wld2html

Jeremy Elson
jelson@circlemud.org
Written circa 1993

(See http://www.circlemud.org/~jelson/software/wld2html.html for information)

wld2html was my first (and only) attempt to integrate MUDs with the
Web.  The program parses world-description file in DikuMUD format (a
.wld file) and emits a series of HTML pages that lets you "walk
around" in the world defined by the input file.  I converted Midgaard
as an example of how it works: http://www.circlemud.org/~jelson/dikutest/

Of course, this is a very long way away from actually having something
playable -- there is no interaction with the environment, no state
maintained, no way to communicate with other players or manipulate
objects, etc.  A serious attempt at a Web-playable MUD would require
extensive use of CGI software or a Java applet; of course, none of
that stuff was very popular when I wrote wld2html in 1993.

I find this area interesting.  Maybe someday I'll pick up again where
wld2html left off.