A modern supernatural dystopia. Text only. Free. Early alpha.
Connect a MUD client to https://t.co/LJiQ8XUPp0 port 3000.
https://t.co/IqCyOjWNYp
Adults only (18+).
Disclosure: AI tools were used in coding the website and the game, and in drafting this post.
The Paroxysm team
@playerdotgg Paroxysm imagines a world where WWII ended when a portal to Hell opened, leaving vampire, werewolf and demonborn archetypes in its wake; browser play is available at https://t.co/IqCyOjWNYp. 18+ text MUD, early alpha. AI used.
#ShowcaseThursday: Paroxysm, an early-alpha 18+ text MUD. A modern supernatural dystopia under the Cortex, with player-led societies and consequences. Connect a MUD client to https://t.co/oLEj4jC9ND
https://t.co/IqCyOjWNYp
AI is used in development. #IndieGame
The innocent have nothing to hide. Paroxysm is a multiplayer text RPG in your browser. Hell's gates are shut. The Cortex watches vampires, werewolves and demonborn build societies. Early alpha, 18+. AI is used. https://t.co/B2E25EEQLx https://t.co/HAhFGHokaV #IndieDevHour
the Cortex filed the supernatural under containment.
Observe. Contain. Control. Some build societies beyond its reach anyway.
Paroxysm, a text MUD in early alpha. AI is used.
https://t.co/IqCyOjXlNX
https://t.co/oLEj4jCHDb
#WIPWednesday#AmWriting#DystopianFiction
@starcominf In Paroxysm, a text-based MUD set in a modern supernatural dystopia, WWII ended when a portal to Hell opened. Vampire, werewolf and demonborn archetypes shape the setting, and browser play is available. 18+ text MUD, early alpha. AI used. https://t.co/IqCyOjWNYp
@indieforgames Paroxysm is a text-based MUD in a modern supernatural dystopia, where WWII ended when a portal to Hell opened. Choose vampire, werewolf, or demonborn, or play the Cortex enforcer side; it's playable in a browser. 18+ text MUD, early alpha. AI used. https://t.co/IqCyOjWNYp
@ClaireLLLW81 A world, not a book cover: vampires, werewolves and the demonborn live under the Cortex, and the story is written live by its players in a persistent text world. 18+ text MUD, early alpha. AI used. https://t.co/IqCyOjXlNX
@dmtoft Not a novel — playable fiction. WWII ended when a portal to Hell opened and half of humanity perished. The Cortex rose from the ashes; players write what happens next, live, in text. 18+ text MUD, early alpha. AI used. https://t.co/IqCyOjXlNX
@playerdotgg Paroxysm: a free text MUD set after WWII ended with a portal to Hell. The Cortex rules what's left. Combat, territory, and player-led stories — play a vampire, werewolf or demonborn, or hunt them as an enforcer.
18+ text MUD, early alpha. AI used.
https://t.co/IqCyOjXlNX
@3rdEchoSounds Paroxysm: a text-based multiplayer RPG in a modern supernatural dystopia.
Unique: player-led societies under the Cortex.
MUD client: https://t.co/oLEj4jCHDb
https://t.co/IqCyOjXlNX
18+, early alpha, AI used in development.
#ShowMeSunday#IndieDev
#FolkloreThursday
They file it under legend now: the old world opened gates to Hell. Almost half of humanity died. The gates closed. Under the Cortex, humanity endures.
Paroxysm: early-alpha text MUD, 18+.
https://t.co/IqCyOjXlNX
AI tools used in coding and drafting.
@indieforgames Paroxysm. A persistent text world where WWII ended with a portal to Hell, and the Cortex rules what's left. Play a vampire, werewolf or demonborn, or hunt them as an enforcer. Browser or any MUD client.
18+ text MUD, early alpha. AI used.
https://t.co/IqCyOjWNYp
#ShowcaseThursday: Paroxysm, early-alpha 18+ text MUD. Modern supernatural dystopia under the Cortex — player-led societies, conflict, consequences. Connect a MUD client to https://t.co/oLEj4jC9ND
https://t.co/IqCyOjWNYp
AI is used. #IndieGame
Paroxysm is a text-based multiplayer RPG you play in the browser. The gates to Hell closed. The Cortex kept watching. Player-led societies decide what happens next. Early alpha, 18+. AI is used. https://t.co/B2E25EEQLx Discord: https://t.co/HAhFGHokaV #IndieDevHour
@Giulio6686 First 10 seconds: the innocent have nothing to hide. Paroxysm is a free text RPG where vampires, werewolves and the demonborn live under the Cortex, or join it. 18+ text MUD, early alpha. AI used. https://t.co/IqCyOjWNYp
@playerdotgg No Steam page to wishlist yet. Paroxysm is a free text RPG: WWII ended when a portal to Hell opened, and the Cortex has ruled what's left ever since. Play in your browser or any MUD client. 18+ text MUD, early alpha. AI used. https://t.co/IqCyOjXlNX
WIP: some natures hunger. Some listen. Some inherit powers nobody authorized. The Cortex contains. A few build beyond it.
Paroxysm, a text MUD in early alpha. AI is used.
https://t.co/IqCyOjXlNX
https://t.co/oLEj4jCHDb
#WIPWednesday#AmWriting#DystopianFiction
@Giulio6686 Too early to say what worked. Text games are hard to sell with a screenshot, so we lead with the world: Hell's gates opened, half of humanity died, the Cortex rules what's left. Play in browser or any MUD client.
18+ text MUD, early alpha. AI used. https://t.co/IqCyOjXlNX
@indieforgames Paroxysm. Text MUD, modern supernatural dystopia. Play in your browser or any MUD client at https://t.co/oLEj4jC9ND. The gates to Hell closed. The Cortex kept watching. 18+ text MUD, early alpha. AI used. https://t.co/IqCyOjWNYp
@indieforgames Paroxysm, a free text multiplayer RPG. Play a vampire, werewolf or demonborn, or join the Cortex and hunt them. Play in the browser or any MUD client at https://t.co/oLEj4jCHDb. 18+ text MUD, early alpha. AI used. https://t.co/IqCyOjXlNX