MUDs & Text Games
147 sites
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://inform-fiction.org/zmachine/standards/z1point0/index.html
The Z-Machine Standards Document is the definitive technical reference for the Z-machine virtual machine, the platform that powers Infocom-style interactive fiction games. Version 1.0 covers everything from memory maps and opcode tables to screen models and saved-game formats, making it an essential read for anyone building or understanding IF interpreters.
http://dsl-mud.org/
Dark and Shattered Lands (DSL) is one of the longest-running MUDs on the internet, set in the richly detailed fantasy world of Algoron with kingdoms, clans, races, and deep lore. The site offers extensive resources including equipment lists, maps, a wiki, clan war standings, competitive leagues like the Gladiator League, and a podcast for this thriving text-based RPG community.
https://naga.icesus.org/icesus
Icesus is a free-to-play MUD (multi-user dungeon) set in the Valley of Icesus, a frozen post-apocalyptic world with rich lore involving warring factions, elemental religions, and rogue-like combat. The site serves as the official hub for the game, offering a player handbook, atlas, wiki, forums, and bug tracker for this long-running online text RPG.
https://mud-dev.zer7.com/
An archived collection of the MUD-Dev mailing list spanning from 1996 to 2010, preserving developer discussions about MUD design, game mechanics, roleplaying systems, and programming. A valuable historical record for anyone interested in the early evolution of online multiplayer game development and the technical debates that shaped the genre.
https://realmsofdespair.com/
Realms of Despair is the original SMAUG MUD, a free medieval fantasy text game boasting over 250 unique areas, a wide variety of races and classes, and a rich web of guilds, clans, and nation-based roleplay organizations. The site serves as the official hub for the game, offering a web client, documentation on commands and classes, area maps, community resources, and a new player guide.
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.
http://3k.org/
3Kingdoms is one of the internet's longest-running MUDs, a free-to-play text-based online adventure that has been continuously developed for over 32 years. Boasting tens of thousands of rooms, hundreds of areas, dozens of quests, and a sister game called 3Scapes, it offers an enormous and complex world for dedicated players.
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://medievia.com/
Medievia is a long-running free-to-play MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) featuring an enormous world with sea exploration, dragon encounters, clan warfare, trading caravans, and player-built towns and castles. The game boasts a deeply social environment alongside complex gameplay mechanics including bloodlines, player-vs-player combat zones, and a dynamic system that tracks player emotions to shape the experience.