The Nightmare Mudlib is a set of LPC programming language frameworks created by George Reese for building multi-user role playing games using the MudOS LPMud driver. The LPC programming language is an Object-oriented Programming language derived from C and developed originally by Lars Pensjö to facilitate George Reese (born February 17 1969) is an Author and developer of several Open Source frameworks LPMud (sometimes shortened to simply " LP " is a MUD variant developed in 1989 by '''L'''ars '''P'''ensjö (hence the LP in LPMud that LPMud (sometimes shortened to simply " LP " is a MUD variant developed in 1989 by '''L'''ars '''P'''ensjö (hence the LP in LPMud that When people refer to the Nightmare Mudlib, they may be referencing any one of three incarnations:
- Nightmare 3 (in reality, Nightmare 1. x, 2. x, and 3. x)
- Nightmare IV (Nightmare IV. x)
- Dead Souls
Nightmare 3 and Dead Souls were released under Open Source licenses. Dead Souls is a MUD library ( Mudlib) or a system for creating a text-based virtual world Open source is a development methodology which offers practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge Technically, Nightmare 3 was released under a pre-Open Source open source license. In other words, it predates the concept of open source but was available for use and modification free of charge consistent with modern Open Source principles. Dead Souls was placed into the public domain and thus is not encumbered by any licensing.
Nightmare IV, while released under a proprietary license and subsequently withdrawn from distribution, is largely similar to the public domain Dead Souls Mudlib. Dead Souls lacks only the world from Nightmare LPMud and world documentation. Founded in 1992, Nightmare LPMud was one of the oldest continually running LPMuds still played until its closure on September 12, 2005.
External links
- The LPmuds.net downloads page has a driver-bundled version of Nightmare 3 that's "easy-ish" to install.
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