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Check out the list on Mudlet (https://mudlet.org), it's a FOSS desktop app for playing online test games you describe. Comes with a selection of good games pre -configured. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
Try out the StickMUD UI via Mudlet client (mudlet.org) from the list of default games. Source: over 1 year ago
You can download the latest AppImage from mudlet.org, maybe that will work for you. Source: over 2 years ago
Mudlet is a nice open-source client for playing online text games with, too. Source: over 2 years ago
I recommend mudlet client from mudlet.org , but not sure if it needs some small adjustments anymore starting out or not. Message me in game "tell lostego hey from reddit etc" and I'll do what I can to help newbies build up. Source: almost 3 years ago
For a real 'ease them into it' experience, there's written realms, which has a lovely modern UI. However, I did find that once you get past the tutorial it's a little confusing/sparse. Similar goes for Genesis - beautifully remade tutorial, great ascii map etc. Extremely old, so a lot of detail, but also a bit overwhelmingly huge and sprawling once you're out there. I would describe both as easy to navigate. Source: about 1 year ago
Https://writtenrealms.com/ is an attempt at just that, but I personally feel their interface could use some improvements - playing through sub menus suck, and it still require text input for some basic actions in-between, which makes it cumbersome on mobile as it tries to blend both menu gameplay and typing gameplay. It is also very slow to navigate menus and battles etc. The game also runs on community generated... Source: over 1 year ago
If you want to make your own text based game, to begin, use some sort of website tool such as https://writtenrealms.com/. Source: over 1 year ago
Written Realms has a great playable experience in-browser, even on a phone. I'm not sure if there are others with a similar mobile-friendly web client. Having a client-free mobile experience like that is a long term goal of mine for the mud I'm working on, but it is tough on a 25 year old codebase that was designed for telnet. :). Source: almost 2 years ago
Lots exist today, quick search Https://writtenrealms.com. Source: almost 2 years ago
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