by skulk on 5/20/23, 2:36 AM
I know this exact comment gets posted so often, but it's crazy how things my brain muses about magically appear on HN. I'm a long-time MUD enjoyer (played one semi-religiously for about 10 years) and have spent lots of time tinkering around with my own MOO implementations. Recently, BEAM languages have been getting a lot of attention, so naturally my mind drifted to the possibility of writing a MOO on top of BEAM that takes advantage of the immutability/concurrency/whatever.
by rektide on 5/20/23, 2:22 AM
by bcrosby95 on 5/20/23, 4:08 AM
Modelling mobs as actors can make it extremely difficult to build a fully featured MUD, especially if you want to implement a scripting language that lets builders make them do cool things. You probably want something more coarse grained.
by crooked-v on 5/20/23, 3:32 AM
I read "commentary" as a different sort, and found myself picturing MUD PvPing as a televised esports event.