Player Guide¶

What's a MUSH?¶

A MUSH is a text-based multiplayer world. You type commands, the game describes what happens, and other players see and respond to your actions in real time. Think of it as collaborative storytelling with a persistent world — locations stay where you built them, characters have ongoing histories, and the game keeps running whether you're connected or not.

MUSHes have been around since the early 1990s. HoloMUSH carries that tradition forward with modern infrastructure: web-based access, resilient sessions, and a plugin system that makes it straightforward to add new game mechanics.

What You Can Do¶

Explore and interact. Move through locations, examine objects, and interact with the world. Every game has its own geography, from sprawling fantasy kingdoms to compact space stations.

Communicate. Talk to other characters in the same location, send private messages across the game, or broadcast to specific players. HoloMUSH supports speech, poses (actions described in third person), and whispers.

Roleplay. The scene system lets you set up structured encounters with clear participant lists and privacy settings. Whether your game is freeform or uses mechanics, scenes give you a framework for organized play.

Build. Game designers can create new places, link them together so players can move between them, and write the descriptions that bring the world to life — all from within the game itself.

Next Steps¶

• Connecting — How to log in for the first time
• Commands — What you can type and what it does
• Building — Creating locations and shaping the world