MUD Game Programming Book

Part I: The Basics 1. Introduction to Network Programming 2. Winsock/Berkeley Sockets Programming 3. Introduction to Multithreading 4. The Basic Library 5. The Socket Library 6. Telnet Protocol and A Simple Chat Server PART 2: Creating a Simple MUD 7. Designing the Simple MUD 8. Items and Players 9. Maps, Stores, and Training Rooms 10. Enemies, Combat, and the Game Loop PART 3: Creating a Better MUD 11. The Better MUD 12. Entities, Accessors, and Databases 13. Entities and Databases Continued 14. Scripts, Actions, Logic, Commands 15. Game Logic 16. The Networking System 17. Python 18. Making the Game Appendices A: Setting up your Compilers B: Socket Error Codes C: C++ Primer D: Template Primer