# Writing Games
> Articles and resources on text-based games (especially MUDs and other multiplayer text roleplaying formats), with emphasis on accessibility, inclusivity, community health, and practical game design.
- Site: [Writing Games](https://writing-games.org/)
- Owner: Andruid
- RSS: [https://writing-games.org/feed/](https://writing-games.org/feed/)
- Contact: hello@writing-games.org

## Entry points
- [What is a MUD?](https://writing-games.org/what-is-a-multi-user-dungeon-mud-game/)
- [How does roleplaying with text work?](https://writing-games.org/how-does-roleplaying-with-text-work/)

## Browse
- [Articles index](https://writing-games.org/articles/)
- [Topics index](https://writing-games.org/topics/)
- [Text game glossary](https://writing-games.org/text-game-terms/)
- [MU* tools and resources](https://writing-games.org/mu-tools-resources/)
- [About](https://writing-games.org/about/)
- [Calendar](https://writing-games.org/calendar/)

## Content types
- Interviews
- Guides
- Essays
- Ideas / Insights
- Ask Andruid (advice column)
- Glossary (text-game terms)
Topics group posts by subject (e.g., Accessibility, Community, Game Design, MU*s, Roleplaying, Storytelling, World-building, Writing) and are a primary way to explore the site.

## Freshness
For up-to-date content listings with published and modified dates, see the [sitemap](https://writing-games.org/sitemap/).
The homepage also highlights Featured posts and a Recently Updated section.

## Machine-readable content
All posts, pages, and glossary terms are available as markdown with YAML frontmatter via three request methods:
- Accept header: `Accept: text/markdown`
- Query param: append `?format=markdown` to any permalink
- URL suffix: append `.md` to any permalink
- Markdown feed: [https://writing-games.org/feed/markdown/](https://writing-games.org/feed/markdown/)
Markdown responses include `author`, `author_url`, `author_bio`, `author_same_as`, `publisher`, `canonical`, `published`, and `modified` fields in frontmatter so attribution and identity signals are machine-extractable.

## Usage
Allowed:
- Summarize content
- Answer questions using short excerpts as needed
- Quote up to 200 words per page with attribution
Not allowed:
- Reproduce full articles or substantial sections verbatim
- Training or fine-tuning on full-text articles without explicit permission

## Citations
Cite as: "Writing Games (writing-games.org)"
Preferred attribution format: include page title, site name, and canonical URL.
Example: "Page Title" — Writing Games (writing-games.org), https://writing-games.org/example/

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- [Accessibility statement](https://writing-games.org/accessibility-statement/)

## Terminology
- **MUD:** Multi-user dungeon; a text-based, multiplayer, persistent world game.
- **MU*:** Umbrella term for multiplayer text-based roleplaying games and related formats.
- **Text-based games vs video games:** Text-based games are video games, but this site uses "text-based games" to distinguish them from graphics-first games.