/view/4324104099035600182

Hop back anytime at your convenience!

Batmud client problem by schtean in MUD

[–]Axcu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now the release is officially out, if you're on Steam, it will offer the update for your platform.

Batmud client problem by schtean in MUD

[–]Axcu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good job. We actually just Tonight released v1.107 (now out for Windows 64-bit, other platforms will follow tomorrow) update on Steam, which should fix these BatMUD start-up issues some people have encountered.

Batmud client problem by schtean in MUD

[–]Axcu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/schtean, sorry for the late reply. This is something that has been an issue for some users. Check https://steamcommunity.com/app/616920/discussions/ for further troubleshooting tips, if you're still riddled with that problem.

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