158 : Carbon 14

This map was drawn by Ross’s friend, Sergeant Slapnuts, during a planning session for a high school project. The project involved creating a text-based Role Pg Game called Carbon 14. “The Beachfront” is where the main character started out after washing up on the shore in a coffin. One of the first steps after reaching the shore was to trick a giant turtle using some glass beads found in a nearby pool of water. Ross writes, “Text-based online games had gone out of favor even by the time we were working on Carbon 14, but there is still something powerful about MUDs, MOOs and the like. The feelings of power, immersive fantasy and fun I experienced still stand apart from the high-tech graphics and visual focus that have taken over gaming.”