Version 3.1 2nd March, 2026

Hello! We are pleased to announce some exciting new “content”.

• The long-awaited Dove mission, by Orange and Serríað is the third mission in our espionage track. There's a peace conference occuring on New Lyon and well, we want to see what we can do about it.
• While visiting New Lyon, you will find that French mobiles will once again speak French, as the translation infrastructure has been fixed.
• More trade goods and more starports! The quantum rods for Landfall and Churchill can be found at the Merchants' Guild.
• In the new Relief mission the outpost world of New Australia is having some trouble with its quantum waypoint, so you're being sent in to provide a replacement.
• Relief provides access to a new, combat-focused world, which we hope to develop more missions in over time. Currently, you can collect bounties, evacuate settlers, and clear roadblocks in new minimissions.
• Painting and stowaway minimissions are available on the station itself.

Thanks especially to Nodens for help in testing.

Version 3.0 19th January, 2026

Welcome to version 3.0! This features some very long-awaited quality of life stuff :

• Improved ScreenReader support, with a screenreader command. See info screenreader for more info.
• Player owned ships have landed (at last!) - see info playerships for more info.
• We award medals for your achievements!
• TrueColour support, and a new display command, which acts as a systemizing central location for logic about picking colours charset etc. With all these options you can now see your setting, override it, remove the override, or see what it would be if you haven't overriden it.
• Email verification and automated password reset path. Please use the email command to set an email, and verify it, even if you have previously set an email.
• There is a guest account system. If you connect as a guest you can register afterwards to set your name and save your character.
• You can now redo a mission you completed! Compete against yourself or others for the best mission times in mrecords.
• Some GMCP support! We provide Room.Info, Char.Vitals, and Comm.Channel.

Happy new year! 6th January, 2026

Our new year's resolution is to spend more time MUDding. Consequently, we are pleased to announce two small updates

• Following a succesful trial period, all serving members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces will now recieve a per-diem (daily) payment in credits. Higher rankings get more cash! Fill your boots!
• The idle timer has been removed on a trial basis. If you idle for long periods of time during a mission and someone else wishes to do this mission, we reserve the right to reset the zone and return you home. So please play nicely.

Write up in Writing Games 27th October, 2025

Our Orange has done an interview with the definitive MUD journalism outlet, writing-games, about the Cryosphere and its future. Check it out, and while you're there check out all Andruid's other excellent articles as well!

Version 2.7.3 9th September, 2025

Hi, it's been a little while since the last release. We hope you have been well.

• We have moved to a new server. We would like to thank Ellyll for hosting us these past twenty-two (!) years.
• Our web site is also back online, at https://cryosphere.org/.
• Our webclient, Chrysalis, is back, and is a nice modern web app.
• We now have a Discord bridge. And, in fact, a Discord! The 'intercom' and 'gossip' channels are synchronised between Discord and the MUD.

We have already been working on 3.0 (in fact, we've been working on it since 2014). Player-owned spacecraft are happening, any time now!

Big thanks to Bingo, Michael, Simon and Vesper for testing and feedback.