NannyMUD

NannyMUD
Developer(s)	Mats Persson, Thomas Padron-McCarthy, Fredrik Hübinette, project community
Engine	LPMud
Platform(s)	Platform independent
Release date(s)	1990
Genre(s)	Medieval fantasy MUD
Mode(s)	Multiplayer
Media/distribution	Online
System requirements Telnet client or MUD client, Internet access

NannyMUD is a MUD, a text-based online role-playing game, founded in 1990,^[1] making it one of the longest-running online games. It is hosted by Lysator, the computer club of Linköping University in Sweden.^[2]

Characteristics

The login screen from NannyMUD

The game is set in a medieval fantasy world.^[3] Typically of MUDs, it has a natural-language-like control system that accepts commands like get bottle and drink milk.^[4]

History

Around April 20, 1990, having played and enjoyed Genesis LPMud, Mats Persson downloaded LPMud version 1.1.2 and set up his own MUD. In May, after a series of relocations from one host system to another, the MUD was hosted on nanny.lysator.liu.se, and Persson accepted a suggestion to name it NannyMUD, in honor of both the host system and "my grandmother who refused to understand anything about computers".^[1] It is at this point that NannyMUD became a project of Lysator.^[1]

Early wizards included Thomas "Padrone" Padron-McCarthy, a prolific contributor to the LPMud community.^[1]

Technical infrastructure

NannyMUD runs on a local fork of the LPMud 3.1.2 driver, called "NannyMOS". Its mudlib was once based on the LPMud 2.4.5 mudlib, but ongoing development has removed all trace of that system.^[5]

Influence

Fredrik "Profezzorn" Hübinette, creator of the LPC-inspired Pike programming language, was a long-time contributor to NannyMUD.^[5][6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "The Beginning". NannyMUD. Archived from the original on 2007-09-17. http://web.archive.org/web/20070917201635/mud.lysator.liu.se/www/early.html. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
2. ^ Javnost (European Institute for Communication and Culture) 6. 1999. "Lysator, the computer club at the technical university in Linkoping is SvenskMuds' [sic] home and the home of its' [sic] "older sibling," NannyMUD." 
3. ^ "What is NannyMUD?". NannyMUD. Archived from the original on 2007-07-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20070708193916/mud.lysator.liu.se/www/whatis.html. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
4. ^ Asensio, Rosa Macarro (2008). "Language Learning and MUDs: an Overview". Tejuelo (2): 20–29. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "A Time Line". NannyMUD. Archived from the original on 2007-09-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20070919002050/mud.lysator.liu.se/www/time_line.html. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 
6. ^ "Musings of the Elders". NannyMUD. Archived from the original on 2007-07-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20070708194006/mud.lysator.liu.se/www/musings.html. Retrieved 2010-05-23. 

External links

• Official website