Infinity is a MUD

MUD

A MUD , pronounced , is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, with the term usually referring to text-based instances of these. MUDs combine elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, player versus player, interactive fiction, and online chat...

, a text-based online role-playing game, founded in 1993.

Game characteristics

Infinity is set in a fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 world, with player character

Player character

A player character or playable character is a character in a video game or role playing game who is controlled or controllable by a player, and is typically a protagonist of the story told in the course of the game. A player character is a persona of the player who controls it. Player characters...

s adventuring and battling to advance.

Reception

The MUD has at times been met with indifferent critical response, as with being called "another standard AberMUD". However, its friendly, easy-going atmosphere and helpfulness to new users have been praised.