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Clearing The Myst
It’s been a big few weeks for the beleaguered but passionate Myst Online: Uru Live community. Just a few days ago, unused assets from the decade-old MMO were released to the public, allowing fans to develop their own Ages (the Myst franchise’s worlds) for the now open-source game. Now, even more early, unused content has been released, giving us a look a the game’s humble beginnings.
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To recap Myst Online: Uru Live is an online spinoff of the critically acclaimed puzzle-adventure Myst franchise, released in 2010. However, the game’s history goes back far further than that – it was initially planned as a multiplayer mode in 2003’s Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, before being split off into its own title, Uru Live. Uru Live was cancelled soon after the split – then released in 2004 as its own standalone title. Despite a well-attended and successful closed beta, Uru Live was again cancelled shortly after. The content planned to be included in Uru Live was folded into Uru: Ages Beyond Myst in several expansions, leading up to a rerelease of Uru Live in 2007.
In 2008, Uru Live was cancelled yet again.
A third and final relaunch happened in 2010 with the release of Myst Online: Uru Live Again. This version of the put-upon MMO was open-source and entirely free to play, with a heavy emphasis on fan contribution to the game. This version lasted a little longer than the others – it’s just passed 10 years of activity.
Now, Cyan Worlds Creative Director Eric A. Anderson has released a whole slew of previously unseen Myst online demo levels, including early stages of various Ages that were eventually reworked and released. Perhaps most intriguing is the “Descent” demo, first developed around 2000 – this would become the basis for the single-player mode and, eventually, full game of Uru: Ages Beyond Myst. A total of 4 demos were released – “Descent”, “Hector Cove”, and two unfinished versions of the Kahlo Age from Uru.
While these demos are decades old and still fairly rough, it’s intriguing to see the early work done on Uru Live, an MMO that’s overcome more difficulty than almost any other to establish a firm and passionate fanbase.
Myst Online: Uru Live Again
Welcome back to Myst Online: Uru Live!
The Ages of Uru are available once more. All the Ages are open to explore, and most of the goodies in MO:UL can be found within. Its name is now MOULa, a.k.a. 'Myst Online: Uru Live (again)'.
There is no cost - MOULa is free to play! Explore and enjoy!
To begin playing, click on the PLAY link to create an account.
If you're new to the game, this page has all the details of what MOULa is 'About.'
If you run into any technical issues, this (read-only) forum post can help you navigate the issues, or you can reach out to the community using the resorces provided at the end of this message.
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To show your support (and help offset the cost of keeping MOULa up and running) we’ve got a way for you to 'DONATE' to the game - with no obligation...but five or ten bucks goes a long way toward helping pay the bills to keep MOULa alive.
Most of the code sources for MO:UL have been placed in open source. You can see how MO:UL ticks or join other fan developers in contributing to fixing bugs, making improvements and creating new content. Already there have been many improvements and new Ages created by fan developers. Check out the 'Developers' tab for more information.
To connect with the MOULa community, including the developers, and to report any bugs or issues which are not related to Account Creation or Account Upgrading/Reactivation, please join the Official Cyan Chat Discord and mention your issue in the 'moula-tech-support' channel there.
Here is an invite link to get you started, after you have either created a free Discord account, or logged in to your existing Discord account: https://discord.com/invite/xCpJsDH
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