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I made a game. It’s free, it runs in your browser, and you can play it right now:
No download. No account creation on some third-party platform. You open the link, make a character name and password, and you’re in.
What It Is
Space MUD is a text-based multiplayer game. You type commands, read descriptions, and explore a derelict space station. Think of it like a collaborative fiction that you interact with by typing things like look, north, attack drone, or repair reactor.
It’s a MUD — one of the oldest genres of online game, dating back to the late ’70s. Everything happens through text. Your imagination does the rendering.
What You’ll Find
You wake up on a broken station with no memory. You explore. You discover:
- 15 rooms across two zones — a functional (ish) central station and a wrecked outer section full of hostiles
- Combat — hostile entities roam the damaged areas. Engage them, take their components, or run
- A chassis system — pick your robot body type. Scout, Heavy, Repair, Infiltrator, or Broadcast. Permanent choice, real tradeoffs
- Professions — once you’re leveled up, choose a specialization that unlocks unique skills
- Missions — NPCs on the station give you tasks. Fetch items, visit locations, clear hostiles, repair systems
- Station repair — damaged systems throughout the station can be fixed if you have the right parts and skill level. Fix enough of them and the station starts feeling less broken
There’s also a PVP zone if you want to fight other players. Just one room, off in the wrecked section. Everywhere else is safe.
How to Start
- Open play.imadestuff.com:4001
- In the text box, type:
create YourName YourPassword - Then:
connect YourName YourPassword - Type
look
You’re on the station. Go from there. Type help if you get stuck.
Old-School Option
If you prefer a terminal, Space MUD also accepts telnet connections:
telnet play.imadestuff.com 4000
Same game, same server, same world. Just a different way in.
It’s Multiplayer
Other people might be on the station when you connect. You’ll see them if you’re in the same room. The world is shared and persistent — if someone repairs a system or clears a hostile, it affects everyone. Hostiles respawn after a couple minutes, so there’s always something to fight.
Your progress saves automatically. Disconnect and come back whenever — your character, inventory, and location will be exactly where you left them.
Come poke around. It’s free, it’s weird, and it’s mine.