Here goes my first post on Lemmy ever…
Does anyone remember FurryMUCK and Furcadia? They were some of the earliest furry themed exploration games out there and I sank hours into each one back in the day. My furry friend circle overlapped with Dr Cat, the creator of Furcadia and his apartment was once the epicenter of the fandom in central Texas. I really do miss those times - lots of extremely talented, friendly, and weird-in-a-good-way folks gathered there. It was a giant brain trust of people that once worked at Origin Systems on games like Ultima and Wing Commander.
In cleaning up some stale directories on my homelab I ran across the last archive of my old Furcadia character which led me down the proverbial rabbit hole. It turns out the game still exists and I think I might rejoin again.
Anyone else have memories playing these or similar furry games? Got any modern ones you like today?
I played Furcadia in highschool after hearing aboit it from a GM in Ultima Online that showed up to handle a report I made and we ended up talking for like 45 minutes about random shit. 🤣
Peanut gallery from browsing fediverse all, but the mmo champions online was kept afloat (and might still be) by a combination of furries, superhero fans, and fans of odd ip that wanted an outlet because of its costuming. Furries were the largest group to so Im guessing over half.
So I can’t answer your question, but I started to check out Furcadia as a result of seeing this post. My question is, are there like, game elements? I am not outgoing enough to really use something that is just a chat room, I need it to be, like, gamified somehow to give me an incentive to communicate.
Individual users could create “Dreams” within Furcadia. These dreams could be customized as hang-out spaces, or recreations of books or other stories, or simple games. I’ve never played Roblox, but my understanding is that it’s something similar. The base “game” doesn’t have gameified elements, but you use it as a platform to create what you want, including (mini)-games. Though, it’s much more limited.
Mostly, it was used to host roleplays that were real time like a chat room, rather than long form like in a forum.
That’s the gist of it. Furcadia was an early world-building game that provided the tools for users to expand the map with public and private spaces to socialize and roleplay in. There are some simple minigames throughout but not defined questlines nor goals to perform. Users are free to create their own though. The focus is very much on cozy spaces to hang out with friends in virtual space.
I checked last night and there were 460 “furres” logged in. So it’s still a thing albeit niche.
I spent so many hours in Furcadia back in the day, and fell asleep mid-roleplay or conversation more times than I’d like to admit… (From staying up too late)
