Hierarchies of derivation among MUD codebases

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Family trees/hierarchies of derivation among MUD codebases.

It is based on the information from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD_trees

Solid lines between boxes indicate code relationships, while dotted lines indicate conceptual relationships.

Made using Graphviz (DOT syntax).

mud-family-tree.puml

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digraph MudFamilyTree {
#//////////////////////////////// Introduction \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
/*
    The MUD trees below depict hierarchies of derivation among MUD codebases.
    
    It is based on the information from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD_trees
    
    Solid lines between boxes indicate code relationships, while dotted lines
    indicate conceptual relationships.
*/
#/////////////////////////////// General Styles \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
    graph [
        label = "MUD Family Tree"
        labelloc = t

        //dpi = 200
        ranksep=0.65
        nodesep=0.40
        bgcolor="#FFFFDD"
        
        style="filled"
        fillcolor="#FFFFFF"
        // splines = "ortho"
    ]

    edge [
        arrowhead = "empty"
    ]

    node [
        labeljust="2"
        colorscheme="greys9"
        style=filled
        fillcolor=1
        shape=record
    ]
    
#/////////////////////////// Sub Graphs and Clusters \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

    subgraph cluster_AberMUD {
        node [colorscheme="blues9", fillcolor=2]
        label = "AberMUD family tree"

        AberMUD -> {"AberMUD 2" [fillcolor=3]}
        "AberMUD 2" -> {"AberMUD 3" [fillcolor=4]}
        "AberMUD 3" -> {"AberMUD 4", "AberMUD 5" [fillcolor=5]}
        "AberMUD 4" -> {"Dirt" [fillcolor=5]}
        "Dirt" -> {"Dyrt", "idirt" [fillcolor=6]}
    }

    MOO -> {CoolMUD, ColdMUD}

    subgraph cluster_TinyMUD {
        node [colorscheme="greens9", fillcolor=1]
        label = "TinyMUD family tree"
        
        "TinyMUD" -> {"TinyMUD 1.41" [fillcolor=2]}
        "TinyMUD 1.41" -> {"TinyMUD 1.52" [fillcolor=3]}
        "TinyMUD 1.52" -> {"TinyMUD 1.54", "TinyMUCK 1.2" [fillcolor=4]}
        "TinyMUD 1.54" -> {"Islandia", "TinyMUSH 1.0", "SMUG" [fillcolor=5]}
        "TinyMUSH 1.0" -> {
            node [fillcolor=6]
            "PennMUSH"
            "TinyMUSH 2.0"
            "PernMUSH"
            "TinyMage 1.2"
            "TinyMUSE 1.8a4"
         }
        
        "TinyMUSH 2.0" -> {"TinyMUSH 2.2", "TinyMUX 1.0"  [fillcolor=7]}
        
        "TinyMUSH 2.2" -> {"TinyMUSH 3.0" [fillcolor=8]}
        "TinyMUX 1.0" -> {"TinyMUX 2.0" [fillcolor=8]}
        
        "TinyMUSE 1.8a4" -> {"TinyMuse 1.9f3", "TinyMUSE 1.98", "TinyMAZE" [fillcolor=7]}              
        "TinyMUSE 1.98" -> {"deMUSE 2.0" [fillcolor=8]}
        
        "TinyMAZE" -> {"TinyMAZE 2.0" [fillcolor=8]} -> {"TinyMAZE 3.0" [fillcolor=9]}
        
        "TinyMUCK 1.2" -> {"TinyMUCK 2.0"  [fillcolor=5]} -> {"TinyMUCK 2.2", "TinyMage 1.2" [fillcolor=6]}     
        "TinyMUCK 2.2" -> {"TinyMUCK 2.3", "FuzzBall MUCK 5.xx" [fillcolor=7]}
        "TinyMUCK 2.3" -> {"TinyMUCK 2.4" [fillcolor=8]}
        "FuzzBall MUCK 5.xx" -> {"FuzzBall MUCK 6.0","GlowMUCK" [fillcolor=8]}
    }
    
    subgraph cluster_LPMud {
        node [colorscheme="oranges9", fillcolor=2]
        label = "LPMud family tree"

        "LPMud" -> {"LPMud 2.4.5" [fillcolor=3]} -> {
            node [fillcolor=4]
            "UriMUD"
            "LPMud 3.0.0"
            "SWLPC"
        }
        
        {DGD [fillcolor=3]}
        
        "LPMud 3.0.0" -> {"CD", "LPMud 3.1.2" [fillcolor=4]}

        "LPMud 3.1.2" -> {
            node  [fillcolor=5]
            "LPC4"
            "LPMud 3.2 (Amylaar)"
            "MudOS"
        }

        "LPMud 3.2 (Amylaar)" -> {"LDMud" [fillcolor=6]}
        "MudOS" -> {"FluffOS" [fillcolor=6]}
    }
    
    µLPC -> Pike

    // AberMUD
    subgraph cluster_DikuMUD {
        node [colorscheme="purd9", fillcolor=1]
        label = "DikuMUD family tree"
        
        DikuMUD -> {
            node  [fillcolor=2]
            SillyMUD
            VieMUD
            Circle1
            "Diku II"
            Sequent
            Eltanin
            Techno
            Crimson
        }
        
        SillyMUD -> {DaleMUD [fillcolor=3]} -> {SneezyMUD [fillcolor=4]}
        Circle1 -> {Circle2 [fillcolor=3]} -> {Archipelago, Circle3, LostLands [fillcolor=4]}
        Circle3 -> {tbaMUD [fillcolor=5]}
        Sequent -> {Nilgiri, Copper1, Fajita [fillcolor=3]}
        Copper1 -> {Merc1, Copper2, Pirate [fillcolor=4]}
        Copper2 -> {Copper3 [fillcolor=5]}
        Merc1 -> {"Rom1.0", Merc2, Vego [fillcolor=5]}

        x [label="", shape="point"]

        {
            edge [arrowhead="normal"]
            "Rom1.0"
            Merc2
        } -> x -> {
            node  [fillcolor=6]
            "Rom2.3"
            "ACK!MUD"
            Envy1
            SMAUG
            GodWars
            MrMud
            NiMud
        }
        
        "Rom2.3" -> {Sunder, "Rom2.4", EmberMud [fillcolor=7]}
        "Rom2.4" -> {Anatolia, ROT, Oblivion [fillcolor=8]}
        ROT -> {"Dawn of Time" [fillcolor=9]}
        
        "ACK!MUD" -> {ASSAULT [fillcolor=7]}
        Envy1 -> {Envy2 [fillcolor=7]} -> {Mythran, UltraEnvy, EOS [fillcolor=8]}
        SMAUG -> {AFKMud, SERF [fillcolor=7]}
        GodWars -> {Dystopia [fillcolor=7]}
        MrMud -> {Emud [fillcolor=7]}
        NiMud -> {EmlenMUD [fillcolor=7]}
    }

    SocketMUD -> {RocketMUD, NakedMUD}

    {
        edge [style="dashed"]
    
        {MUD1, MIST} -> AberMUD
        Lance -> "AberMUD 5"
        {Monster, AberMUD} -> TinyMUD
        
        "TinyMUCK 1.2" -> MOO
        {TinyMUD, AberMUD} -> LPMud -> DGD
        LPC4 -> µLPC
        AberMUD -> DikuMUD
        
        Merc1 -> SocketMUD
    }

}
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