For any linux users interested in playing alteraeon, a package called tintin-alteraeon can be installed with: git clone https://github.com/lilmike/tintin-alteraeon This package also provides sounds and the tintin and sox packages are required dependencies for tintin-alteraeon. It even has a tintin-alteraeon.desktop file in it so even graphical user linux players can play. The package advertises other muds when it starts so you're not limited to playing alteraeon if you'd like to play another mud in that environment.
On Mon, 20 Apr 2020, Luke Hewitt wrote: > Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:11:59 > From: Luke Hewitt <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Vip Mud from Gma games. > > Hi. > > > A mud is a text based game superficially similar to interactive fiction, in > that you progress by typing commands such as north south etc to move, or > attack goblin, get key from box or inventory to interact with objects and > npcs. > > However, there are two major differences with muds. > > The first is that they're online, the second is that they are real time. > > > So, you will encounter characters controlled by other human player connected > to the mud who your character can interact with. > > Obviously the type of interaction depends upon the mud, EG chatting, > roleplaying your character like a real person saying what she/he does, trading > goods, fighting etc. > > > By real time, what I mean is that events in the mud happen whether your typing > or not. > > so, if a monster attacks you, the attacks will go on happening (though in most > games your character will do standard attacks back automatically). > > > If you speak to another character, or another character speaks to you, > messages will appear instantly like a chat program, ditto with their actions, > or with other in game events. > > > Obviously, with events happening in real time, you need incoming text spoken > straight away by your screen reader, that is where a mud client like Vipmud > can help. > > vipmud also has lots of other helpful features, in particular, the ability to > have text sent from the mud and output commands you type in in two separate > windows you can tab between, making it easy to say find something you want. it > also saves your connection info to mud games, and lets you setup character > profiles to play several. > > > Vipmud has lots more advanced features, going right up to developing your own > scripts and programs to play muds, or indeed running other people's, however > how much you get into that is up to you, for myself I just use it to play > games and have fun. > > For what muds to try, if you go to www. audiogames.net and search games under > the "muds" category, you'll find a listing of several that are more friendly > to screen readers, since whilst all muds (being text), are playable, how say > fast you need to react to the incoming text, or how the mud processes > information can vary. > > > As If your starting out, I'd recommend perhaps checking out Erion if your > interested in an easy to pickup fantasy hacknslash rpg, Cosmic rage if you > want a futuristic space game with lots of activities and a great community > (plus a very detailed soundpack that provides a massive amount of background > music and sounds for different game events, or Clok if you want something a > little more complex and orientated towards roleplaying and crafting. > > > Alteraeon is in a special category of it's own, since whilst it's one of the > best, most rich, detailed and complex fantasy muds imaginable, is very easy to > get into, and highly welcome to new players and? thus is always worth a play, > it has it's own customised client to play which pretty much turns it into a > full scale audio rpg (someone once described it as audio world of warcraft > which it virtually is. The client also? comes with lots of handy shortcuts and > features, so if your interested in Alteraeon specifically, in that one case > I'd recommend not using Vipmud, and connecting with the custom scripted MushZ > client instead. > > > Hth. > > > All the best, > > > Dark. > > > > > > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#122160): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/122160 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/73152083/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/1071380848/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
