MUDRammer and Other iOS MUD Clients

By Kelly, 30 May, 2025

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iOS and iPadOS Gaming

Hello all,
This is probably old news to some of you, but MUDRammer is no longer available for download on the app store. If you already have it installed on your device, it will continue to run as normal, but obtaining a new copy from the app store is no longer possible.
To my knowledge, MUDRammer was the only accessible, dedicated MUD client for iOS. That being said, I have heard of people using Linux emulators like iSH to run TinTin++ on their iOS devices. There is thorough documentation available for anyone who wants to try that: https://tintin.mudhalla.net/install.php#iOS
However, TinTin++, and Linux in general, pose a steep learning curve to those unfamiliar with or intimidated by terminal-style interfaces.
I did some searching today, and I found a GitHub repository for MUDRammer. It appears that the project is open-source and under the MIT license, but the page has a note from the original developer requesting that no one submit their own version of MUDRammer to the app store.
This situation seems similar to what happened with Microsoft Soundscapes, when the project was open-sourced and others produced derivatives like VoiceVista, but in this case, the developer does not want any such derivatives officially released.
I haven't looked too deeply into this yet, and I don't have much experience with the relevant tools, but if one was to clone the Git repository and use XCode to place a test copy of the app on their own iOS device, I wonder if the app would run as it used to.
If anyone feels like experimenting, here is the link to the page I found: https://github.com/splinesoft/MUDRammer
Also, does anyone know of an accessible iOS MUD client that's still widely available? I tried Nexus, but I found it to be full of unlabelled elements and nearly unusable. Apps are preferred, but I would also be open to trying accessible Web clients that can be used through Safari.
Thanks for any input!

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By Blake Oliver on Saturday, May 31, 2025 - 00:17

I started half-writing, half-vibe-coding one from scratch a few days ago. A modern modern MUD client for iOS and MacOS, or something.
Names are hard, and I ended up with MUDslide (everything else is taken!).
I plan on the more advanced features you might be used to from other clients (triggers, aliases, scripting if I can, sounds), but for now I'm starting out building up the basics, focusing on iOS first.
I've made an applevis group in my testflight with 50 slots, and as soon as app review gets done with build 9 there should be something for you to test (sorry about the dialog in the meantime if it says we aren't accepting testers).

Enjoy, and spread the word if you like it!

https://testflight.apple.com/join/QTk6bC3B

By Kelly on Sunday, June 1, 2025 - 01:50

I am excited to test your client, and I actually happen to like the name. Non-copyrighted mud puns are in very short supply.
For the moment, TestFlight says the app is not accepting new testers, but I'll give it a few days and try again.
Thanks for working on this! I didn't realize iOS MUD clients were in such short supply until MUDRammer died. It's great to see that changing.

By Blake Oliver on Sunday, June 1, 2025 - 17:03

Ok, build finally approved by Apple!
The link should be open now.

Thanks re: name.
Enjoy!

By gunners vb on Monday, June 2, 2025 - 04:47

Hey, thank you so so much for doing this. I've gotten it and is so excited to use it.

Just two initial comments. Right now, the text field collapses every time you enter a command and hit enter. I think it should remain open. Also the client wouldn't let me send a blank command with the enter. I think you can do that with the old Mudrammer as well.

Again, thanks so much for doing this and I'm looking forward to the full version.

By Jimmy V on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 - 21:18

Are you planning on making a Mac version? Keep up the good work.

By Jimmy V on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - 10:46

I just started testing mudslide yesterday on IOS . It’s an awesome client! I would love to see an option to not interrupt speech when new text comes in from the world. That would be helpful for some people, especially if they are listening to details for a quest for example. Keep up the wonderful work.

By gunners vb on Sunday, June 8, 2025 - 14:46

Hey there, since I couldn't find any contact info or feedback button on the app, here's another thing for you. THe VO auto speak just wants to go really fast and it would always jumps to the set prompt. For example if I have a hp prompt and I type l or look, VO would only get through about 4 words of the room before it jumps to my hp.

Thanks so much.