Ive nearly completed the demo phase of my commercial text-MUD project. Unfortunately, my funds are depleting and im unable to commit enough time to the project lately to finish it in a timely matter. Im years into development and have all my toolsets for the project built for staff members to begin creating the virtual world. I could finish the game this year if I had a little bit of funding. The problem is, where can I find a publisher interested in such a project? I understand the MUD niche is relatively small these days, but im confident that my project will rival all current Pay to Play MUDs (including the monopoly that Simutronics and play.net possess). Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance!

Your only hope is to go to one of the commercial text muds and get them to invest. Which they'll do if you've got something with good commercial value.

No-one else could care less, and only the text muds have the insight to know what will actually sell in the market.

Try the Castle Marrach owners and Matt Mihaly's group.