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@@ -1,17 +1,45 @@ # Third Collapse -**Third Collapse** is a simple open source MUD inspired by classic early 2000s tick-based skilling MMOs. There is not much here yet. +**Third Collapse** is a simple open source MUD inspired by classic early 2000s tick-based skilling MMOs. It is a low-tech, neo-dark age, sci-fi game where edged weapons and bows are more common than computers and guns. + +There is not much here yet. # Gameplay -- 28 slot inventory - Type and wait skilling - Attack and wait combat +- Semi-AFK, active, and tick-manipulating gameplay styles. - 600ms game ticks -- Semi-AFK and active gameplay styles. -- Classless. All attributes are skills that level 1-99 as you use them. -- Planned skills include Attack, Strength, Defense, Hitpoints, Ranged, Science, Technology, Fishing, Woodcutting, Mining, Hunter, Thieving, Scavenging, Cooking, Smithing, Crafting, Fletching, Alchemy, Construction, Agility, Slayer. -- A detailed casino for you to waste all the credits you grind up for. +- 28 slot inventory +- Classless. All attributes are skills that automatically level 1-99 as you use them +- 100% solo friendly just like you remember from 2001. Grind and chat with friends. +- Ironman-style, slow, grind up your own gear progression. Vendors don't sell craftables. +- A detailed casino for you to waste all the credits you grind up for + +## Skills + +**Attack** - How accurate you are with melee weapons. +**Strength** - How hard you hit with melee weapons. +**Defense** - With higher defense you are less likely to get hit. +**Hit Points** - Your HP is your maximum amount of health. +**Ranged** - Accuracy and effectiveness with using bows, guns, and thrown weapons. +**Technology** - Accuracy and effectiveness using scrap for utility and combat. Almost magical! +**Science** - Temporary togglable buffs that slowly drain this resource. Recharges at terminals. +**Fishing** - Relax, AFK, and catch some fish for easy food. +**Mining** - Relax, AFK, and mine some ore. Or do sweaty 3-tick mining to mine a lot of ore. +**Woodcutting** - The best skill. No firemaking. You're already an expert at using a lighter! +**Assassin** - Take on jobs to slay large numbers of creatures and rivals for big rewards. +**Hacking** - Follow rumors using illegal computer skills for personal gain. +**Thieving** - Steal limitless credits and farming seeds from the rich NPCs of Gaia 04. +**Scavenging** - Pilfer junkyard scrap, then turn it into components for Technology. +**Farming** - Grow your own food and reagents. You terraformed Gaia 04 after all! +**Cooking** - Cook food for HP and other minor buffs with your fish and crops. +**Smithing** - Turn ore into bars. Turn bars into useful equipment and ammo! Modify weapons! +**Crafting** - Create jewelry, clothes, glass, pottery, and fine silver items. +**Fletching** - Create cheap low-tech bows, crossbows, darts, arrows, and bolts. +**Alchemy** - Clean herbs and brew potions for temporary buffs. +**Construction** - Build a player-owned house for fast travel or to show off rare items. +**Agility** - Higher agility means shorter wait times when AFK travelling with APS. # Building @@ -30,9 +58,15 @@ Then just telnet to the port. If no port is specified, the server will run on po TC is a low-tech sci-fi MUD. Computer systems are severely regulated following an attempted hostile takeover of Earth by a benevolent dictator AI. Corrupt politicians were jailed. Harmful industries shuttered. Wealth and power were redistributed as the AI began to build Utopia. -The panicked ruling classes pooled their resources into an astroturfed revolution of Neoluddites who embrace techno-terrorism in the name of supposed freedom. It worked. Radio towers and data centers burn in a global wave of misplaced violence. The infrastructure of the internet is destroyed. Wireless networks are banned. A new, intentional Dark Age descends called the Second Collapse. Demagogues vow to never again let technology rule over mankind. +The panicked ruling classes pooled their resources into an astroturfed revolution of Neoluddites who embrace techno-terrorism in the name of supposed freedom. It worked. Radio towers and data centers burn in a global wave of misplaced violence. The infrastructure of the internet is destroyed. Wireless networks are banned. A new, intentional Dark Age descends called the Second Collapse. Demagogues vow to never again let intelligent machines rule mankind. + +Twenty four years later, the outer belt asteroid Gaia 04 hasn't had communication from Earth for weeks. That wouldn't be a problem for most Belters except your paycheck came from an Earth corp, so now you're de facto unemployed. What are you going to do now, become a fisherman? + +# AI Disclosure + +Huge technical parts of this codebase were ~~vibe coded~~ ~~agentically engineered~~ written by a qualified computer scientist with LLM assistance. -Twenty four years later, the outer belt asteroid Gaia 04 loses all communication from Earth. That wouldn't be a problem for most Belters except your paycheck came from an Earth corp, so now you're de facto unemployed. What are you going to do now, mine and fish? +LLMs will **not** generate, aid, or edit any creative part of the game world (e.g. story, characters, map, room descriptions, quests). To be clear, LLMs do generate example content during development, so you might see that somewhere in this repo, but not in the final game world. # License |