Open Source RPGs and MUDs?

[Dylnuge]

Hello,

I am looking for some good RPG/MUD/MMO like games to play on Linux. I have seen huge lists but no good or concise suggestions. Anyone have some?

Thanks,
Dylan

[Dylnuge]

No one? I have started out on Achaea, it seems interesting.

[days_of_ruin]

No one? I have started out on Achaea, it seems interesting.

Everyone here plays etqw:guitar:

Okay not everyone but the fact that they support linux is very appealing to ubuntu users.

[buntunub]

Ok here we go. Yet another "what L33t games do yall play on Linux" posts to add to the thousands of now dead ones on this forum. IMO, Canonical should exact a penny from the authors of every repeat thread lol. That alone would be that "self sustaining business model" they so desperately long for.

In short, there are dozens of native Linux/Unix RPG's/MUD's, but most, if not all, are about 25 years behind the mainstream games that are on the shelf these days.

[Dylnuge]

Ok here we go. Yet another "what L33t games do yall play on Linux" posts to add to the thousands of now dead ones on this forum. IMO, Canonical should exact a penny from the authors of every repeat thread lol. That alone would be that "self sustaining business model" they so desperately long for.

In short, there are dozens of native Linux/Unix RPG's/MUD's, but most, if not all, are about 25 years behind the mainstream games that are on the shelf these days.

Sorry to have offended you. I tried the search feature and could not find anything. In addition, I was only looking for recommendations. I searched but did not find anything. Also, all MUDs are Linux Compatible (not all clients, but all servers). I was just trying to find some help in finding one.

[LinuxGamer]

If you are looking for Muds, I would suggest going to Mud Connector (http://www.mudconnect.com/). As far as Free MMORPGS and such, there is a large list. I would suggest going to the Ubuntu Games list (http://gaming.gwos.org/doku.php/games:start) and seeing what they have listed.. If I remember right, they are in process of rebuilding it, so it is by no means complete, but gives you a start.

[MilkeySUFC]

So, being a bit of a gaming dummy; What is a 'MUD'? :confused:

[nille]

So, being a bit of a gaming dummy; What is a 'MUD'? :confused:

Multi-User Dungeon, check out Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD

[buntunub]

Sorry to have offended you. I tried the search feature and could not find anything. In addition, I was only looking for recommendations. I searched but did not find anything. Also, all MUDs are Linux Compatible (not all clients, but all servers). I was just trying to find some help in finding one.

Not offended, just kinda annoying weeding through the "new posts" and "unanswered posts" sections to find posts where people need help that I might be able to answer, and repeatedly see the following:

"Why should I stick with Ubuntu?"
"Going back to Windows, change my mind!"
"What are the games you all play on Ubuntu/MUD's/MMORPG's/RPG's?"
and the worst,
"Ubuntu sucks, and YOU ALL NEED TO FIX IT", or something very similar.

/rant on

The most common mistake that I see people make is not using the search engine on this forum, and not even bothering to give Google a shot. 99.99999999% of every answer conceivable can be easily obtained off a Google search. What I find annoying is that the same questions get asked again, and again, and again, and again, in different ways, for no other reason than (usually) one does not want to try to learn! I think this is what drives many incredibly knowledgeable Linux experts (those whom I know anyway) from answering forum posts, and thats really too bad, because it is they who hold most of the real answers founded on technical expertise.

/rant off

Unrelated to your thread, sorry, but that is the reason for the tone of my reply. Nothing against you, sorry if I offended.

[PrivateVoid]

/rant on

The most common mistake that I see people make is not using the search engine on this forum, and not even bothering to give Google a shot. 99.99999999% of every answer conceivable can be easily obtained off a Google search. What I find annoying is that the same questions get asked again, and again, and again, and again, in different ways, for no other reason than (usually) one does not want to try to learn! I think this is what drives many incredibly knowledgeable Linux experts (those whom I know anyway) from answering forum posts, and thats really too bad, because it is they who hold most of the real answers founded on technical expertise.

/rant off

Unrelated to your thread, sorry, but that is the reason for the tone of my reply. Nothing against you, sorry if I offended.

What I have learned is that using Google is far more effective than using most of the forum search engines... though to be honest I usually use Metacrawler.

[Vadi]

KMuddy (click (http://getdeb.net/app/KMuddy)) is an open-source MUD client.

And, I play Achaea too! Using kmuddy.

[rosegarden78]

MUD - Multiple User Dungeon? I'd love to see game developers other than Id take Linux seriously. RPG's - You can't play Final Fantasy 7 all the time. Only so many good original stories. Optimistic though about the future.

[Tundro Walker]

Not offended, just kinda annoying weeding through the "new posts" and "unanswered posts" sections to find posts where people need help that I might be able to answer, and repeatedly see the following:

"Why should I stick with Ubuntu?"
"Going back to Windows, change my mind!"
"What are the games you all play on Ubuntu/MUD's/MMORPG's/RPG's?"
and the worst,
"Ubuntu sucks, and YOU ALL NEED TO FIX IT", or something very similar.


I agree with you on that. Gets a person jaded over time. Is Ubuntu ready for the desktop? Yes. Is it ready for all the gamers to switch over from Windows? No.

As far as games, Linux is still very much a hobbyist OS.

What I find hard to believe is when folks start a new thread, the forum automatically digs up old threads that match keywords in their the thread title they're trying to start. So things like "rpg", etc would bring up a list of old threads. The forum practically searches old threads for you, and yet folks still post a new thread on an old topic.

Ok, that's more ranting...I digress.

For RPG's, you can try...


NetHack (rogue-like, which can get prettied up with Falcon's Eye or Vulture's Claw?)
TOME (another rogue-like)
Helherron (there's a linux port, and it's graphical tile-based, but still old-school...think Ultima 5)
Various other tile-based rpg'sI hear Morrowind & Oblivion can run ok under WINE, but don't hold your breath.

I think Ubuntu is really ready for prime-time as home office productivity, or business productivity (or server) OS. But, there's just not enough commercial games for Linux to qualify it as a gaming OS. If Linux gains more adoption in schools, home office and business, then the demand curve might increase enough that commercial software companies would finally port stuff to Linux. I'm all for free software, and open-source software, but really some commercial companies still make the best software, since they can dedicate their full time to it (EG: Valve & Half-Life games...it'd be hard for a group of folks to make games that good in their spare time, what with work, school etc getting in the way.)

[Murrquan]

I think the biggest thing Linux can do for gaming is for Wine to support old Windows 98 / XP games. If you can't play Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri on Windows Vista, Wine may be the classic gamer's last hope!

[squidfaceExtreme]

I've recently tried to get back into MUDding, although this is the first time I've tried to do it from a Linux machine. After looking through the options, all I really wanted was one that would have a working automapper, and the closest I've found is GNOME-Mud.

The developer seemingly hasn't touched it since 2005, and there's a few bugs in it that are driving me crazy... I'm this close to using my n00b programming skills to try to patch it up.

Thoughts? Are there any better working MUD Clients with graphical automapping?

[Vadi]

KMuddy has a mapper built-in already - but it's just in the 1.0pre version. Here's a snapshot with the mapper included (click (http://www.kmuddy.com/mercuryboard/index.php?a=topic&t=1146)). There definitely is room for improvement though (It's not yet as good as zmuds :)), so fresh ideas are always welcome.

Edit: Oh, and it works just fine on gnome. I use gnome+kmuddy myself.