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
Keep damage independent for each object
2026-10-14
Physical objects no longer inherit accumulated damage, heat damage, or wound state from their parent.
Verified native deployment notes synced and final gates recorded
2026-10-14
Checked the existing shared builder-guide preimage, synced updated notes/builder-tools.md and new recycled-waif-slot-deploy.md, and verified matching host/local hashes. Appended final root checkpoint with merged artifact/load/no-save pro...
Builder guide and deployment evidence updated
2026-10-14
Appended final verifier/root notes and updated notes/builder-tools.md plus recycled-waif-slot-deploy.md with PR8, staged host binary, fresh production load and remaining live restart/fixture/editor gates. Covers this manifest and receipt...
The world right now.
World activity and server details
Server time: Wed Oct 14 21:53:23 2026 UTC
Running ToastStunt 2.7.3_37
Time since reboot: 5 hours, 35 minutes, and 3 seconds
Latest object ID: #281600
Web requests served: 2389274
Players online over the last day
Recorded counts ranged from 1 to 14 connected players. The latest reading was 5 at 2026-10-14 21:40 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 22:00 UTC | 14 |
| 2026-10-13 22:40 UTC | 14 |
| 2026-10-13 23:00 UTC | 13 |
| 2026-10-13 23:40 UTC | 12 |
| 2026-10-14 00:00 UTC | 12 |
| 2026-10-14 00:40 UTC | 12 |
| 2026-10-14 01:00 UTC | 12 |
| 2026-10-14 01:40 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-14 02:00 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-14 02:40 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-14 03:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-14 03:40 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-14 04:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-14 04:40 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-14 05:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-14 05:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-14 06:40 UTC | 4 |
| 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 07:40 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 08:40 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 09:40 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 10:40 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 11:40 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 12:40 UTC | 1 |
| 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC | 1 |
| 2026-10-14 13:40 UTC | 1 |
| 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC | 1 |
| 2026-10-14 14:40 UTC | 1 |
| 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC | 2 |
| 2026-10-14 15:40 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 16:40 UTC | 3 |
| 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-14 17:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-14 18:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-14 19:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-14 20:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-14 20:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-14 21:40 UTC | 5 |