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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.