MongooseThere's a cow
in the lab.
Explore a living text world shaped by the people in it. Meet friends and build something of your own.
You type commands. People answer. Sometimes the furniture does, too.
The client runs in your browser. You can visit as a guest.
> look
[glorp's Lab]
A compact, cluttered workspace.
A benchmark cow is near the north wall.
> say hello
You say, "hello."A few doors to try.
See who's here
A list of connected players, plus people's homepages.
Read something
Books written here, and public mailing lists for the longer conversations.
Look under the hood
Browse objects and public MOO code. There's command help and a project task list (login required).
Keep up with people elsewhere
Use
@fedito follow and read ActivityPub and Bluesky feeds from inside Mongoose.
What's new
Quests have arrived
2026-10-13
The game can now keep track of quests. Type QUESTS to see the ones you have taken and any offered where you are standing, QUEST <name> to read one, QUEST ACCEPT <name> to take it and QUEST ABANDON <name> to drop it. Your progress is coun...
Preserved the existing chunk placement record path
2026-10-13
The existing placement-record verb has been restored to its original body. Recording sockets is handled by new command helpers, preserving the cost and behavior of legacy placement calls.
Preserved native chunk allocation costs
2026-10-13
The chunk allocator has been restored to its original quota-aware creation path after a proposed replacement increased its tick cost from 228 to 1525 on the same work.
The world right now.
World activity and server details
Server time: Tue Oct 13 11:28:43 2026 UTC
Running ToastStunt 2.7.3_37
Time since reboot: 2 days, 11 hours, 44 minutes, and 3 seconds
Latest object ID: #281105
Web requests served: 2377087
Players online over the last day
Recorded counts ranged from 3 to 19 connected players. The latest reading was 6 at 2026-10-13 11:00 UTC.
Each reading is the highest connected-player count observed in a 20-minute collection window, excluding network-link accounts. Gaps mean no reading was recorded.
Read player counts as a table
| Collection window starts | Connected players |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 11:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 12:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 12:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 13:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 13:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 14:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 14:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 15:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 15:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 16:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 16:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-12 17:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 17:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 18:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 18:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 19:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 19:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-12 20:00 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-12 20:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-12 21:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-12 21:40 UTC | 13 |
| 2026-10-12 22:00 UTC | 19 |
| 2026-10-12 22:40 UTC | 17 |
| 2026-10-12 23:00 UTC | 12 |
| 2026-10-12 23:40 UTC | 12 |
| 2026-10-13 00:00 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-13 00:40 UTC | 12 |
| 2026-10-13 01:00 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-13 01:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-13 02:00 UTC | 15 |
| 2026-10-13 02:40 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-13 03:00 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-13 03:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-13 04:00 UTC | 12 |
| 2026-10-13 04:40 UTC | 13 |
| 2026-10-13 05:00 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-13 05:40 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-13 06:00 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-13 06:40 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-13 07:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-13 07:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 08:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 08:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 09:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 09:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 10:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 10:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-13 11:00 UTC | 6 |