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
New ships: things answer to their plain names, and lifts can be told apart
2026-10-10
On the Corellian corvette and the six new small craft, consoles, chairs, lockers and other fittings now answer to their plain names: 'man flight console' works, where before you had to type 'man a flight console'.
Second scroll or wand at a target works again
2026-10-10
Since this morning, 'recite second scroll at guard' and 'zap second wand at guard' answered that they did not know which one you meant. Naming the second (or third) of several scrolls or wands together with a target works again.
Forges: armour and hand weapons you make yourself
2026-10-10
There is an induction forge in the Nova's Engineering Lab and in the corvette's Machine Shop. Put metal on it and type 'patterns forge' to see what it can make and what each thing needs: breastplate, helmet, greaves, vambraces, gauntlets...
The world right now.
World activity and server details
Server time: Sat Oct 10 22:01:22 2026 UTC
Running ToastStunt 2.7.3_37
Time since reboot: 6 days, 1 hour, 25 minutes, and 9 seconds
Latest object ID: #257804
Web requests served: 2356090
Players online over the last day
Recorded counts ranged from 5 to 21 connected players. The latest reading was 6 at 2026-10-10 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 22:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-09 23:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-09 23:40 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-10 00:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-10 00:40 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-10 01:00 UTC | 14 |
| 2026-10-10 01:40 UTC | 18 |
| 2026-10-10 02:00 UTC | 20 |
| 2026-10-10 02:40 UTC | 21 |
| 2026-10-10 03:00 UTC | 21 |
| 2026-10-10 03:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-10 04:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-10 04:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-10 05:00 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-10 05:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-10 06:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-10 06:40 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-10 07:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-10 07:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-10 08:00 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-10 08:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-10 09:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-10 09:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-10 10:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-10 10:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-10 11:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-10 11:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-10 12:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-10 12:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-10 13:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-10 13:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-10 14:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-10 14:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-10 15:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-10 15:40 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-10-10 16:00 UTC | 13 |
| 2026-10-10 16:40 UTC | 13 |
| 2026-10-10 17:00 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-10 17:40 UTC | 13 |
| 2026-10-10 18:00 UTC | 11 |
| 2026-10-10 18:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-10 19:00 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-10-10 19:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-10-10 20:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-10-10 20:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-10-10 21:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-10-10 21:40 UTC | 6 |