Guides and help
Find your first steps, understand your character, or set up the way you play.
Play on BrowserNo download — the game runs in your browser.
What would you like to do?
Build & contribute
Fantasy Worldbuilding With Real Players In It
What you build in Icesus Creator, how it compares to wikis and map makers, and the honest path to an approved area.
How to Build a Game World
Design areas, NPCs, quests and stories for a living world with a real audience, instead of an empty solo project.
How to Make a MUD
World design, MUD programming and engine choice, hosting, and the hardest part: finding players.
Clients
MUD Clients for Icesus
Start in the browser, then move to Mudlet or another desktop client when you want more control.
Best MUD Clients in 2026
Mudlet, Blightmud, TinTin++, TinyFugue, MUSHclient and browser clients compared honestly — all free.
Icesus Mudlet Package
Official drop-in HUD: vitals, EXP, casting, cooldowns, an enemy panel, and channels. One install, no triggers.
Mudlet Setup
Install Mudlet, connect to Icesus, choose readable settings, enable logging, and keep your first profile clean.
Icesus Mudlet Triggers
Safe trigger sets for Icesus roles: highlights, party tools, crafting, bot rules, and why momentums stay manual.
Icesus Mudlet GMCP
Use Icesus GMCP for vitals, rooms, party grids, casting, cooldowns, screen reader mode, and manual momentum UI.
TinTin++ Setup
Terminal-native Icesus setup with split-screen input, UTF-8, autoconnect, auto-reconnect, and a working config.
TinyFugue Setup
Classic TF5 setup for Icesus with visual mode, worlds, hooks, UTF-8-friendly settings, and reconnect behavior.
Blightmud Setup
Modern Rust terminal client for Icesus with Lua triggers, timers, keybinds, server aliases, and GMCP status output.
MUSHclient Setup
Windows classic. World setup, automatic 256-colour output, and the UTF-8 plugin that makes Finnish characters work both ways.
zMUD and CMUD Setup
Legacy Windows clients, still supported. Terminal type, screen width, and the ASCII transliteration Icesus applies for them.
More about text games
What Is a Multi-User Dungeon?
MUD games explained: what a multi-user dungeon is, how it works, the history and types, and how to start playing one free.
How to Play a MUD
Start with Quick Start and Alice’s new tutorial. Follow the road to Vaerlon, learn the essential commands, and save your first adventure.
Play an Online RPG in Your Browser
Free, no download. What the browser client gives you, your first five minutes, and when to move to a desktop client.
Online Text-Based RPG Games
What makes a text RPG different from CYOA, interactive fiction, and graphical RPGs, with Icesus as a persistent example.
Best Free MUDs
Six free MUDs compared on what matters: world depth, active development and community — and how each one starts free in your browser.
Best Browser MUDs
Six MUDs you can play in your browser with no download, what each is best for, and how to start.