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KaVir · 04-23-2013, 04:12 AM

That's simply not true. Even a simple GUI, thrown together in a couple of hours, can be a significant improvement over a plain terminal window - furthermore, once you get the ball rolling it's not uncommon to see players following your example, designing their own interfaces for your game.

I don't know why people continue to perpetuate the idea that it's not worth bothering with any graphics at all unless you're creating a fully graphical MUD/MMORPG. That's the server equivalent of insisting that it's not worth modifying a stock codebase, either use it as-is or write a mud from scratch.

04-23-2013, 04:12 AM	#72
KaVir Legend Join Date: Apr 2002 Name: Richard Home MUD: God Wars II Posts: 2,052	Re: Do MUDs need to be "brought into the 21st century" That's simply not true. Even a simple GUI, thrown together in a couple of hours, can be a significant improvement over a plain terminal window - furthermore, once you get the ball rolling it's not uncommon to see players following your example, designing their own interfaces for your game. I don't know why people continue to perpetuate the idea that it's not worth bothering with any graphics at all unless you're creating a fully graphical MUD/MMORPG. That's the server equivalent of insisting that it's not worth modifying a stock codebase, either use it as-is or write a mud from scratch.