Follow improvements to MUDVerse, including new player features, game-owner tools, reliability work, and community resources.
New account, listing-management, security, and reliability improvements are now live.
Game owners can now securely transfer a listing to another MUDVerse account, with email notifications and controls to accept, decline, or cancel a transfer.
Account email addresses can now be changed through a verified self-service process, including resend and cancellation controls.
Cleaner, easier-to-share URLs are now used throughout the site, while existing links continue to redirect to the correct pages.
Game listing forms now preserve entered information when validation fails, so owners do not have to start over.
Listing website addresses are normalized automatically and checked more carefully for validity.
New members now receive a welcome email with quick links to explore games, add a listing, and manage their account.
Account security has been strengthened with longer password requirements, safer sessions, and protection against repeated login, registration, and recovery attempts.
Game details now render validated MSSP-provided web and contact links more safely.
Listing updates, including tags and banner uploads, now save more reliably without leaving partial changes.
Accessibility and mobile usability received additional polish, including clearer form labels and a responsive vote-code field.
Database tuning improves common listing, ranking, review, voting, watch-list, and account lookups.
We completed a site-wide review of games that have not connected successfully in the last three months.
46 games confirmed to be offline have been archived while keeping their historical listing pages available. Game owners can update and save their listing to have it automatically unarchived.
12 games that are played through a website have been updated with the WEB ONLY designation.
Web-only listings now direct players to the game website and no longer show connection or MSSP information that does not apply.
Game search now makes it easier to find games by how they are played.
The Games search now includes All, Web Only, and MUD Client Support options.
Confirmed Online filtering is clearly disabled for web-only games because website connectivity is not tested by the MUD crawler.
The same connection-type filtering is available through the MUDVerse API.
The MUDVerse API is now available for developers and community projects.
Create an API key from the API tab in My Account to get started.
Query top, recent, recently updated, and matching games, along with listing details, tags, MSSP snapshots, and player history.
Visit the API page for the quick-start guide, interactive console, detailed documentation, and curl examples.
Game owners and administrators can now archive listings for games that are no longer reachable.
Archived listings remain available through their direct MUDVerse listing link, where they are clearly marked as archived due to non-connectivity.
They are hidden from search, rankings, discovery pages, sitemaps, and API collections while archived.
Editing and saving an archived listing automatically marks it active again.
MUDVerse now has dedicated listing support for games that are played entirely through a website.
Game owners can select Web-based only when adding or editing a game that does not accept MUD client connections.
These games display a WEB ONLY badge, and their play links take players directly to the game website.
Connection, connectivity, and MSSP sections are hidden when they do not apply.
Major platform, security, and reliability upgrades are now live.
Upgraded MUDVerse to PHP 8 and a newer version of MySQL.
Moved the site to an updated server for a stronger foundation going forward.
Fixed a number of bugs and hardened the codebase to improve security and stability.
Updated the MSSP crawler bot to the latest Node.js runtime.
Secure connection support and listing text cleanup are now live.
Game owners can now add an optional TLS Port on the game edit page for MUDs that support encrypted connections.
Play Now uses the TLS port automatically when one is configured and no custom webclient URL is set.
Improved game description handling so legacy escaped line breaks and apostrophes render cleanly on listing pages and edit forms.
New client resources and major web client improvements are now live.
Added a new MUD Clients page with recommended client options and quick links.
Fully revamped the web client used for connecting to games for a much more seamless experience.
Added TrueColor support in the web client for improved visual fidelity.
Improved mobile support in the web client for a better on-the-go play experience.
Player activity charts are now live on game listings.
Added a new Average Players Online Per Day chart on game detail pages.
The chart uses historical MSSP data so you can quickly see how player activity trends over time.
Search and discovery got a major upgrade.
Rebuilt /games into a modern discovery experience with live filtering, infinite scroll, and load-more fallback.
Added advanced facet filters (theme, type, RP status, player count, PK style, language, location, codebase, and game size) behind a compact Advanced Filters toggle.
Added new sort and filter options focused on freshness and reliability, with improved URL state sharing for active search views.
Added a Confirmed Online indicator to listing cards and watched-game cards when the latest connection attempt succeeded.
New watchlist and account management features are now live.
Added a new Watch/Unwatch flow on game detail pages so players can track games they care about.
Introduced a Watched Games section in My Account with quick actions for Details, Reviews, and Unwatch.
Added watcher counts to listing details and My Games so game owners can see interest levels.
Implemented login-aware watch actions: if you click Watch while logged out, you are sent to login, then returned to the listing and the watch action is completed automatically.
More UI and usability refinements are now live.
Refreshed game cards and rankings views with cleaner card layouts, updated headings, and modernized pagination controls.
Improved site chrome with a redesigned header/nav/search experience and an updated footer style.
Redesigned key account-access pages (Sign Up, Log In, Forgot Password, and Reset Password) for clearer flow and consistency.
Refreshed core information pages (Advertise, About, Contact, MSSP, Privacy) to match the newer site style.
Redesigned the Add Game workflow with better sectioning, clearer required-field guidance, improved mobile validation feedback, and inline contextual Help buttons.
Added cleaner user-review access with new pretty routes, a redesigned My Reviews page, and direct links from review/user/account touchpoints.
Refreshed the My Account page with a modern tabbed layout, account stats, and quick links to My Games and My Reviews.
Shipped review management tools so users can now edit or delete their own submitted reviews directly from My Reviews (admins can also moderate).
Refreshed the remaining review/vote utility pages (Write Review, Vote, Vote Code, confirmation and reset email result pages) for a cleaner and more consistent experience.
Applied a second-pass homepage polish with improved readability, stronger card hierarchy, better spacing, and cleaner recent listings/reviews presentation.
Quality-of-life and usability updates went live today.
Launched a new ad management workflow so admins can create and manage banner ads from the site interface, including image upload, destination URL, expiration date, active status, and display weight.
Improved ad click behavior: MUDVerse links now open in the same window, while external links open in a new tab.
Refreshed the homepage updates section into a compact, click-through carousel so recent changes are easier to browse without taking up extra page space.
Fixed the review form character countdown so it updates correctly while typing and pasting.
Updated the “Submit Review” link on game pages to use a relative path so it works correctly across environments.
Cleaned up read-review display by removing outdated “member since” text and fixing the “I think this game is...” value to reflect the actual rating submitted with that review.
Redesigned the read-review page into a cleaner card layout with better readability, clearer metadata hierarchy, and improved rating display.
Redesigned the game listing details page with clearer section cards and improved mobile behavior.
Redesigned the My Games page with a cleaner layout and improved mobile-friendly listing/action presentation.
Redesigned the All Games page into a card layout with banners, quick actions, review links, and clearer listing metadata.
Added additional hard drive space to prevent issues as the MSSP crawler accumulated several gigabytes of data.
Investigated a few games that may have been botting and requested that they stop.
If I find a game botting or using proxies to pump up votes, I’m going to warn you and delete the votes. If it keeps happening, I will remove the game from the site. This is a hobby project, and I have no interest in creating increasingly difficult systems to prevent this. If you want more eyes on your game, ads on the site have stayed at $10/month since 2007 and they support a good cause.
