[Area name: Sanctum Immortalis] [Area filename: gods.are]
[Sector Type: inside] [Area Flags: noteleport]
[477][Room Flags: nomob indoors nosummon noastral dnd office]
Sanctum of the Forerunner
+———–+ This room has an almost antique feel to it. The walls are a
| | beautifully finished cherry with a touch of oak alternating
| | every so often. The floor is a perfectly done hardwood floor of
| O-O | a rich pine, with a beautifully designed, and incredibly
| | | defined symbol of the forerunner inlaid with the perfect
| @ | mixture of gold and silver. The symbol takes up the vast
| | majority of the center of the floor space, the rest dominated
| | by the magnificently carved desk from which the Forerunner
| | issues all decrees for the realms. At the foot of the dais upon
| | which the desk sits rest a pair of panthers of whom the
+———–+ Forerunner is very fond.
Exits: north.
{493} An ornate, blackened oak desk sits here upon a raised dais towards the rear of the room.
(Sovereign) Thannie is here before you.
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About a year ago I started to get interested in video game programming (essentially to start making autos in the MMORPG runescape)
Anyways, I started learning C++ and made several cool programs which worked rather well. Lately, Ive become very interested in the programming aspect of how mmorpgs work. After reading a lot about Andrew Gower's (the creator of runescape) first graphical mud called devious mud I decided to start working on my own.
Ive decided to switch to java to make a graphical mud that is browser based. Right now I just need some advice from the community.
1) Is it a good decision to switch to Java to make a browser based mud?
2) Could anyone give me an overall idea on how Muds work? I understand that Ill have to have a server (most likely using my home computer w/ dsl) but how exactly do people join my server? How does the application automatically start? And how is it possible that other people can see other people in the application/graphical mud?
3) Whats a good way to begin for me? I was thinking a good way to start would be to make an irc. Or make an application where people are dots and can move around in a square using the arrow keys. They would be able to see one another and communicated via text.
Any help or info at all would be great. I know making a mud takes a lot of time but I just need some basic info and any ideas or help you have to offer.