[HN Gopher] Urbandead MMORPG (zombies and humans, made by 1 pers...
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       Urbandead MMORPG (zombies and humans, made by 1 person) dead to
       moderarion laws
        
       Author : rvba
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2025-03-16 20:45 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.urbandead.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.urbandead.com)
        
       | rvba wrote:
       | The game offered a sandboxed world made of tiles where players
       | could roleplay as zombies and humans - who were in a constant
       | battle. Zombies could turn humans into other zombies, while
       | humans could heal ("revify") zombies back to human form.
       | 
       | The game was simplistic with 50 action turn limit per day, but
       | also fun.
       | 
       | Humans would barricade inside their buildings, collect weapons
       | and healt kits + use radios to coordinate (or spam), while
       | zombies usually just made attacks in big hordes coordinatee via
       | external websites, forums or IRC.
       | 
       | The game was simple, but was increeibly impressive since it was
       | done by just one person (Kevan), yet could host thousands of
       | players at the same time.
       | 
       | Perhaps due to simplicity - the individual tiles probably used
       | some event based system.
       | 
       | Here's a random video (which does not makr the game look
       | impressive, but it was never about the graphics... also it had a
       | peak around 2005 and then was just played by dedicated regulars).
       | 
       | https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nNtX_t-ndGA
       | 
       | The censorship / moderation laws in UK mean that games like this
       | cannot be done by one person anymore. I guess someone should
       | always be watching what the chars are talking about. Tbh I always
       | wondered if spies could talk in games to communicate with each
       | other.
       | 
       | RIP urbandead. Playing as a new character who tried to find
       | shelter was just fun. Even if the game had basically no graphics
       | nor music.
        
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