Muddy Waters (online game)
Encyclopedia
Muddy Waters, frequently abbreviated MW, is a long-running MUD
, a text-based online role-playing game
, founded in 1993. It has received positive critical response.
s may be of the human, elf, dwarf, or hobbit races.
A distinctive feature of the game is its book of character histories, which contains the name and description of every character generated on the MUD.
Muddy Waters supports a
based on the CD gamedriver and mudlib
.
MUD
A MUD , pronounced , is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, with the term usually referring to text-based instances of these. MUDs combine elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, player versus player, interactive fiction, and online chat...
, a text-based online role-playing game
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
, founded in 1993. It has received positive critical response.
Game characteristics
The setting of Muddy Waters is a "historical fantasy environment". Player characterPlayer character
A player character or playable character is a character in a video game or role playing game who is controlled or controllable by a player, and is typically a protagonist of the story told in the course of the game. A player character is a persona of the player who controls it. Player characters...
s may be of the human, elf, dwarf, or hobbit races.
A distinctive feature of the game is its book of character histories, which contains the name and description of every character generated on the MUD.
Muddy Waters supports a
gameinfo command at its initial login screen to help new players orient themselves.Reception
The character creation process of Muddy Waters has been called "particularly poetic", and was used as an example "fairly typical for all MUDs" in Internet Agents: Spiders, Wanderers, Brokers, and Bots.Technical infrastructure
Muddy Waters is an LPMudLPMud
LPMud, abbreviated LP, is a family of MUD server software. Its first instance, the original LPMud game driver, was developed in 1989 by Lars Pensjö...
based on the CD gamedriver and mudlib
CD gamedriver and mudlib
CD gamedriver and CD mudlib are popular LPMud gamedriver and mudlib. The name CD comes from Chalmers Datorförening , which most of the developers were members of.- History :...
.