Dystopia 2.0 - Historical God Wars Derived Codebase

About this resource

Dystopia 2.0 is Brian Graversen’s later God Wars-derived codebase. The archive contains 501 files, including C source and headers, 24 area files, separate help files, class-evolution documentation, quest and event-system notes, MXP documentation, an integrated web server, and example PHP pages. The README identifies unfinished third-level class evolutions and remaining development tasks.

License and permission warning

Permission warning: the bundled March 1998 God Wars license requires Richard Woolcock’s express permission to run, distribute, or make the source available. This review did not establish that permission for these copies. Public archive availability is not evidence of authorization. Read all bundled DikuMUD, Merc, God Wars, Dystopia, and component terms before use or redistribution. Dystopia requires preserved copyright notices and help text, notification to its author when starting a server, and inclusion of its license with derivatives. The social editor also has attribution and notification conditions. Do not assume later DikuMUD relicensing automatically covers these derivatives. This listing and private staging grant no permission or license.

Compatibility and completeness warning

Despite the filename dystopia-2.0.tar.gz, this exact archive is an uncompressed TAR file, not gzip. Use an archive tool that detects the actual format; forcing gzip decompression will fail. The original build notes describe GCC 3.3.6 and Slackware Linux 10.2, with additional GCC 3.3.2 and 4.0.2 testing. Those historical notes do not establish compatibility with current systems. The integrated web server uses the game port plus one; review or disable it before deployment and do not expose old PHP examples without auditing them. The inspected accounts, deleted-account, whois, log, notes, votes, and kingdoms directories are empty. Mudhaven has not compiled, boot-tested, or security-audited this package.

Archived download provenance

Preserved in Internet Archive’s MUD collection APR 2024. The linked archive was downloaded and matched the reviewed local original by SHA-256 on October 18, 2026. The archive bytes are unchanged. This is an archival mirror, not a current official release site.

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Attribution stays with the work.

License

Diku/Merc/God Wars/Dystopia terms; express permission requirement

Original Author

Brian Graversen; God Wars, Merc, DikuMUD, and component contributors

Credits

Dystopia: Brian Graversen. God Wars: Richard Woolcock (KaVir). Merc: Michael Chastain, Michael Quan, and Mitchell Tse. Original DikuMUD: Sebastian Hammer, Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik Staerfeldt, Tom Madsen, and Katja Nyboe. Social editor: Erwin S. Andreasen. Preserve all original source notices, help credits, and contributor and area attribution. The bundled Dcredits help also thanks Willaz, Antibody, Rand, Nyria, and Jatr for areas, Mandrax for crash recovery, and Dingo for the automap core. Build documentation credits Mister for Makefile and Cygwin assistance. Permission warning: the bundled March 1998 God Wars license requires Richard Woolcock’s express permission to run, distribute, or make the source available. This review did not establish that permission for these copies. Public archive availability is not evidence of authorization. Read all bundled DikuMUD, Merc, God Wars, Dystopia, and component terms before use or redistribution. Dystopia requires preserved copyright notices and help text, notification to its author when starting a server, and inclusion of its license with derivatives. The social editor also has attribution and notification conditions. Do not assume later DikuMUD relicensing automatically covers these derivatives. This listing grants no permission or license.

Download integrity

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