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
Midgaard/Mud School: kill, score, get-all, wear and flee fixes
2026-10-07
kill/attack/hit now finds people and things in the room (it was using player:match_object, which only searches your inventory), says "You attack X!", and says "You're already fighting X" if you are.
You heal over time
2026-10-06
People and creatures now recover from being hurt: about half of what you can take comes back per hour, so the bruises from a three-metre fall are gone in half an hour or so. Objects do not mend by themselves.
Todos keep their old numbers
2026-10-06
Correction to the entry about todo numbers: the 40 current todos are issues #1 to #40, the same numbers they had on the old todo list. Eight older completed entries follow as #41 to #48. Type @todo to see the list.
The world right now.
World activity and server details
Server time: Wed Oct 7 21:58:47 2026 UTC
Running ToastStunt 2.7.3_37
Time since reboot: 3 days, 1 hour, 22 minutes, and 34 seconds
Latest object ID: #149542
Web requests served: 2335201
Players online over the last day
Recorded counts ranged from 5 to 7 connected players. The latest reading was 5 at 2026-10-07 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 22:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-06 22:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-06 23:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-06 23:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 00:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 00:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 01:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 01:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-07 02:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-07 02:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 03:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 03:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 04:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 04:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 05:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 05:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 06:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 06:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 07:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 07:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 08:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 08:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 09:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 09:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 10:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 10:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 11:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 11:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 12:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 12:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 13:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 13:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 14:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 14:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 15:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 15:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 16:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-07 16:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 17:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 17:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 18:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 18:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 19:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 19:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-07 20:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 20:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 21:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-07 21:40 UTC | 5 |