AFKMud

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AFKMud is a MUD codebase. It is an advanced derivative with many included features that both enhance the gameplay and make administration easier to manage.

During the latter half of the year 2001, the staff at the flagship MUD, Alsherok, began regularly idling about while logged in. Somewhere along the way it was suggested that the codebase should be released for the public to use since many of the regulars had moved on to things like EverQuest and other graphical games. Real life(tm) also played a role. After a few months of this, someone made a joke about how the MUD should get renamed to AFKMud. Shortly after it was decided that the codebase would get this honor instead, and so it was released to the public in January 2002 under the name AFKMud.

Although the codebase is not yet in widespread use, those who have stuck with it regularly comment on how well done it is and enjoy the fact that it is still being actively maintained.

[edit] Lineage

AFKMud is derived from the SMAUG 1.4a codebase, which is in turn derived from Merc 2.1, which is derived from DikuMUD, making it a 4th generation codebase.

[edit] External links

Official homepage: http://www.afkmud.com