Connecting

Two ways to play, same characters either way.

In your web browser

Go to play.theradbois.com and sign in. The play screen has the story in the middle, your map, exits and the creatures around you on the left, and your health, spells and wounds on the right. Type commands in the box at the bottom and press Enter. It works on a phone too: the tabs along the bottom switch between the story, the map, your character and chat, and big buttons above the command box walk you through the exits.

Make the screen yours

Click the gear at the top right for Settings. Everything there is saved on your account, so it follows you to any computer or phone.

Look: four themes (Gothic, High contrast, Colorblind-friendly and Parchment, a light one), your own color for each kind of text (monsters, items by rarity, exits, people, speech, TELLs...), and the story's font and size.
Layout: drag any panel by its title to move it, even to the other side. The – button folds it up. Drag the thin bars beside the story to make the sides wider or narrower (drag all the way in to hide a side). Presets: Classic, Wide story, Fighter and Story only.
Keys: the number pad walks (8 north, 2 south, 7 9 1 3 the diagonals, 5 looks, + up, − down, * out). Put any command on F1 to F12. Aliases are your own short words: ka → attack $1 lets you type KA RAT, and ; runs several commands at once.
Alerts: a sound (and a pop-up, if the tab is in the background) when someone TELLs you, highlight words like your name, and a red flash when your health drops low.
Access: reduce motion, a plain text mode that's easy for screen readers, and clickable text on or off.

Click things in the story: a monster, an item, a person or an exit. A click looks at it (or walks that way); right-click (or press and hold on a phone) for more: Attack, Target, Get, Appraise, Tell... The Inventory panel works the same way.

The Chat tab beside the story collects TELLs, CHAT, SHOUTs and group talk with the time they arrived, so they don't scroll away in a fight. Ctrl+F searches the story. If you scroll up to read, the story stops jumping and a New text below button takes you back down.

In Mudlet

Mudlet is a free program built for text games, with logging, triggers and keyboard shortcuts.

Download and install Mudlet, then open it.
Click New to make a profile.
Server address: play.theradbois.com
Port: 4443, and tick Secure (this encrypts your password on the way in). If that ever gives you trouble, port 4000 without Secure works too.
Click Connect, then type your account name (not your character's name) and password.
Pick your character from the menu.

New accounts can be made in Mudlet too: type a new name, say yes, and enter your invite code when asked.

The map and health bars (optional)

The game sends Mudlet live data behind the scenes (it's called GMCP), so Mudlet can draw a map as you walk and show your health, mana, stamina and roundtime as bars.

Download the script: RadBois.lua (right-click, Save link as).
In Mudlet, click Scripts, then Add Item. Name it Rad Bois.
Open the file you downloaded in Notepad, copy everything, paste it into the big box, and click Save Item.
Check Settings → General → Enable GMCP is ticked, then reconnect.

A map appears on the right and bars along the bottom. The map fills in as you explore, shops and inns sit one level up from the street, and you can click a room to walk there.

Your colors in Mudlet

The colors you pick in the website's Settings are used in Mudlet too. Or set them from Mudlet: COLORS lists them, COLORS THEMES and COLORS THEME contrast pick a theme, COLORS MONSTER #FF6644 changes one kind, and COLORS RESET goes back to the classic look.

Signing in trouble

"That account name and password don't match": check Caps Lock. Remember it's your account name, not your character's.
"Too many wrong passwords": after 5 wrong tries the game makes your address wait a minute (longer if it keeps happening). Wait, then try again.
Forgot your password: tell the Game Master. There is no automatic reset yet.