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I think it's fantastic that MUDs inspire people to want to create them. There's something really great about crafts that look approachable enough to not scare p

I think it's fantastic that MUDs inspire people to want to create them. There's something really great about crafts that look approachable enough to not scare people away. Something about text makes people confident that they can do it themselves. So many people are happy to take a shot at writing a book or a screenplay or a text adventure or a MUD that would never try to get into, say, 3D modeling or stained glass. Is it perhaps that everyone has enough intuitive know-how that they can start making something immediately with no study, even if they need just as much practice and study as the other disciplines to make something of quality?

Griatch 3y ago
Yes, I think this is very true; following the Evennia discord, there's a lot of newcomers in there - newcomers to game development or even to programming overall, using Evennia/MUDs as a vehicle to learn. Not to mention that a graphical MMORPG is one of the most expensive online games you can develop. Whereas a MUD (a text-based MMORPG if you will) can be created by a lone dev or small hobby team (not to say it's simple, no multiplayer game is, but it's at least achievable).