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This command shows the list of the original Diku Mud implementors.

Diku

                    Original game idea, concept, and design:
	  Katja Nyboe               [Superwoman] (katz@freja.diku.dk)
	  Tom Madsen              [Stormbringer] (noop@freja.diku.dk)
	  Hans Henrik Staerfeldt           [God] (bombman@freja.diku.dk)
	  Michael Seifert                 [Papi] (seifert@freja.diku.dk)
	  Sebastian Hammer               [Quinn] (quinn@freja.diku.dk)
Developed at: DIKU -- The Department of Computer Science
		      at the University of Copenhagen.

Merc

This mud is based on Merc 2.1, created by Furey, Hatchet, and Kahn. Merc 2.1 is available as Merc_21.tar.gz from ftp.tcp.com and ftp.math.okstate.edu. E-mail to 'majordomo@webnexus.com' to join the merc mailing list.

Thanks to ...
  ... Diku Mud for starting it all.
  ... The Free Software Foundation and DJ Delorie for kick-ass tools.
  ... Copper Mud and Alfa Mud for releasing their code and worlds.
  ... Aod of Generic for ... well, everything.  You're a hoopy frood, Aod.
  ... Alander for many ideas and contributions.
  ... John Brothers of Silly for permission to use Silly code and worlds.
  ... Zrin for administering the mailing list.
  ... Abaddon for proofreading our comm.c.
  ... Hind, Quin, Vic, Diavolo, Oleg, Trienne, and others for porting help.
  ... Diavolo, Grodyn, Morgenes, and others for code and bug fixes.
  ... Raff, Doctor, VampLestat, Nirrad, Tyrst, PinkF, Chris, Glop for worlds.
  ... the players and imps of Mud Dome, Final Mud, Mud Lite, Vego Mud, Rivers
      of Mud, Ruhr Mud, and Mystic Realms for bug reports, ideas, new code,
      and hours of enjoyment.

Also see "help ROM" for information about the Rivers of Mud code base.

Rom

ROM started in early February 1993, using Merc 1.0 code. In July of 1993, ROM II was started, eventually replacing the original ROM. ROM was up for a little over a year, after which the code (version 2.3) was released, and various other ROM muds were started, including Rivers of Mud under a new management (Zump's ROM), at rom.org 9000.

Alander's current project is Athen, the sequel to the ROM code. It will be found at hypercube.org 6666, when it is opened.

The following people contributed to the ROM flavor of the merc base code:

Socials --
    Kelsey and Liralen
New, Improved Valhalla --
    Liralen
Puff's new special proc and improved poofin/poofout code --
    Seth
Maps and map shop --
    Ezra, Regnan (Olympus)
Nirvana zone --
    Forstall (mobiles rewritten by Alander)
Mob Factory --
    Pinkfloyd (originally written for ROM, mobiles rewritten by Alander)
Geographically correct Midgaard (tm) --
    Alander
Ideas and playtesting --
    Thousands of dedicated mudders around the world
Beta testing --
    Ken Blosser, Doug Araya, and Sherene Neil all helped with bug reports
    and suggestions, saving a lot of headaches

New Thalos area was donated by Onivel of Jedi, who was also the originator of the ASCII flags used in the zone files

ROM 2.4 was developed during my time with Moosehead mud, and the release shares many of the features I wrote while I was there. Additional code was written by Seth Scott (enchant armor, the new poofin/poofout), and many contributions and ideas from the Merc list were used. Portions of Rusty's code from Moosehead also remain.

The new features of 2.4 were largely produced in bull sessions with Gabrielle Taylor and Brian Moore, without whom this release wouldn't have happened. In particular, the new privacy code, furniture, and wiznet are largely the results of Gabrielle's ideas.

Changes to the standard diku mob and object format, as well as the changes to Merc 2.1 source code, were done by Alander over many a late night of hair-pulling. Hope you enjoy it.

(my apologies if anyone was forgotten in this list)

References

OLC Guide

OLC (OnLine Creation) is the interface used to make edits to various parts of the game.

Prog guide

Progging refers to the scripts we use on mobs, items, and rooms to make Things Happen.

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