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Mudpie v0.7.0 is out!
The headline feature: Lua scripting. Enable "Advanced Mode" on any world to write Lua 5.3 scripts that automate your MUD experience.
The mud.* API gives you full control — send commands, gag/substitute/highlight lines, echo client-side messages, play sounds, speak via TTS, fire notifications, and set persistent variables that survive app restarts.

React to game events with pattern-matched handlers: mud.onLine, mud.onPrompt, mud.onConnect, mud.onDisconnect, and mud.onInput. Set up timers for delayed or repeating tasks. Variables set by Lua can even be referenced in trigger actions using $var{name} syntax.
Multiple scripts per world, loaded in sort order. Global scripts run for every world. Scripts hot-reload — edit a script while connected and changes take effect immediately, no reconnect needed.

The code editor has Lua syntax highlighting (keywords, strings, comments, numbers, builtins, mud.* calls), live validation with error/warning display, and AI generation via Claude — describe what you want in plain English and get working scripts back.

For power users: the "Allow unsafe scripts" toggle (behind biometric auth) unlocks luajava for full Android API access, including runtime permission requests from scripts.

Full keyboard mode support for script management: browse, create, edit, delete, and toggle scripts from the Edit menu. Ctrl+I cycles through validation issues with TTS.

Also new in v0.7.0:

Delayed command trigger action: sends a command after a configurable delay

Variable expansion in triggers: $var{name} resolves to the current Lua variable value at trigger time

Sound settings screen: manage sounds from Settings without creating a trigger first, with a new Global sounds folder shared across all worlds

8 bug fixes for TalkBack, TTS, and UI
Download: https://github.com/aaron-gh/mudpie-releases/releases/tag/v0.7.0
#MUD #accessibility #Android #a11y #Lua #gameDev

Mudpie v0.6.0 is out, and this one I'm really proud of.

The headline feature: Connection Proxy (Pro). Mobile MUD has always had one awful problem. Your phone drops the TCP connection the moment you lose signal or switch networks. The proxy wraps your connection in a WebSocket relay that keeps your MUD session alive for up to 30 minutes when your device loses connectivity. Walk through a dead zone, ride a buss, hop between WiFi and mobile. Come back and your session is right where you left it, buffered output and all. It even survives app kills. Automatic reconnection, keepalives, the works.

Also new:

Device font picker: use any font installed on your device for game output, input, or UI. No more settling for generic Monospace.

Color customization: terminal background, terminal text, UI background, UI text. Named preset palettes, RGB sliders, hex input. High contrast mode for when you just want white on black. Every color picker is fully accessible — TalkBack announces "Navy" and "Coral", not "#1A1A2E".

Privacy policy: in-app, plain language, covers everything. The proxy and AI workers process data in memory only. Nothing is logged or stored server-side.

Plus bug fixes: shake-to-interrupt TTS is reliable again, Cosmic Rage CDN sounds play without delay, and several crashes fixed

Download: https://github.com/aaron-gh/mudpie-releases/releases/latest

#MUD #GameDev #Accessibility #A11y #Android #TTRPG #InteractiveFiction #TextGames #MudPie

Fuck me. Think I'm going to have to host my own ntfy server. Don't really want to, but I use it for so much.

Jetpack Compose is fucking stupid sometimes. That's it, that's the post.

Sometimes I want to implement usage metrics in my software to see if people are actually using it but then I remember I'm not evil.

Mudpie v0.5.0 is out!
New in this release:
Mudpie Pro — Support development through GitHub Sponsors and unlock premium features: AI trigger assistant (Claude creates triggers from plain English), keyboard mode, and local edit.
Local edit — Servers that support the #$# edit protocol can now send text for you to edit in-app. Full keyboard mode support with Ctrl+S/Ctrl+Shift+S shortcuts.
TTS punctuation — Four levels (None/Some/Most/All) matching NVDA's symbol groups, so punctuation is spoken consistently across all Android TTS engines.
Plus a bunch of keyboard mode and TalkBack accessibility fixes.
Download: https://github.com/aaron-gh/mudpie-releases/releases
#MUD #accessibility #Android #a11y #TalkBack #gaming

Mudpie 0.4.0 just released!

Big sound update.

MSP support — Mudpie now negotiates MSP (MUD Sound Protocol) with your server. Sound effects and background music triggered by !!SOUND() and !!MUSIC() just work — downloaded automatically, cached per-world. Drop your own files into a world's sound folder to override server sounds. Tags are stripped from output so they never clutter your scrollback or TalkBack.

Per-world sound folders — sounds are now stored per-world instead of globally. Each world gets its own directory with full subfolder support for organizing your sound library. Importing sounds now uses Android's folder picker so you can grab entire directory trees at once.

Sound browser in keyboard mode — trigger editing now has a keyboard-navigable sound browser. Arrow keys to browse, Enter to select, Backspace to go up a level.

In-app help — new Sounds documentation page covering MSP, sound management, and trigger sound actions.

All sound features respect your existing muting settings — per-world and global.

https://github.com/aaron-gh/mudpie-releases/releases

Mudpie 0.3.2 is out!
What's new:
Auto-updater — Mudpie now checks for new versions on launch and can download and install updates directly
Per-world and global TTS muting controls — silence auto-read or speak triggers independently when a world is inactive or the app is backgrounded
Fix for a crash on launch affecting users upgrading from older versions
Download: https://github.com/aaron-gh/mudpie-releases/releases/tag/v0.3.2

Mudpie 0.3.1 is out — a bug fix patch for 0.3.0.

If you tried keyboard mode and found that character echo was silent, TTS interrupts on Ctrl or typing did nothing, or the software keyboard kept trying to appear: those are all fixed. The normal mode input bar had a separate issue where arrow keys, backspace, and cursor positioning were broken — that's fixed too.

Loop sounds now loop seamlessly. The previous implementation caused an audible gap at every loop point; they now switch over instantly with no gap.

TTS speech rate is now shown as a percentage (0–100%) rather than a raw multiplier. 100% is Android's maximum rate.

Download: https://github.com/aaron-gh/mudpie-releases/releases/tag/v0.3.1

I've been building a MUD client for Android with a focus on TalkBack accessibility. It's at a point where it's usable, so I'm sharing it.
Mudpie 0.1.0. Telnet and SSL, ANSI colours, triggers (literal and regex, with actions for sending commands, sounds, notifications, highlighting, gagging, substitution), aliases, multi-session, and a sound system with looping support. If you add an Anthropic API key you can describe a trigger in plain English and have Claude write it for you. There's also built-in soundpack support for Cosmic Rage.
It's an APK sideload for now — not on the Play Store yet. Download: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lzdo6xfq1hyv8brniyybk/mudpie.apk?rlkey=hcdzp9nbrjveizj3wg8j3h3um&dl=1
Probably has rough edges. Feedback welcome.

Day one with the Galaxy Z Fold 7. Setup was a disaster. Smart Switch didn't. TalkBack went silent. Samsung installed everything I told it not to.

This is why nobody upgrades their Android phone.

https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/galaxy-z-fold-seven-day-one-the-fold-has-arrived-setup-was-a-disaster-this-is-why-no-one-upgrades-their-android-phone/

#Samsung #GalaxyZFold7 #Android #TalkBack #Accessibility #Blind #tech #writing #blog #reviews

new post: "because fuck you" — why consumer choice is being systematically stripped away, and how the tech industry profits from your inability to leave.

covers the App Store tax, the headphone jack, right to repair, accessibility as PR, smart device bricking, and the one thing that actually makes these companies change behavior (hint: it's not your complaint).

https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/because-fuck-you-why-consumer-choice-is-being-stripped-away-and-how-the-tech-industry-profits-from-it/

#tech #BigTech #ConsumerRights #RightToRepair #Accessibility #OpenWeb #Fediverse