MUDs & Text Games
147 sites
https://turf.org/
Turf MUD is a long-running, free text-based multi-user game and talker featuring over 65 unique areas spanning genres from fantasy to modern life, with clans, leagues, and an active social scene. The site provides everything a player needs, from newbie guides and maps to clan listings, help files, and humorous community content like player quotes and meetup photos.
http://martin-oehm.de/deform
Martin Oehm's deform project is a German translation of the Inform 6 library, allowing developers to write text adventures in the German language using Z-Code and Glulx formats. The site provides the library download, several commented example adventures, and documentation on how deform differs from the official Inform library.
http://shattered.org/
Shattered World is one of the internet's longest-running MUDs, established in August 1990 and boasting over a decade of custom development that sets it apart from code-sharing competitors. Visitors can explore detailed game features including races, guilds, quests, a player-driven legal system, and an in-game economy, then jump straight in via a browser-based client.
https://inferno3.com.br/
Inferno3 is a Brazilian MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) server running an open beta, accessible via Pueblo or MushClient clients at inferno3.com.br port 4000. The ASCII art splash page and visible player list give it an authentic old-school text game atmosphere, inviting players into a Portuguese-language online roleplaying world.
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.
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.
http://tads.org/
TADS (Text Adventure Development System) is the official home of a free, professional-grade authoring toolkit for creating interactive fiction, maintained by Michael J. Roberts. The site offers downloads, comprehensive manuals, code examples, and community links for both TADS 2 and TADS 3, making it an essential hub for serious IF developers.
https://torilmud.com/
Toril is a long-running MUD set in the Forgotten Realms D&D campaign setting, featuring over 325 explorable zones spanning iconic locations like Baldur's Gate, Waterdeep, and the Underdark. Running continuously since 1993, it offers fifteen player races, seventeen classes, and massive group raids against legendary foes like Tiamat, all playable through a custom web client.
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.
https://agesofdespair.net/
Ages of Despair is a long-running LP MUD set in a medieval fantasy world, active since 1998 and built by a dedicated team of wizards and coders. Visitors can explore information about races, classes, guilds, and world lore before connecting via telnet to dive into the adventure.