Topic by zenothrax 2021-01-16 03:07:27

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This is too awesome for me to explain it, so I'll let this Reddit thread do it for me.
The year is 2064, and the world has been reforged in the fires of magic, technology, and greed. Orks, Trolls, Elves, and other races straight out of fantasy roam the streets, along with new and unfamiliar mutations inflicted on the populace in a traumatic event known as the SURGE. Cybernetic implants and arcane workings grant incredible power to those who can afford to wield them, and information– the most valuable resource in 2064– is stolen and traded by expert hackers with homemade VR rigs. Dominating this landscape are the mega-corporations, wielding nigh-limitless political clout and conducting shadow wars while an unsuspecting populace happily consumes their products. Do you have what it takes to survive in the cutthroat Sprawl?

Hoi, chummers!
After four years of development, the Community Edition of Awakened Worlds is finally opening its doors to the public, and it's the perfect time to get in on the ground floor. We're a Shadowrun game set in a dystopian near-future version of Seattle, with a roleplay-encouraged environment that still has ample opportunities for RP-free gameplay.
We feature:

  • An archetypes system for those who want to get into the game and play quickly

  • An expanded world– we have all of the zones from Awakened Worlds, plus custom new ones!

  • Massively improved quality-of-life, making it easier to play than ever

  • A focus on screen reader and accessibility support

  • A thriving Discord community that's channel-linked to the server, so you can keep up with events even while offline

Awakened Worlds CE is 100% free, with an open-source codebase and a community dedicated to collaboration and continual improvement. Hop in and join us, we'd love to have you!

You can connect via telnet at awakemud.com port 4000. We also support the Grapevine web client.

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Reply by Kitsune 2021-01-16 03:21:14

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this sounds cool. someone should make a sp for it

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Reply by matt1211 2021-01-16 03:36:43

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This sounds neat. I couldn't get into the original, but I might give this a shot!

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Reply by GrannyCheeseWheel 2021-01-16 04:29:37

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Sounds interesting.

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Reply by LucienSadi 2021-01-16 07:01:28

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Hey, Lucien here, I'm the owner of this game. I'm very interested in feedback from players using assistive tech, so please don't hesitate to reach out if you see somewhere it could be improved!

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Reply by zkline 2021-01-16 07:18:39

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Hey,

This looks really cool from what I've seen thus far. As a fan of the RPG, though I've never actually got to play, I'm impressed with the stuff which seems to be implemented. Of course I chose a cyberdeck.

I'm curious, how complete is the rules system? The stats certainly look familiar, I'm just wondering how it translates into the game internals, out of curiosity.

tHanks for the commitment to accessibility. It's appreciated, especially from a new mud.

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Reply by zenothrax 2021-01-16 08:02:50

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You may want to ask on the MUD's discord, or on the original reddit thread linked above.

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Reply by tomi 2021-01-16 08:46:35

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So here's the thing.
I've been following this MUD for years now. I think it's interesting because I used to play on the original (as Tomi there too) back when Che was running the thing. Pretty cool. I even spoke to him about compiling it under Cygwin back when I was a teenager. Oh how fun. Then in 2016 I moved to Seattle and I was like, holy crappers, I'm living in the world of this MUD! I really was, the map layout is fairly exact to Seattle but with some changes as it is to be expected.
I'm a big fan. Recently I got the community edition to compile on a Raspberry pi. How fun. I like being a wizard of the world now. I can do anything. Lately I've been having fun making the elementals fight each other out of boredem. So fun!
I don't understand how the community edition was changed over the regular. I also see very little wizhelp documentation. Like the illusive reboot command. Reboot all works but what other parameters does it take? I may have to ask an actual God upon my death to ever find out. Poor documentation on building and creating your own things had lead me to abandon it for a while. I want to introduce weed as a good drug, not as a bad drug, for example. Making weed shops like it is in Seattle? Hell yes. That is something I think the original game makers just didn't think of would be a reality when they built it. So making it more in line with present and extending that concept to the future in a greater way would make this game more complete for me. Until then I lurk around and build source every once in awhile.

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Reply by PatrykK 2021-01-16 16:09:19

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an opensource game?
wow.

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Reply by singing butterfly 2021-01-16 18:22:30

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I'm intwigued. It sounds like path-choosing is very much a thing in this MUD, which I like. Of course, I'm a good character usually, but maybe I'll download VIP Mud in between paper writings from Contract Law and give this one a whirl, unless someone has tried this with MushZ yet? I get the impression there's a way to do it, albeit there's some hoop-jumping. Be fun to have sound packs for something like this too. I like the idea of blending medieval fantasy elements with futuristic stuff too. We'll see what happens.

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Reply by LucienSadi 2021-01-16 19:01:55

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Hey everyone, appreciate you taking a look at the game! As you've probably noticed, I'm slow to reply on here; there's a lot to keep up with at the moment. I'll get more responsive as things quiet down after launch.

zkline wrote:

Hey,

This looks really cool from what I've seen thus far. As a fan of the RPG, though I've never actually got to play, I'm impressed with the stuff which seems to be implemented. Of course I chose a cyberdeck.

I'm curious, how complete is the rules system? The stats certainly look familiar, I'm just wondering how it translates into the game internals, out of curiosity.

tHanks for the commitment to accessibility. It's appreciated, especially from a new mud.

Good choice on the cyberdeck, the Matrix system is pretty fun to explore. The rules system is mostly complete, although there are some homebrew choices in there that were made before I took up maintainership of the game. I've already gotten some great feedback in-game on how to improve accessibility, including better map files and a brief toggle, so I'm looking forward to implementing those!

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I don't understand how the community edition was changed over the regular. I also see very little wizhelp documentation. Like the illusive reboot command. Reboot all works but what other parameters does it take? I may have to ask an actual God upon my death to ever find out. Poor documentation on building and creating your own things had lead me to abandon it for a while. I want to introduce weed as a good drug, not as a bad drug, for example. Making weed shops like it is in Seattle? Hell yes. That is something I think the original game makers just didn't think of would be a reality when they built it. So making it more in line with present and extending that concept to the future in a greater way would make this game more complete for me. Until then I lurk around and build source every once in awhile.

You're right, the changes unfortunately aren't summarized anywhere. You'd have to read the changelog channel in the Discord server to understand what all has changed, and there's a _lot_ of material in there; we're essentially trying to keep track of 1,780 commits which can each include multiple changes. It's an administrative nightmare!

Documentation is something we're working on. We've got a guide on how to build up on the GitHub page under the wiki heading, and we're happy to show you how it works and answer any questions, either in Discord or on the buildport. I've never actually used the reboot command myself; I always just use the copyover command, which restarts the game while keeping everyone connected.

Adding a new drug type is a complicated task. You can add non-functional drug items easily enough, but if you want them to have any effects, you'll have to dig into the drug code. If you search the code for 'novacoke' you'll find the drug code areas, and you can expand on those as you please.

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Reply by mata 2021-01-16 20:21:30

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I may make sp since I planned to do it in the original awakened anyway. How is it from those who tried? I need to get back to the game again seriously.

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Reply by mata 2021-01-16 20:24:01

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I hope it doesn't die again like the old one. I love it man. I just didn't get far into the thing back there.

Why do ghost hunters have to hunt ghosts? Well, there's a fear of being ghosted out there. They may need therapy as well as their ghost hunting kit.

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Reply by djsenter 2021-01-17 00:18:44

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Love it too, I made an account and I really must praise the people who develop this MUD for the so well explained tutorial, commands, skills, it seems easy enough to start and gradually get introduced to the game, so many varied elements are incorporated, RP is encouraged, what else is there to say?
It's just amazing and I recommend it wholeheartedly.
I think  I haven't found anything to my liking such as this MUD right here since Nuclear Legend

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Reply by JaceK 2021-01-17 01:42:13

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I'm liking this so far. It's awesome, and not 4th Ed rules which is  ahuge huge plus.

Just roaming around seeing what's what right now, kind of crafting a story for my char

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Reply by mata 2021-01-17 02:25:59

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I have to revise that file for my one and only char's description...meh.

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Reply by JaceK 2021-01-17 02:43:07

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I'm crafting a story that should, hopefully, let me get good with weapons yes

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Reply by mata 2021-01-17 03:44:53

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I'm trying to see what I've already coded in my old awakened soundpack. I ccan moddify it to fit this one. I'll have a very handful of time in my hand after I resign from my job anyway, so guess I'll go for it while waiting to move to America. Not a good time to move I know. But sudden life circumstances forces me out of Thailand.

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Reply by GrannyCheeseWheel 2021-01-17 04:02:00

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Hey, now is your chance to start out clean with regular expressions rather than wildcard triggers tongue

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Reply by zenothrax 2021-01-17 05:01:41

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Best of luck with the soundpack. I'm looking forward to it.
Also, I will pray that your passage into the United States will be a journey swift and free of trouble. God bless.

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Reply by mata 2021-01-17 05:30:27

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Free of trouble is boring. Free of Covid is probably better.
Does the interface look the same?

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Reply by mata 2021-01-17 06:25:02

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Guys I have a bug. Any know how to solve it when you create a character, disconnect before you complete and can't get back to create it because there's someone (you) creating that character. You can't log in with it either. I need help man.

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Reply by zenothrax 2021-01-17 08:28:40

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Last I heard, they were working on fixing it. You can create a different character, though.

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Reply by JaceK 2021-01-17 14:57:49

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Still enjoying this immensely, made several IC friends, got new armor and a gun, and doing runs that arre going very very well

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Reply by GrannyCheeseWheel 2021-01-17 16:57:01

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Is this like table top in a MUD? If so, I'm not interested.

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