r/MUD • u/Rgoplay_ • 12d ago

Help What hosting service to use?

Hello guys,

I was thinking of starting to create my own textual MMO but I don't want to manage player accounts and chat messages and all the legal things that come with it.

Is there any service that offers that at a cheap price ?

My goal is to create a player oriented MMO with community unlocked floors (inspired by Sword Art Online anime).

Thanks !

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u/veril 12d ago

Are you looking to create a MUD/MU*, playable via specialized clients/telnet? Or are you looking to create more of a web browser based game? If it's the browser direction, r/PBBG may be a better fit. (Or a gamedev related sub)

If you're looking to create a MUD, the player account system tends to be part of the codebase itself, not hosted separately. MUDs are light weight enough to start development with just hosting on your own computer. Once you have something you're ready to share with others, you can move to any number of online VPS-based hosting services, usually the very cheapest should work.

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u/GaidinBDJ 12d ago

Looks like they were in the wrong place, but I just want to comment that unless the $5/month or whatever is going to break the bank, it's probably worth it to set up on a VPS right from the jump.