iPad version / source code

[Mud]

I just got an iPad and, to my surprise, my favorite use is playing same-device multiplayer games with my friends and family. I'd love to have a version of M.U.L.E. for it! I'm a developer, so I'm willing to write it myself. That's not that hard to do in terms of graphics (obviously) but replicating the game logic of the original is rather daunting. So....

I see that the Bunten family has a website up. Has anyone contacted them about the possibility of getting the original source code?

Failing that, is there any chance I could get a copy of Planet M.U.L.E.'s source, if I ask very nicely (pretty please!) and promise not to distribute it? Even if it was just the modules relevant to the game logic, that would be a huge head start.

[C64]

Unlikely because you'd have to rewrite all of it in Objective C.  However, an android port should be very obtainable.

[Melanie Bunten Stark]

Hi Mule Fans.  It is true...there is finally a authorized mobile version of M.U.L.E. being released this summer - We are shooting for August 2012.   Development is still underway, but you can visit www.MuleReturns.com for a sneek peak at characters and happenings.  Follow updates on twitter andf facebook too.  Feel free to contact Ozark Softscape Legacy at melaniebuntenstark@yahoo.com and thank you for your continued faithfulness to M.U.L.E.

[wumpus]

Thank you thank you thank you, Melanie, I can't believe it.... FINALLY!!!!! M.U.L.E. on my iPad... that is awesomely exciting news!!!!! I've been waiting decades to be able to play mule on a handheld device. BTW I love the design of the mulereturns site and the screenshots.

[Rogue Cat]

So, THOSE are the real shapes the Spheroid and Leggite were supossed to have in the original game? I can die happy now. Thanks.