MUDs & Text Games
147 sites
https://eblong.com/zarf/glulx
Zarf's Glulx project page is the official home of the Glulx 32-bit virtual machine, a powerful successor to the classic Z-machine designed for Interactive Fiction. It hosts the full VM specification, source code and binaries for the Glulxe interpreter, and links to tools like Quixe (a JavaScript-based browser interpreter) and Lectrote, making it an essential hub for IF developers and enthusiasts.
https://tecfa.unige.ch/edu-comp/WWW-VL/eduVR-page.html
Part of the WWW Virtual Library's Educational Technology section, this page from TECFA (University of Geneva) catalogs resources on educational virtual reality environments, MOOs, and MUDs as learning tools. A comprehensive link directory compiled by Daniel K. Schneider, it covers academic projects, technical guides, and community resources for educators exploring text-based virtual worlds in the mid-to-late 1990s.
https://wiki.adrift.co/Main_Page
The official wiki manual for ADRIFT 5, a toolkit for creating interactive fiction and text adventure games, covering everything from beginner setup to advanced scripting. Organized into a user guide, tutorials, and a detailed reference manual, it serves as the comprehensive documentation hub for anyone writing or playing ADRIFT-powered text adventures.
https://tempusmud.com/
TempusMUD is an active text-based multiplayer adventure set in a time-traveling world where fantasy mages, divine disciples, and cyberpunk technologists collide across timelines. Players can jump in via a web client or dedicated MUD client, and the site posts regular update logs showing the game is still actively developed.
http://igormud.org/
IgorMUD (also known as Pussgurkabunnyluvmud) is the official web portal for a telnet-accessible MUD, offering players and wizards guides to guilds, areas, monsters, and the game's history. The site includes sections for both players and builders, covering the approval process, design guides, programming tools, and community boards.
http://forum.ifzentrale.de/
if-de is a German-language community forum dedicated to interactive fiction and text adventures, covering both German and English-language games with sections for discussion, tips, and reviews. The forum also hosts dedicated boards for authoring tools like Inform, TADS, and Floyd, making it a hub for German-speaking IF creators and players alike.
http://brasslantern.org/
Brass Lantern is a comprehensive resource for interactive fiction and text adventure enthusiasts, covering everything from beginner guides to deep IF theory articles and game reviews. Stephen Granade built this site into a rich hub featuring competition reviews, language comparisons between TADS and Inform 7, puzzle design essays, and ongoing news about the interactive fiction community.
https://planet-if.com/
Planet Interactive Fiction is a blog aggregator maintained by Christopher Armstrong that collects posts from dozens of writers, reviewers, and developers across the interactive fiction community. Covering tools like Inform 7, TADS, ADRIFT, and Z-Machine alongside reviews, walkthroughs, and craft essays, it serves as a central hub for anyone passionate about text adventures and parser games.
http://kallindor.org/
Kallindor MUD is a text-based multiplayer online game built on the foundations of classic MUDs Myrradel and Alhazi Invasion, offering over 100 original areas, 18 races, and 5 base classes with 15 additional subclasses. Players can dive into hack-and-slash combat, clan warfare, PK systems, and a meta progression system with hundreds of unique skills and spells.
https://aardwolf.com/
Aardwolf is a long-running free text-based MUD set in the fantasy world of Andolor, featuring 28 character classes, hundreds of quests, real-time overhead maps, and a thriving multiplayer community. The site serves as the official hub for the game, offering a web client to play directly, a wiki, Lua coding documentation, clan and race information, and regularly updated news about game changes.