# Pinwheel

Source: https://www.andrewzigler.com/feed/pinwheel-mud-engine
Published: 2019-03-31

Pinwheel is a new [MUD](https://www.andrewzigler.com/blog/2018/06/27/the-case-for-muds-in-modern-times/) engine built entirely in Node with ES6. It doesn't require an external database and can be quickly brought online for players. Built from on [Shawn Biddle](http://shawnbiddle.com/)'s [Ranvier](http://ranviermud.com/), Pinwheel is a rewrite of the engine and its bundles into a highly opinionated format. Pinwheel makes decisions about world persistence and core features so creators can focus on building their worlds. I later restarted this project as [zigmud]().