Up to Main Index Up to Journal for July, 2013 JOURNAL FOR WEDNESDAY 3RD JULY, 2013 ______________________________________________________________________________ SUBJECT: Shiny new idea from a warped imagination DATE: Wed 3 Jul 23:07:42 BST 2013 The other day, out of nowhere, an idea popped into my head! It seemed quite a good idea so I hung onto it, twisting it this way that, exploring it's many possibilities... what was this shiny new idea that fascinated me so? Imagine a MUD with multiple dimensions - a bit like parallel universes separated by a hair's breadth. Players can move between the dimensions - maybe knowingly or not. The dimensions could be vastly different - like light and dark dimensions or just subtly different. Either way the locations in each dimension should map to each other - as if the dimensions are superimposed over each other. Now for the fun bit. Imagine that the dimensions can interact with each other in subtle ways. For example if something moves through a location footsteps might be heard in the parallel location. Strange whisperings heard people are chatting. Doors could appear to open and close by themselves. Eerie glowing orbs or spirit lights could be caused by light sources being used and carried. Shadows being cast by things that are not 'there' or apparitions briefly appearing and disappearing. Foot prints could suddenly appear on soft ground. The classic rocking chair moving when there appears to be nobody sitting in it. If there is a fight going on blood could appear as if from nowhere. If players were unaware of exactly what was happening - especially initially anyway - and the dimensions were subtly different this could make for a very creepy or spooky MUD :) This is only a *tiny* fraction of the weird stuff I've been thinking up while mulling over this crazy idea. Back with reality I'm still working on logins, player files and such. I've made some changes and done some cleaning up to make the job easier. However as I'm not quite sure how the recent changes are going to pan out I've not pushed them out just yet :( -- Diddymus Up to Main Index Up to Journal for July, 2013