Overview

The basic idea is using an IRC as the backend engine for a Multi-User Dungeon type of game.

• IRC Channels = "room" or "location" in IRC
• Channel topic can contain room description and list of usable exits
• Channels are password-protected to prevent riff-raff from coming in and mucking things up
• User names are protected via standard NickServ
• Channels are protected via standard ChanServ
• Mud-IRC client will need to be modified to restrict movement betwee list of available exits
• Super users/Wizards can just use a regular IRC client
• NPCs are implemented as IRC bots
• Your inventory is carried by a familiar

Implementation

• The Mud-IRC server is a standard IRC server
• The client is a modified IRC client with the above restrictions
• The NPC Bot engine will need to be built
• The Familiar-Inventory Bot will need to be built