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[kokoszka]

Do you know any? Or maybe, are you interested in creating one? I would very much like to do that, even started a bit in python. Anyone to collaborate?

[Max White]

Most often called a MUD, that is 'Multi-User Dungeon'
I only know this because of google. From here on, I can no longer help you.

[kokoszka]

No no, MUDs are usually text only, not ascii graphics.

[Max White]

Really... hmm.

[klingon13524]

#PTF (That's hipster for posting to follow)

[G-Flex]

I have absolutely no idea how a turn-based MMO would work. That would be a little mind-boggling and scary.

And a non-turnbased roguelike just doesn't make any sense to me, since time would be continuous while movement and action are incredibly discrete, which just... I have no idea how that would work.

[LordBucket]

Do you know any?

TomeNet

[kokoszka]

And a non-turnbased roguelike just doesn't make any sense to me, since time would be continuous while movement and action are incredibly discrete, which just... I have no idea how that would work.

Well to be honest, movement and action are incredibly discrete in any game. Just a matter of resolution. I don't see any reason why real-time roguelike wouldn't work. It would have to give a good piece of combat control to the ai and probably use of mouse would have to be implemented.

re up:
Thanks i'm just checking it out.

[G-Flex]

Well to be honest, movement and action are incredibly discrete in any game. Just a matter of resolution.

So is time. The point is that the resolution is enough that it feels continuous. Being off by one <insert fundamental unit of time here> usually doesn't matter much in a real-time game, but the same can't be said for a roguelike.

Do you know any?

TomeNet

I could be wrong, but it seems like the only multiplayer this has is a 1-on-1 arena mode disconnected from the rest of the game. Am I wrong? And is it still turn-based?

[kokoszka]

It is turn based, and has pvp mode, disconnected from other game modes.

[LordBucket]

seems like the only multiplayer this has is a 1-on-1
arena mode disconnected from the rest of the game.

No, the non-pvp modes are multiplayer. Create a character in normal mode and you'll be able to go adventuring with others and so forth.

[randomluser]

Closest I can think of would be Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (or crawl) which I believe has multiplayer support.

[melkorp]

http://www.avalon-rpg.com/. 
Avalon is twenty years old.  Most players are female, or so the legend goes.  Not even a roguelike, it's a text adventure MMO, so it's even more hardcore. 

[G-Flex]

Closest I can think of would be Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (or crawl) which I believe has multiplayer support.

No, it does not.

[moocowmoo]

Well if roguelikes are turn based, and the first M in MMO stands for "massively", I think it would be a bit of a problem. Either you make it real time so that it's not a roguelike, or somehow 1000+ players have to all move in "turns". An ASCII MMO might be interesting. Strip out all superfluity and load it up with deep mechanics and good writing.