had not fully paid for the Nevrax assets, these were returned to the original liquidator. Currently, the game can be played free of charge with a limitation on character level. Source code and assets freely released On May 6, 2010, Ryzom announced the full release of source code under GNU AGPL-3.0-or-later and the artwork under CC-BY-SA-3.0, and a partnership with the Free Software Foundation to host a repository of the game's artistic assets. Since then Ryzom is community developed. Ryzom offers a portal for open-source development of their GPL licensed engine NeL, on which the game Ryzom is based. Since 2010 all the software's source code is available as free software under the AGPL-3.0-or-later license. Similarly, the game's artistic work is available as open content under the CC-BY-SA-3.0 license. The game's 3D models and textures were ported to the Blender software format in 2016. Availability Ryzom is free-to-play available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux on the official servers. The game requires registration, and a paid subscription is required for characters to advance beyond level 125. Each account may have up to five different characters. Prior to 2012, there were three different Ryzom servers that used the same game world, but were differentiated by language, with the choice of English, French, or German being offered when starting a game. In 2012, all three servers (Arispotle, Aniro, and Leanon) were unified into one server (Atys), an event long-time players refer to as "The Merge". Many of Ryzom's chat channels utilize DeepL translation to facilitate communication between players who do not share a common language. From the start, the client software, referred to as NeL, for the Nevrax Library, was released as free software under the GPL. As of May 6, 2010, the entire software base, including client, server, and associated tools, was made available under the AGPL-3.0-or-later license, and current development uses a community-based open source model. A 13GB archive containing all textures and effects, 3D models, animations, characters and clothing (but not music or sounds) was released under a CC-BY-SA-3.0 license. The commercial ongoing game-world data (story plots, quests, maps, lore, etc.) is not available for download, so as not to disrupt the fan-base. Also, in order to combat cheating, connecting to official servers with unofficial client builds is prohibited. Reception and awards Metacritic rates Ryzom 64/100, indicating "mixed or average" reception. Initial reception ranged from great to