servusdei2018 / lighthouse

a MUD which serves MUD listings and provides a MUD raiding community

lighthouse

a MU* which serves MUD listings and provides a MUD raiding community

WORK IN PROGRESS

For information regarding its development status, see the Projects tab.

Features

• Lightweight (no external dependencies)
• Cross platform (AIX, Android, Darwin, Dragonfly, FreeBSD, Illumos, Linux, Nacl, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Plan9, Solaris, Windows) out of the box
• Open-source and licensed under the terms of the GNU AGPL v3.0 (see LICENSE)

Connect Now!

Lighthouse has its home at lighthouse.vineyard.haus, thanks to the generosity of Vineyard. To play, point your MUD client (or telnet) at lighthouse.vineyard.haus, port 1990.

Abstract

There are a lot of MUDs. Most MUDs focus on itself. Lighthouse is different. Lighthouse focuses on other MUDs. Using Lighthouse as a home for their extensive wandering, players venture out into the wilderness and explore other MUDs together.

Lighthouse provides a simplistic MUX-style environment, MUD listings, and coordinates weekly and monthly raids on obscure, or otherwise neglected MUDs.

As MUDders, we know that there are a lot of MUDs. Literally. Hundreds of them. But a common problem for the majority of MUDs is that there are very few or no players. Very often, if you look hard enough, you will find a hidden gem of a MUD, except nobody plays it anymore.

The goal of Lighthouse is coordinate player raids and spelunking. The community uses Lighthouse as a base, and it enables them to coordinate forays into the wilderness. Many MUDs are not very fun without other players playing alongside you, and for that reason, Lighthouse coordinates a special type of event called a raid.

A raid is when the Lighthouse community join a new MUD and play together on it. By doing this at the same time, they recreate the atmosphere of the MUD back in the days when there were a lot more players, and they are enabled to relive the glories of the past. It is a rebirth.

Lighthouse coordinates raids on a monthly and weekly basis. MUDs chosen for a raid are randomly chosen, from a list submitted by participants of previous raids.

License

Distributed under the terms and conditions of the GNU AGPL v3.0. See LICENSE.