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Firmament Kickstarter Tops Goal

2019/04/26 by Nalates Urriah

This morning when I checked Cyan Worlds, Inc. kickstarted had topped the goal of US$1,285,000. Yay! This means the game Firmament will be built. Estimated release date July 2020. The video explains what the game is… sort of.

Cyan Worlds is the company that made Myst in the 90’s, a game that was the number one best seller until the Sims came out. They made a series of Myst sequel games. One is their Myst Online:Uru Live, which is still running and free to play.

The most recent release is Obduction.

Myst – New Game Coming

2019/04/01 by Nalates Urriah

Cyan Worlds the creators of Myst and Myst Online:Uru Live and the more recent Obuction are starting a new Kickstarter for a game named Firmament. Details here. I expect this to be another VR game as Obduction is. So, playable on a PC with an NVIDIA 10xx series or better and VR optional.

Obduction in the News

2016/09/09 by Nalates Urriah

Cyan and Obduction are showing up in the news more often. Eurogamer.net has an interesting article: Myst connection: The rise, fall and resurrection of Cyan. The story about Cyan, Myst, and Uru isn’t told quite as I remember it. It is encouraging to hear Obduction is moving toward console gaming.

VR Catching On?

2016/08/29 by Nalates Urriah

Interesting uses of Virtual Reality Headsets are turning up. Some examples: Obduction – Of course games. This is a big Myst sibling puzzle game where you are magically transported to an alien world and have to figure out how to get home. The graphics are awesome. All versions of the game will have VR support. … Read more

OBDUCTION Released

2016/08/24 by Nalates Urriah

Today is the day. If you are a kickstart supporter you should be getting an email with the download instructions. I got mine today. Click the enclosed link to Humble Bundle then choose Steam or GoG. I went with Steam. If you haven’t used Steam for a time, I haven’t, their directions aren’t that easy.

Where is Steam’s download? The menu path is Top Menu: Games->Activate a Product. Enter the key given at Humble Bundle.

Obduction System Requirements

2016/06/07 by Nalates Urriah

The discussion over on the Myst and Obduction forums is about whether most of the people will need a new computer or not. The minimum hardware requirements are pretty high. See: Cyan Worlds’ Obduction July Release. There is enough of a commotion about hardware the Cyan Worlds peeps have posted: Obduction VS. Hardware. Mike Dogherra … Read more