Teaching my kid to code with a modern MUD

comment section is quite critical/harsh? for no good reason?

I think this is an awesome project for them both. And it's totally understandable to use an LLM for the base project as it's a 'fun' thing from the read. it doesn't look like it's trying to compete with anything....

The kid can learn within an environment created by parent, so they can also collaborate on improving that environment, while the kid also has their own learning _within_ that environment.

This seems like a wonderfully geeky adventure to go on if ur kid enjoys it :D love it. hope it will spark some cool interactions between them and make some epic memories :)

Also, maybe people forget how it was like back in the day.

I am not _too_ old - pentium 1 was my first PC. I learned making games in PASCAL, QBASIC and later custom C implementations that came with like 'gamemaker ' CDs etc. this was all very complicated to learn at a young age... Had to get many books and things (no internet!) at the PC shop to try and get my head around it. Never quite did until much later in my life!

Sure things like Scratch exists, but this beauty of this one is that this one is _theirs_. Surely we can recognize the enjoyment that might bring to a parent and kids' lives? Learning is a bonus! Not everything is about being technically the best of the best -_- stop being Marines at everyhting. We're not at war with eachother over who writes the best code.

Good use of LLM technology to make a project in my mind. props!

It's nice to see my old MUD is still online, and my account is still there, 30 years later!:)

https://gatewaymud.org/

The Yoink used in the end was a word/action I first came across in Ultima Online when players would yoink steal an item from another players backpack.

Curious if that’s coincidence or if players of UO brought that over most likely from MUDs.

I loved MUDs as a kid, and really do miss the sense of immersion and depth that came from joining a long established server and just exploring.

A MUD got me into programming, just wanted to make one myself. I was too young then. Now that I’m “grown”, every five years I feel like the kids these days have so many tools to make it easier or at least more knowable.

Also, that ASCII art(or pixel art?) as the header looks serene. Any tips/rabbit holes on achieving that art style?

Sounds like an ad disguised as an article.

I honestly think the child would be far better served with Scratch rather than some half-assed adventure writing language (having created several such languages myself).

Edit: To clarify, the languages I created were also half-assed - it's very difficult to create a good one.

Wow, using legit computer lore in the first 95% of the article and then admitting LLM at the end.

Kiddo is not creating anything, that's a delusion.