i love this game and as the source is still locked by some asshat, i just rebuilt it using claude.

added some quality of life features… the game predates many text game interface advances (didnt even have color!)… built in web server for providing a JS telnet client or of course you could use your own term.

works pretty well, and ive got windows/linux binaries and source if anyone wants it

some undocumented stuff:

# - Shows list of users online
set prompt on|off - Shows your hit points (and stun) in the prompt, like [HP 17/32 STUN 6] -. It’s colored green, yellow or red by health.
set quiet on|off - Hides villains’ yells, songs and mutterings. Combat, damage, arrivals and other players’ chat still come through
set art on|off - Shows or hides the pictures in special rooms
set ansi on|off - Turns color on or off. It takes effect right after login. color also works in place of ansi.

  • CosmoNova@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    The thing that really bothers me is the title claiming OP did something when AI did it based on stolen work.

    • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.comOP
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      3 days ago

      naw… its a 40 year old game literally dying on a archeological floppy disk.

      nothing about this is stealing… if anything, its preservation