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<LI><em>From</em>: "Richard Ross" <<A HREF="mailto:rross#redhotant,com">rross#redhotant,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 08:53:45 +0100</LI>
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> From: duggoldner#my-deja,com
> Newsgroups: rec.games.mud.admin
> Subject: shrink wrapped mud development kit
> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 18:45:08 GMT
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> I am an author of a commercial mud package that
> is currently running on AOL. We are testing the waters
> to see if the general computer public might be interested
> in a "shrink wrapped" mud development kit. It would
> come with: the engine running under Windows 95/98/NT/2000
> and Linux, a set of visual development tools allowing you to
> easily create areas, a set of beginning areas to learn from or
> reuse, a complete manual outlining how to create areas and
> run the mud itself, a license allowing you to run the mud without
> restrictions (you can charge for it, we don't care).
>
> We would create an online community where people could share
> development tips and files etc. and develop updates to the engine
> and the development tools themselves.
>
> We'd put it all together in a box and sell it for the price of
> a normal PC game (40-50 dollars).
>
> Ideas? thoughts? Feedback? Do you think this would draw more
> people into the hobby? Allow people not as technical to develop
> and run their own mud?
If this is a commercial mud already running, won't this cheapen or detract
from the original and result in a wave of low-quality imitations? Surely if
you've come up with a good MUD idea and are/plan to market it commercially
the last thing you want to do is give everyone the chance to copy it and run
it for free.
I like the idea about the visual development tools, although I usually find
them to produce quite "samey" rooms in terms of player interaction and
"features".
I'm not sure about drawing people in... I would suspect that a large
proportion of the buyers would be people from the original mud, and that
this may result in the loss of some of those people.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00502" HREF="msg00502.html">[MUD-Dev] ColdStore. Belated response from a developer.</A></strong>,
colin <a href="mailto:colin#field,medicine.adelaide.edu.au">colin#field,medicine.adelaide.edu.au</a>, Sat 22 Apr 2000, 04:13 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00500" HREF="msg00500.html">[MUD-Dev] shrink wrapped mud development kit (fwd)</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#cp,net">claw#cp,net</a>, Fri 21 Apr 2000, 01:52 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00508" HREF="msg00508.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] shrink wrapped mud development kit (fwd)</A></strong>,
Richard Ross <a href="mailto:rross#redhotant,com">rross#redhotant,com</a>, Sat 22 Apr 2000, 04:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00513" HREF="msg00513.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] shrink wrapped mud development kit (fwd)</A></strong>,
Charles <a href="mailto:caugusti#gladstone,uoregon.edu">caugusti#gladstone,uoregon.edu</a>, Sat 22 Apr 2000, 04:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00509" HREF="msg00509.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] shrink wrapped mud development kit (fwd)</A></strong>,
Chris Jacobson <a href="mailto:fear#technologist,com">fear#technologist,com</a>, Sat 22 Apr 2000, 04:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00496" HREF="msg00496.html">[MUD-Dev] LA Times article: Virtual Loot for Real Cash</A></strong>,
Ryan Palacio <a href="mailto:rpalacio#verant,com">rpalacio#verant,com</a>, Thu 20 Apr 2000, 23:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00498" HREF="msg00498.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] LA Times article: Virtual Loot for Real Cash</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#cp,net">claw#cp,net</a>, Fri 21 Apr 2000, 00:02 GMT
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