How nostalgic. It's like 15-20 years old at this point, no? From what I remember, I didn't like the Web-based content creation system back then. I grew up playing and coding LPMUDs - which are basically a text-based Smalltalk environments with vaguely C-like syntax - so the model where objects' features are part of the engine and objects are static data seemed too simplistic. I even tried writing a "real MUD" in Python at the same time Evennia was starting out. Obviously, I quickly realized that Python is not Smalltalk (though I'd only learn about Smalltalk many years later), and that I'm light-years away from being able to hack the interpreter enough to make LPC-like environment. Meanwhile, Evennia got some contributors and the project took off the ground. Evidently, simpler is better :)
Kudos to the author for keeping it alive and updated.
BTW: There's also this: https://www.amazon.com/MUD-Game-Programming-Development/dp/1... - a pretty good book that taught me how to connect compiled and scripting languages. Now that I think about it, while I did start programming before having access to the Internet (QBasic FTW), it was MUDs that made me really interested in coding. Without them, I don't think I'd be a programmer today.
Kudos to the author for keeping it alive and updated.
BTW: There's also this: https://www.amazon.com/MUD-Game-Programming-Development/dp/1... - a pretty good book that taught me how to connect compiled and scripting languages. Now that I think about it, while I did start programming before having access to the Internet (QBasic FTW), it was MUDs that made me really interested in coding. Without them, I don't think I'd be a programmer today.