What is Reddit's opinion of BlowTorch MUD Client?

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Try Blowtorch for the client. Might give AnsalonMUD at try.

It's got both sides, PVE/PVP (PVP optional, choose PK before level 15).

So was I - at least the other CoC is fun and has real gameplay.

Incidentally, there actually is a post apocalyptic equivalent to Corruption of Champions - it's called Flexible Survival, and it takes place after very creative nanites get loose and rewrite the DNA of everyone on Earth. The event initially killed a ton of people, the lore is actually very dark. Love it.

There are two versions - a singleplayer version and a persistent online version where you can move around the world and party up with your friends in realtime. The latter technically counts as an Android game, since it's a MUD and can therefore be connected to via BlowTorch at flexiblesurvival.com port 2000.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.happygoatstudios.bt

Blowtorch for sure. Only problem I have ever had was that it will delete the game/server world information. I just keep them in a note pad just in case. But other clients do not even bother with allowing for more than one or two game worlds loaded at a time. At least with BT you get to use onscreen short cut keys and create other short cuts.

As far as the game you are looking for, do you have any more info. Could you only be a werewolf? Were vampires your only other real enemies or competition by other players? Was it admin/story or player driven?

A number of MUDs use werewolves as a playable race. But few as the only or very few choices. If you can narrow it down by theme and game version as in MUSH, cmud, etc., we can have a better way of narrowing it down.

Blowtorch which is the best phone app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.happygoatstudios.bt

And

MUSHclient, a really good PC MUD client, my personal favorite.

http://www.gammon.com.au/mushclient/

Both already have these features implemented. They have hot keys predefined, but you can add more and change the presets.

The issue however, is not all games allow for these quick or short cut keys. They argue it is unfair to those who do not use them, even though it is by choice that they do not, not withstanding blind users. However blind users get other advantages, so in the end it's just the admins not wanting to go down a rabbit hole of what is allowed or isn't.

Which is a shame. Because I find the directional keys a heck of a lot more intuitive. I tend to stay away from games that won't allow for such ease of use. And if you are caught using such hot keys, you can be punished. So be sure to read the rules and ask if not clear.

Using such clients that have such features, but you refrain from using those illegal features, should be fine. But again read the rules and ask if need be.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.happygoatstudios.bt

Not sure how long that will be, but if you have a cell phone you can use Blowtorch. It is a free mobile MUD client. It is the best free one out there in my opinion. Has it's own virtual directional keys. You can create your own short cuts. Landscape mode does not take up "all" of the screen. It's no longer supported that I am aware of, but it was the best years ago and still out performs newer mud clients even today. In fact the only issue I have ever had was it will some times delete all your saved worlds. So it is best to have a back up on note pad just in case. Other than that it serves it's purpose well. Of course nothing will best a PC client however.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.happygoatstudios.bt

Blowtorch is still king, even if it has not been up dated in years or has even been abandoned. Allows for virtual directional buttons and created short keys. Allows for multiple game worlds to be saved. But I would keep a list in Notepad just case, as every so often it may delete them. Has a bunch of other bells and whistles I do not even use. But I have tried just about all free MUD clients and it is the best.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rudmud.rudc

Is a MUD client for a specific game called Realm of Utopian Dreams. It works well enough. Has a few streamlined features like text size can be changed on the fly and options for different font styles. Keyboard options. It is built for a specific game in mind. But in saying the latter, you can not use it for any other game yet, or ever.

Ah, Wyvern is what got me interested in exploring MUDs. As a linux user, I am always interested in trying new games I can play in the terminal.

In speaking of MUDs, Aardwolf has a custom MUD client based on Blowtorch.

One of these days, when I have time, I should get back into playing MUDs.

If you search "MUD client" on the app store, you can find a few clients that'll work with most MUDs. A good one is Blowtorch, which I use to play Armageddon.

I'm not an expert, I'm still a newbie, and I might be wrong about some things, but this is how I understand it:
1. Download a client, *coughBeipMucough* , or use telnet if you're on a computer:
https://www.mudlet.org/ Mudlet
http://tintin.sourceforge.net/ Tintin++
http://www.zuggsoft.com/page.php?file=zmud/zmudinfo.htm ZMUD
http://www.gammon.com.au/mushclient/mushclient.htm Mushclient
http://www.zuggsoft.com/index.php?p=cmud Cmud
http://www.beipmu.com/ BeipMU
http://darkovermud.com/download-gmud.php Gmud
http://www.gmagames.com/vipmud.shtml VipMUD (Recommended for the blind and visually impaired)
http://www.phudbase.com/webmud.php Phudbase (Browser based)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.happygoatstudios.bt&hl=en_CA Blowtorch (Android)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crap.mukluk Mukluk (Android)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.lensmoor.lensmoorclient LensDroid (Android)
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/mudrammer-a-modern-mud-client/id597157072?mt=8 MudRammer (iOS) https://www.kildclient.org/site/ KildClient
http://www.riverdark.net/atlantis/ Atlantis (Mac OS)
https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-mud GnomeMUD (Linux)
http://lyntin.sourceforge.net/ Lyntin (Linux)
https://axmud.sourceforge.io/ Axmud (Windows/Linux)(edited)
2. Find information for how to connect to a mud with your chosen client.
3. Go to mudstats.com and choose a mud. Don't try to find the best mud. Choose the first one that seems interesting. Use your time playing, not trying to find the perfect mud. I'm talking from experience on this, haha. Find a mud that usually has more than 5 players online.
* Do you want a professional mud that has paid staff dedicated to make sure you have fun? Try a ~~pay-to-play~~, or pay-to-win mud, such as: Avalon, Achaea, Gemstone, DragonRealms,....
* Do you like mainstream and popular? Then you can't go wrong with games like: Aardwolf, Batmud, Realms of Despair, Materia Magica, 3-Kingdoms, Alter Aeon,...
* Do you want to roleplay? Then choose a game that uses Mush, Mux, Muse,Muck, or Moo as their codebase, they usually are RP games. Although many games using other codebases are RP games too.
* Look at the codebase they use. All the games using the same codebase have similarities on the commands they use, features,...
* Are you feeling adventurous? then choose a game that uses a custom codebase, this games can have new, exciting features, not existing in the most popular codebases.
* Read the descriptions of muds and see if they mention if they are a roleplaying game or not.
4. Play.
5. Talk to players, some players are introverts, some are extroverts, pretty much all are intelligent, pretty much all are nice persons.
6. Have fun.

For Android, you have Blowtorch. You can also install TinTin++ (which is only the best MUD client, ever) on Android through Termux. I've always found Blowtorch incredibly buggy and prone to crashes, personally.

On iOS, I've heard many good things said about MUDRammer.

Personal Preference, really.

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More modern MUD Client like MUDlet could potentially mean a GUI when logging in to the MUD if created.

MUSHclient if they have also built anything for it. You'd have to check their website.

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Here is just a few links of different clients. (Taken from the #resources channel of the MUD Discord)

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https://www.mudlet.org/ Mudlet

http://tintin.sourceforge.net/ Tintin++

http://www.zuggsoft.com/page.php?file=zmud/zmudinfo.htm ZMUD

http://www.gammon.com.au/mushclient/mushclient.htm Mushclient

http://www.zuggsoft.com/index.php?p=cmud Cmud

http://www.beipmu.com/ BeipMU

http://darkovermud.com/download-gmud.php Gmud

http://www.gmagames.com/vipmud.shtml VipMUD (Recommended for the blind and visually impaired)

http://www.phudbase.com/webmud.php Phudbase (Browser based)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.happygoatstudios.bt&hl=en_CA Blowtorch (Android)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crap.mukluk Mukluk (Android)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.lensmoor.lensmoorclient LensDroid (Android)

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/mudrammer-a-modern-mud-client/id597157072?mt=8 MudRammer (iOS)

https://www.kildclient.org/site/ KildClient

http://www.riverdark.net/atlantis/ Atlantis (Mac OS)

https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-mud GnomeMUD (Linux)

http://lyntin.sourceforge.net/ Lyntin (Linux)

https://axmud.sourceforge.io/ Axmud (Windows/Linux)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.happygoatstudios.bt&hl=en_GB

Blowtorch can be used as a client app for many muds.

As someone who loved CoC for both lore and gameplay, Flexible Survival is very similar - the Fallout to its Elder Scrolls, you could say, the setting being the aftermath of an apocalypse caused by very... creative nanites rewriting everyone's DNA.

There's a single player version on http://www.scworlds.net/FI/play.html, I don't know how Android compatible that is.

What I play, though, is the MMO version. Which is arguably way more fun since there are other players getting up to the same sort of stuff all around you, and even player classes specifically designed to do very CoC-y things - for example, Followers of Coyote can forcibly shapeshift other players as an attack.

It's got tons of variety, too - all four genders like CoC, full support of chimeric cat-paws-bird-tail-lizard-ears-goo-legs-etc transformations, a much wider range of forms to choose from, racial combat abilities for every species, a huge map including separated zones you have to take vehicles to, boss monsters, quests, etc.

You can play it by installing BlowTorch or another Android MUD client, setting up a new world

Display Name: Flexible Survival

Host Name: flexiblesurvival.com

Port Number: 2000

and connecting to it.

There's also a web interface on http://flexiblesurvival.com/ , but that isn't mobile-friendly, and it's also kinda half-baked.

Blowtorch

There's also a list of clients on the sidebar if you need some suggestions for your other devices.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.happygoatstudios.bt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.happygoatstudios.bt