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
Room descriptions now go round the room in order
2026-11-03
In rooms with a floor layout, the list of furniture and other things in a room's description now goes round the room clockwise from the north wall: north wall, east, south, west, the corners in between, and last whatever stands in the mi...
Consoles and other built equipment no longer count as melted
2026-11-03
Some equipment made of several materials, such as the bridge consoles on the Nebulon-B proving ship, was being treated as liquid at room temperature and so showed as broken. A rounding slip when adding up the parts' shares meant a fully ...
Picking from a menu now works for look and other commands too
2026-11-03
The numbered "which one do you mean?" menu from changelog 1223 now also appears for commands that find their own target, such as look console. Pick a number and the command carries on with that item. Entry 1223 said look was not covered;...
The world right now.
World activity and server details
Server time: Tue Nov 3 17:58:03 2026 UTC
Running ToastStunt 2.7.3_37
Time since reboot: 5 days, 22 hours, 42 minutes, and 37 seconds
Latest object ID: #285925
Web requests served: 2659886
Players online over the last day
Recorded counts ranged from 5 to 10 connected players. The latest reading was 6 at 2026-11-03 17:40 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 18:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-02 18:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-02 19:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-02 19:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-02 20:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-11-02 20:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-11-02 21:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-11-02 21:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-02 22:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-02 22:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-11-02 23:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-11-02 23:40 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-11-03 00:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-11-03 00:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-11-03 01:00 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-11-03 01:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-11-03 02:00 UTC | 8 |
| 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC | 10 |
| 2026-11-03 03:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-11-03 03:40 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-11-03 04:00 UTC | 9 |
| 2026-11-03 04:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-11-03 05:00 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-11-03 05:40 UTC | 7 |
| 2026-11-03 06:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 06:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 07:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 07:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 08:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 08:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 09:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 09:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 10:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 10:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 11:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 11:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 12:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 12:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 13:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 13:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 14:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 14:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 15:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 15:40 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 16:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 16:40 UTC | 6 |
| 2026-11-03 17:00 UTC | 5 |
| 2026-11-03 17:40 UTC | 6 |