[MUD-Dev2] [ANNOUNCE] MetaPlace

[Matt Chatterley]

On 22/09/2007, cruise <cruise at casual-tempest.net> wrote:
>
> Just in case you haven't seen the announcement, Raph Koster's latest
> project has finally seen the light of day:
>
> http://www.metaplace.com/
>
> Who's planning to make use of this? It certainly seems to suit the
> portal-hopping many-worlds ideas that many have suggested here.
>
> Anybody had a chance to play with it yet that can provide a bit more
> detail (if allowed obviously :) ?
>
> There doesn't seem to be much info around yet, but it seems like
> something we ought to know about on the list :P
>

A friend from an old (90s!) Mud project I was involved in pointed me at
this a couple of days ago - I've filled in the registration stuff, and
I'm waiting to see if I get the chance to play with it :)

Although as usual, time is at a premium, it'd be quite cool to have a
look and see what they've come up with so far.

The first thing which actually comes to mind (probably because I've been
re-reading my Feist collection recently) is the whole
Riftwar/Hall-of-Worlds theme, where a mysterious place full of doors or
portals connects all the different worlds - different points in space
and time. I suppose this is also along the lines of D&D's Sigil - the
city of the planes, where oft-disguised gates connect different worlds
and dimensions.

I've no idea what I would build, though. I'm trying to think of
something at present!

 Cheers,

Matt