MUDs & Text Games
147 sites
https://sugarcaen.tripod.com/
Caen's Domain offers a personal look into the world of Lensmoor, a popular MUD (Multi-User Dungeon), through the eyes of a player named Caen. Visitors can expect character stories, quotes, links, and webring content all centered around this text-based roleplaying community.
https://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/tie/html/moo-tech/moo-tech.html
A technical introduction to MOOs (Multi-user Object-Oriented environments) written in French by Daniel K. Schneider at TECFA, University of Geneva, covering the history of MUDs, MUSEs, MUSHes, and MOOs alongside basic connection commands and navigation. Part of a broader "Technologies Internet et Education" guide series, this document serves as a structured learning module for understanding text-based virtual worlds.
https://jhcore.sourceforge.net/
JHCore is a core database package for the LambdaMOO MUD server, offering an alternative to LambdaCore with a rich set of features for building virtual worlds and text-based applications. Programmers and MUD builders will find extensive support for English pronoun substitution, hypertext help systems, navigational tools, module systems, and group-based administrative privilege assignment.
https://friday-girl.neocities.org/
Friday-girl's personal site doubles as an archive of permadeath logs and funny moments from MUD2, the classic text-based multiplayer game. The collection of 'Stupid Deaths' makes it a quirky and niche resource for fans of old-school text MUDs.
https://tharel.net/
Adventures Unlimited is a long-running text-based MUD set in the fantasy world of Tharel, online since 1999 and featuring 17,000 rooms, 9 character classes, 17 races, and a rich player-killing and roleplay system. With 12 unique deities, five religion-based clans, clan warfare mechanics, and a built-in automapper, this is a deeply developed old-school online RPG with an active community.
https://ifcomp.org/
IFComp is the longest-running annual competition for interactive fiction, celebrating text-driven digital games and stories from independent creators since 1995. Now in its 31st year, the site hosts entry registration, prize pools through the Colossal Fund, past competition results, and extensive resources for both authors and judges.
https://mudcoders.com/
The MUD Coders Guild is a long-form blog and community hub dedicated to the design, development, and history of MUDs (Multi-User Dungeons) and text-based games. Articles cover everything from game design philosophy and system architecture to technical topics like building Entity-Component-System frameworks in Elixir and Dockerizing MUD servers.
http://nodeka.com/
Nodeka is a real-time multiplayer online fantasy RPG featuring an overhead map client, a wildly complex crafting system, 120+ character classes, 80+ races, and over 400 quests with a morality engine. With thousands of skills, spells, and components to discover, it pitches itself as a deep and strategic alternative to traditional MUD-style games.
https://www.adrift.co/links
ADRIFT is a dedicated hub for the Interactive Fiction authoring tool of the same name, offering a curated links page pointing to wikis, databases, competitions, and community forums across the IF world. Visitors can discover resources like IFDB, intfiction.org, and the annual Interactive Fiction Competition, making it a useful gateway for both ADRIFT users and the broader text adventure community.
http://tharsis-gate.org/index.html
Tharsis Gate is the official home of a fantasy-themed MUD featuring elves, dragons, guilds, and medieval adventure in a richly imagined world. Visitors can connect via Telnet or Java, browse getting-started guides, view guild information, and access an archived copy of the Imaginary Realities MUD e-zine.