--------------------------------- Hierarchy of MUDs Sunangel of Amnaria MUD --------------------------------- amnaria.com:2000 --------------------------------- KEY:::::::::::::::::::::::::: * -- Lineage under question. : -- Gradual evolution. . -- " " | -- Direct evolution. - -- " " _ -- " " KEY:::::::::::::::::::::::::: Version 3: 1-13-01 3:36 PM Notes: I find it remarkable the hierarchy of codebases... when you look at a codebase such as LP and then look at Diku you say 'Wow! How are THEY related?'. Just imagine the remarkable difference between codebases like MUX and Mordor, Nightmare and Sector 7. Some of these codebases were never released to the public, but they are considered codebases due to their incredibly heavy modification. There are two extra diagrams included for Tiny and Silly as they could not fit on the tree below. -- Sunangel (Sapphire) (MUQ) (Gemstone) (MUD 1 and Essex) (Ogham) (AeMUD) (Scepter) | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------+ (AMP) (Federation II) (Gods) (MirrorWorld) (MIST) (MUD 2) (Rock) (Shades) (Vax) (Wanderland) (Mordor Q.) | | | | | | +-----------------------+ | | +------------------------------------+ (Chaclacyn) (Isen- (FutureWorld) (Avalon) | | (Bloodstone) (Sector 7) (Trash) (Zone) Gard) \--(Terris) | | | | +---------------------------------+ | | | (Empyrion) (Mosaic) (Parody) (Quest) |---------------(Mundi) (Void) (Mordor) | | | | (Avalon) (Prodigy) (Early Aber) (Island)---(CamMUD) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ (Lance) (Aber) (DUM) (LP) (Diku Gamma) (YAMUD) (Tiny) | | | +------------------+ | [SEE DIAGRAM 2 FOR TINY] . (Aber3) (DUMII) (DGD) (BSX) (LP 2.4) (Diku Alfa) . | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------+ (Aber5) (Aber4) +-----------------+ --- (Vie)(Silly)(Pirate)(Circle)(Diku II)(Sequent)(Techno)(Crimson) | (Uri)(LPMUD3)(Shatter | . | | | (Dirt) | Worlds) | (Vie5) [SEE DIAGRAM 3] (Circle2) (Copper1) ----------| | | | | (dyrt) (iDirt) +------------------+ | +-------------------------------+ (Copper2) | (CD)(LPMUD 3.1)(3.1d) | (Archipelago)(Circle3)(LostLands) | (FreeDIRT) | | | (Merc1) (Amylaar) (MudOS) |-- | | . +-------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------+ . (Merc2) (Vego MUD) (ROM 1) . | . ... | . . (VMS) . . +---------------------------------------------------+ . (TMI-1) (MudOS2) . (Godwars 95)(Envy1)(SMAUG 1.02)(AcK!)(NiMUD)(Isles) |_(ROM2) | . | . | | | | +-------------------------+ . (Lima) | (Envy2) (SMAUG 1.4) +----------------------------+ (TMI-2) . . . | | (Ember MUD)(Rot) (VUM)(ROM 2.4) (Discworld)(Nightmare) . | +---------+ | | . | (Mythran) (EOS) +----------------------------+ +----------------------+ . | (Anatolia)(Wurm)(Oblivion)(Sunder) (Nightmare3) (Foundation 1) . +------------------------+ | . . (Godwars 96) (VampireWars) (Icey) . . | (Foundation II).......... +-------------------------------+ | (Dark City !) (Leaked Godwars 96) (Nightmare IV) | | +------------------+ (LoW) (Dark City) (Godwars Deluxe) | | (PoH) (Last City) Note: Dark City ! is the version of Dark City without wilderness code. Godwars Deluxe is a decendant of Dark City without wilderness code. Last City is a decendant of Dark City with wilderness code. DIAGRAM 2: TINY --------------- MUD 1/Essex -----> MIST -----> Early Aber -----> Tiny (Tiny) | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | : | | : | (TinyMOO) (UberMUD) | (TinyMUCK) (Teeny) (SMUG) | ...... : : | : | : | |________: +----------------------|--------------+ | (PerlMUD) (LambdaMOO) | | | : (CoolMUD) (TinyMUSH) | : | | | ............. +-------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | (ColdMUD) (MUSE) (PennMUSH) | (TinyMAGE) | | : | (Cold) (MARE) +----------------+ (MUX) DIAGRAM 3: SILLY ---------------- (Silly) | +----------------------------+ (Dale) (Phoenix) (Mozart) +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | WORKS CITED | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 1. Bartle, Dr. Richard. "Interactive Multi-User Computer Games." Available ftp://ftp.lambda.moo.mud.org/pub/MOO/papers/mudreport.txt . No recent update logged. 2. Keegan, Martin. "A Classification of MUDs." Online. Available http://journal.pennmush.org/v2n2/keegan.html No recent update logged. 3. Unknown author. "Diku MUD Hierarchy." Online. Available http://www.game.org/ . No recent update logged. 4. Keegin, Martin. "The MUD Tree." Online. Available http://camelot.cyburbia.net.au/~martin/cgi-bin/mud_tree.cgi Updated 1998? 5. KaVir. "GodWars History." Online. Available http://www.kavir.dial.pipex.com/history.html No recent update logged.