I've seen a ton of love for LoRD over the years and lots of vibe code projects surrounding it as well as "legitimate" code done to recreate a game we all loved.
Land of Devastation was another game I genuinely loved in the 90s including mods made by my friend who was a sysop of our tiny town's BBS.
I've dabbled off and on for years on my own version of the game but ultimately with everything as it is I decided to ride the vibe myself and have done a lot of working building a web port. I'm focused on little things that matter to me but probably not to others.
I need help/guidance/feedback cleaning up more areas and implementing some improvements. The goal is for the game to play in a browser window (on desktop at this point) and feel natural for either keyboard or mouse use.
The spirit of the game and the visuals are intact but the game is being expanded (I made the map much larger and am slowly editing the topography).
I have expanded the Puritron a bit and changed the way it works so that you are on your own solo quest and that every time you fight the new final boss (The Baker) you restart into a slightly harder version of the game for yourself giving you a bit of a legacy feel.
PVP is something I have yet to decide on how I want to implement but there needs to be something.
I am looking for some people who want testing access. I know this could be a waste of your time or maybe it's a nice trip through nostalgia land.
If you'd like access drop a comment below and then I'll shoot you a message with some info on how to get on.
I believe I can also make this function as an accessible door game through BBSes later or even direct telnet to it. submitted by /u/terriblelyesoap [link] [comments]