Second Life vs Mud Portal

Second Life - Social Virtual World & Avatar App Now available to all users! Meet new people and chat with friends from around the world in thousands of exciting community-created 3D spaces with Second Life, the pioneering virtual world - now on mobile! Whether you’re at home or on the go, you'll never run out of places to explore and people to meet. With the Second Life app, you can: * See your avatar & edit appearance by changing outfits * Explore a virtual world of fashion, clubs, art, and roleplaying via the Destination Guide, mobile showcase, own favorites * Interact with the world through avatar movement (walk, run, fly, sit, stand) and object interactions (touch, sit) - or park your avatar and explore via flycam * Enjoy streaming audio at virtual clubs * Socialize and stay connected (nearby chat, group chat, IM, group notices, find contacts, inspect profiles) Second Life is always wonderful, sometimes weird, and 100% wow-worthy.

Mud Portal is a full-featured MUD client for iPhone — connect to any text-based multiplayer world with desktop-class power and screen-reader-first design. ACCESSIBILITY FIRST - VoiceOver: every control labeled; long text reads in order, title first; gag triggers silence spam for VoiceOver too - Bluetooth/hardware keyboard: Up/Down recalls history CONNECT & PLAY - Full Telnet, 16-/256-color ANSI, optional TLS and MCCP2 compression - Multiple simultaneous sessions with tab switching; reconnects automatically if the network blips - GMCP support — vitals, room tracking, quest data QUEST TRACKER - For GMCP MUDs that send quest data: a live panel tracks your current objective and up to three active quests with progress bars AUTOCORRECT & PROTECTED WORDS - Optional keyboard autocorrect and auto-capitalize for the command bar — both off by default, so no one's typing changes without asking - A Protected Words list keeps invented names, places, and commands safe from correction QUICK COMMAND GROUPS - Named, colored groups — always-expanded or tap-to-open, per-button color overrides, flip buttons that alternate two commands DISCOVER MUD DIRECTORY - Browse a curated, live MUD directory — filter by genre or screen-reader-friendliness, sort A-Z/Z-A, add with a tap; a colored dot shows recent reachability - Submit a MUD, or report one inactive, right from the app LOCK SCREEN & DYNAMIC ISLAND (PRO) - Live Activity: server, character, connect time, idle-timeout countdown, comm counts, and a combat indicator — disconnect right there, on-device only - Widget Display settings choose what the card shows, and its colors - If iOS pauses the app in the background, the card says so plainly instead of guessing BACKGROUND KEEP-ALIVE (PRO, OPTIONAL) - Off by default — turn on in Settings to stay connected, foreground or background - Uses location only to keep the session active — never stored or sent; iOS always shows its own location indicator while it's on SPLIT-SCREEN MAPS - Servers using ANSI scroll regions get a pinned map above scrolling text, automatically, via standard VT100 positioning iCLOUD SYNC - Optional Pro sync: servers, triggers, aliases, scripts, maps, and protected words stay in step across devices via your private iCloud, off by default AUTOMATION - Powerful triggers — regex/text match to highlight, gag, rewrite, send, play sounds, or vibrate; optional delay before a Send Command fires - Aliases with $variables; organize triggers, aliases, scripts, and timers into toggleable Classes - Built-in scripting — variables, loops, conditionals, functions, #wait/#if - Combat tracking overlay; smart command suggestions CONTROLS & LOGS - D-pad (optional diagonals, either side), four editable macro buttons; landscape splits D-pad/quick commands to opposite edges - Command history with prefix search; iPad/keyboard: Cmd/Option + 1-9 jumps to a session - In-app log viewer (ANSI color) saved to Files (On My iPhone → Mud Portal) EXTRAS - Built-in or imported alert sounds, preview first; in-app Help & Guide - Adjustable font size per server; configurable timeout, graceful disconnect NO ADS, NO GIMMICKS Connecting, unlimited servers, maps, triggers, filtering, and every accessibility feature are free — no ads, no tracking. MUD PORTAL PRO (optional) Pro unlocks scripting, advanced/conditional triggers, combat analytics, smart suggestions, iCloud sync, a customizable Lock Screen/Dynamic Island, Background Keep-Alive, unlimited triggers/classes/timers/sounds. Yearly subscription or lifetime unlock; tips welcome. Two MUD worlds are pre-loaded — add your own anytime. Mud Portal Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, charged to your Apple ID at purchase; it renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Apple ID Account Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://beranek.us/mudportal-privacy-policy.html