[HOUSEKEEPING] OtherSpace: From MUSH to Slack
A quick video explaining the evolution of OtherSpace from the text-based MUSH to the Slack chat interface!
The result of my first #bookstorewindow fiction writing exercise, inspired by the late Harlan Ellison, based on a writing prompt supplied by Entropymanor. Wrote it live on our Slack site in about an hour: “Nobody drives in New York, there’s too much traffic,” she said. I rolled my eyes, but she probably didn’t notice in…
Sol Station, a civilian base in Earth orbit circa 2650, is now open for newly arrived players. From the OOC area, just type GS to go through the Get Started exit and you’ll be in the station’s shuttle bay. New players must remain in the shuttle bay until they’ve chosen a race and gender, given…
Kingdom from Raw Fury Games is a popular curiosity, in which you’re a ruler traveling the realm on horseback and trying to defend your fortress against evil enemies. For this blog post, I asked developer Thomas van den Berg about his background and the process of turning the game into what it is today. …
A medium-sized personal ship with a faceted appearance floats, tumbling slightly, bow over stern. it appears to be running on very low power consumption mode, even lower though than most usually do. On board, a human, Mikial Nachen, and his pet hawk, Vachok, slumber in suspended animation in their cryopods. An AI runs on low…
A Bradbury University rover rattles over a ridge, carrying students and a professor from a geological expedition site back toward the domed settlement of Cartertown. Among the students is Amalie Plantagenet, daughter of Martian multimillionaire Lawrence Plantagenet. The rover’s AI driver calmly reports: “Thirty seconds until squall intersects with the vehicle.” Amalie, her fellow students,…
A collection of memorable quotes and moments from the early years of OtherSpace: