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Elissa

Alright, time to announce it properly - my side project is almost ready for release!

SWORDS of FREEPORT! The bastard step-child of Legend of the Red Dragon and a MUD!

I blogged about it: elissablack.com/swords-of-free

And it's got an itch page: expectproblems.itch.io/swords-

Coming soon - and yes, I will need play-testers! (Like, very soon.)

#GameDev #IndieDev
1 Aug 2023 at 23:43 | Open on eigenmagic.net
20 comments
Nathan

@vampiress
We used to have some people really into MUDs in the computer lab where I studied at Uni. (When I say "studied" I mean "wrote copious amounts of email and newsgroups posts.") πŸ˜„

Ah, the sound of idle typing, until someone says "now" and there's the sudden sound many keyboards, frantically typed on. πŸ˜‚

2 Aug 2023 at 0:09 | Open on mastodon.nz
Elissa
Nathan

@vampiress
I never knew the "MUD people", so never really got into that stuff. That said, I have a solid appreciation for Infocom Adventures and one or two ASCII based RPG's. So I can appreciate their awesomeness. 😎
2 Aug 2023 at 0:21 | Open on mastodon.nz
Elissa

@nathan I never got HUGELY into MUDs like some people I knew, but was a huge BBS Door hound. Hence me kinda trying to blend them a bit here!

2 Aug 2023 at 0:22 | Open on eigenmagic.net
lachlan

@nathan @vampiress I can spot the beautiful town of Terinyo in an instant! What a wonderful game

2 Aug 2023 at 1:29 | Open on mastodon.social
BogusMeatFactory

@vampiress I am a lover of MUDs and would love to help out if needed!!!

2 Aug 2023 at 0:35 | Open on dosgame.club
Elissa

@Bogusmeatfactory Awesome! I will post again quite soon with a request for help. :-)

2 Aug 2023 at 0:36 | Open on eigenmagic.net
Ocho

@vampiress LORD! Very cool. Quite possibly the first multiplayer game I ever sank my teeth into. Let me know. I'll be down.

2 Aug 2023 at 1:11 | Open on dosgame.club
Elissa

@Ocho Mine too I think! I'll post here very soon to scour some testers. :-)

2 Aug 2023 at 1:12 | Open on eigenmagic.net
Jay

@vampiress I’m still playing LORD nearly every day on a telnet #BBS, I’d be happy to try this out when it’s available

2 Aug 2023 at 1:59 | Open on mstdn.ca
Elissa

@warpslide Excellent! Thanks. I play it on and off too. It's such a great and elegant core loop. Freeport's is be a bit different but still heavily inspired by it.

2 Aug 2023 at 2:14 | Open on eigenmagic.net
Seth A. Robinson
Elissa

@rtsoft I'm still using (my own modified variation on) the colour system from LORD too.

Though I also use it for other macros now.

2 Aug 2023 at 3:05 | Open on eigenmagic.net
Hound

@vampiress Wow.. I hadn't thought of LoRD in a really long time prior to this post. A favorite part of my day in high school. Thanks for the hard work, and for reviving a good memory!

(And I'll definitely help with testing when the need arrives if there's a spot open!)

2 Aug 2023 at 3:21 | Open on defcon.social
vga256

@vampiress oh this looks like so much fun. i love 'i need a break from my main project' game development

2 Aug 2023 at 3:55 | Open on dialup.cafe
Elissa

@vga256 Thanks! Yeah me too. I love that i managed to not scope creep this too much either so it's actually real close to at least being at MVP stage!

2 Aug 2023 at 3:58 | Open on eigenmagic.net
vga256

@vampiress πŸ‘ amazing restraint. i know the temptation all too well 😩

2 Aug 2023 at 4:00 | Open on dialup.cafe
Elissa

@vga256 (I have a document of things to add to the game if it finds an audience - from new professions like fisherman or pirate, to new challenges like burglary and hunting supernatural creatures)

2 Aug 2023 at 4:14 | Open on eigenmagic.net
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