Aeternity

[crb]

Remember GM Aephir, who got fired and then started his own mud called Aeternity. I was thinking today, wtf happened to that? So I started Googling around. Found one fan page that hadn't been updated (ever). Found someone on linkedin who had worked there, found a claim they at one point had 20 employees.

Found their website, NSFW.

http://www.aephirsden.com/

Oh Aephir, what have you done?

[thefarmer]

If I remember right, Aephir started it, then left quickly. The idea continued, but blew up later.

[Inspire]

Found their website, NSFW.

http://www.aephirsden.com/

Oh Aephir, what have you done?


Um wow, hello porn?

[Parkbandit]

That website is far more entertaining than the game ever was.

[radamanthys]

Enough talking. Let's start cocking.

Priceless.

[crb]

I wonder if one day we'll visit play.net and see "Sluts by Otis!"

[Tolwynn]

There was that rumor about some new big source of income...

:thinking:

[Kuyuk]

haha.. awesome

big source of income will come when tsin leaves

[Asha]

Fucking spy glasses.
How the Christ didn't I think of that?

[Rolton-Sammich]

Found their website, NSFW.

http://www.aephirsden.com/

Oh Aephir, what have you done?

Old news.

http://www.forum.gsplayers.com/showthread.php?p=881678#post881678

[Fallen]

haha.. awesome

big source of income will come when tsin leaves

How do you figure? Do you think anyone is going to specifically sign back up because Tsin is officially leaving?

[Asha]

How do you figure? Do you think anyone is going to specifically sign back up because Tsin is officially leaving?

Seriously, no.
Non-seriously, yes because they think OTF will be lucrative?

[Fallen]

Seriously, no.
Non-seriously, yes because they think OTF will be lucrative?

He hasn't hunted OTF in damn near a year, if not longer. Since the first Velathae EG, I think, when he bought that Teras house at auction. Possibly longer than that. There are others that mine OTF far, far worse than Tsin ever did, heh.

[Judgement]

Aephir became involved in working for another gaming company, which put him at odds with his own gaming endeavors, so he became completely hands-off. It was then left to those of us GMs who were left to build the game. Most of us just decided to leave the game, however I cannot remember why. Sometime after that, some of us gathered to create a game called Lost Isles (http://www.lostisles.com) which was being developed for a couple years before it ultimately fell in as well due to a combination of technical issues and time restraints.

It's funny, I was just kind of memory surfing these games and found the posts here about them. I kind of missing working on a game, the coding of systems and junk was fun (usually.) I wrote the assist systems for both of the mentioned games as well as a myriad of other base systems. Eventually, I'll get around to working on my own stuff again. 14 years and counting, you would think I would have something decent to show for it, except I keep tearing it all out and starting over again.

[Mabus]

I still code a MUD as a hobby. It is a boatload of work, but if you like creating virtual worlds without having to hire an art department it is one way to go.

[Judgement]

I still code a MUD as a hobby. It is a boatload of work, but if you like creating virtual worlds without having to hire an art department it is one way to go.

Yeah, I generally get all the utility stuffs working and then I get stuck at the big stuff; combat, advancement, magic, etc. I am sadly not creative enough to map out how those should work.

Is there any particular code base that you work with?

[Mabus]

Is there any particular code base that you work with?
I have worked with everything from MERC to script-only engines to creating everything from the sockets up. Currently (the last 5-6 years) I have been modifying the hell out of a Java-based codebase called "CoffeeMUD".

The game is called Throes of Creation (http://throes.slayn.net/). I am in a perpetual alpha-phase, and do not advertise. Player-base is about nil, but I do it for the code and world creation and not for the numbers. These days if you want high numbers you go work for a graphical MMORPG, mobile gaming site or browser-based play.

[Judgement]

[QUOTE=Mabus;940503]I have worked with everything from MERC to script-only engines to creating everything from the sockets up. Currently (the last 5-6 years) I have been modifying the hell out of a Java-based codebase called "CoffeeMUD".

I started with CircleMUD, then messed with ROM and ultimately decided on SMAUG for a long while. Then I graduated to ColdCore as my preference later.

I stopped by your MUD for a bit. Practiced some skills, explored a little. Unfortunately, I apparently don't have the patience to learn how to play an unfamiliar type of MUD. Although I am curious to fire up a version of that and see how much is stock, and what it all looks like from the Imm side.

[Mabus]

I started with CircleMUD, then messed with ROM and ultimately decided on SMAUG for a long while. Then I graduated to ColdCore as my preference later.
CircleMUD has come a long way. The Suntu and Buddha releases, as well as the still kept TBAMUD.

I did a lot of ROM and SMAUG programming, mainly for friends. I even chatted with Thoric (the SMAUG Dev) when a pay-2-play game (which ended up vaporware) I worked for was thinking of hiring him.

I stopped by your MUD for a bit. Practiced some skills, explored a little. Unfortunately, I apparently don't have the patience to learn how to play an unfamiliar type of MUD.
I hear you. That is one limiting factor for the codebase I am using, most people expect a DIKU-derivative.

We do have almost 4,000 original rooms now (no stock at all) and many, many features. I really like our Necromancers, for instance, which can have minions at really low levels (stat/skill dependent).


Although I am curious to fire up a version of that and see how much is stock, and what it all looks like from the Imm side.
You can find a downloadable version on SourceForge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/coffeemud). Requires Sun Java 1.5, and is a resource hog (compared to other MUD codebases).

Don't expect to see the timed non-auto combat (or many other features) you might find on our game on that release; though several bug fixes, ideas and changes of mine are in the newer version.

Thanks for dropping by.

[Martaigne]

I liked CoffeeMUD a lot, and still enjoy tweaking ColdCore, but the lack of documentation is really annoying.

[Judgement]

Bleh, who needs documentation when you can dig to find the features you want.

Spending several minutes programming options that already exist under some obscure name....

That's what makes it fun!