…change it. That interest often ignores the intellectual property rights of Cyan Worlds and others. They also often attempt to demand Cyan do things their way and in their time frame. OpenUru.org respects the intellectual property rights, usually at the expense of timely progress. They work to do things Cyan’s way and whatever they can to help will time lines. I see this as Aesop’s The Tortoise and the Hare, but with some morality overtones. Curren… Continue reading
…s planned ETA is mid to late 2015. What about Uru? For the last five years Cyan Worlds has been busy keeping the company alive. Only in their spare time have they worked on MOULa or what many know as Uru Live. In 2010 Uru Live was put online as a free to play game. Since 2010 Cyan and fans have been in the process of converting it to an open source game. Both the Guild of Writers (GoW), a Myst-Uru fan group, and Open Uru, another Myst-Uru fan grou… Continue reading
…elieves it means the history of Myst will last longer. 35:10 Question: Did Cyan get to finish Minkata as Cyan had planned it? – Rand says yes. It was an age he wanted. He wanted a large area in the game. Because of computer limits designing a large area was a challenge. 37:15 Question: Were the DRC histories about the Kings created before, during, or after the creation of Ae’gura? – They were DRC translations done way after. The Kings’ Chamber was… Continue reading
…I have noticed recently; the Myst Online forum software was updated, a new Cyan Worlds Forum was added that is an umbrella for all the Cyan games/apps, Cyan updated their Cyan Worlds web site, and their Cyan Facebook page is active. Plus there are rumors of a new product that is to be released in September 2013. The year 2013 is Cyan’s 20th anniversary of the original Myst Game, which was the world’s top selling video game until the SIMs came alon… Continue reading
…ine, Plasma, is the best choice. The developer-owner of the Plasma code is Cyan Worlds. But, they made the code mostly open source (2010?). Plasma as developed by Cyan used third party proprietary software. All that non-Cyan proprietary code had to be removed from the open source version of Plasma or those sections had to re-licensed by those that wanted to use Plasma to develop client side versions of Uru Live. The community started out and conti… Continue reading
For those readers that have come from the Cyan Worlds, Inc. game of Myst Online, there is some news. Cyan is changing some things in regard to their web presence. A few weeks ago they updated the MO:UL forum’s software. New Cyan Forums Today I see they are opening a new forum: Cyan Forum. They are also updating their main web site: Cyan.com. The new web site is a responsive design site, meaning it resizes and flows to fit any size screen; mobile,… Continue reading
…ru (Myst Online: Uru Live) is looking dated. But, it is great fun to play. Cyan Worlds has their Kickstarter for a their new game: Obduction. They have just added a new incentive for people to support the project. If they go over the target by $200,000, they will add Oculus Rift support. Considering they are using the Unreal Engine for the game, the Oculus should provide an awesome immersive experience. I think supporting Obduction will indirectly… Continue reading
…years we, the fan community, have argued about what would work and how easy or difficult it would be to fund a new Myst like game or version of Myst. The project will answer those questions. The project has over taken the Cyan.com web site. Plus they have a web site up for the project: ObductionGame.com. There is a thread in the Myst Forum: Cyan Kickstarter Project Open: OBDUCTION If you are a Myst fan, get the word around. Back to work…… Continue reading