…f which is whether it can legally be done. The best information we have is Cyan Worlds, the game’s owner, has decided none of the original content can be changed. But, on a practical aspect, some parts do have to be changed to allow new fan made ages/regions to be connected to the game. So, this becomes a debate about the degree of change to be allowed and may be allowed to make those changes. Also, since most of the legal issues are about distrib… Continue reading
Cyan Worlds is the maker of the Myst series of games. A couple of years ago they started a Kickstarter project named Obduction. Obduction will be the first PLAYABLE VR game released. I think the definition of playable is probably the key to that statement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsWHoOKa24E Previously planned to release in June this year, a number of reasons came together to move Cyan to shift the release date to July 26, 2016. Click the… Continue reading
…hd to calibrate by finding special markers in game and collecting them. Once calibrated it could be turned on and … well we were never sure what it was to do. 8 Teledahn – one of the worlds that could be found from the cavern. 9 Library – this was a gateway to several worlds. Closing it would have blocked access to them…. Continue reading
…arly exact same speech for years. I give them more credence now. I play in Cyan Worlds’ Myst Online and I am interested in what makes games succeed or fail. Will Harvey was interviewed by Sramana Mitra in Learning From Failures: IMVU Founder Will Harvey . Combine that with the study by University of Michigan, Chun-Yuen Teng and Lada A. Adamic. Longevity in Second Life (related discussion Why Myst-Uru Didn’t But Could Make It) and we may have some… Continue reading
…now rates 5th on a Google search for the search term: Myst. The Wikipedia, Cyan Worlds, and Apple iStore position ahead of it. All but the iStore lead directly to this forum & site. So, the game has achieved good search position. More links always help, so create them where you can. Hopefully Cyan will realize the importance of the existing links and not break them by eliminating the specific URL of the Play Page. My Home in Uru Live Uruites in Gu… Continue reading
Every so often Cyan is giving us an update on their new game. In less than two weeks the Kickstarter project has funded $628k of the targeted $1,100k. During that time we’ve now got eight updates on the project. The eighth update tells us we are already playing the Obduction game… or can be. A previous hint… An email I received says: Obduction has already begun! We’re not talking about the Kickstarter campaign, or even the game production – the a… Continue reading
…them. I mostly play in SL and write a SL oriented blog. Obduction, another Cyan Worlds game, is on the way. (Aug 24, 2016 if they don’t delay it again.) I suspect Cyan has made another fun game that includes all the social problems of previous Cyan games. It will be a play and drop type game. I suspect it will be gorgeous as most Cyan games are. They recommend a Nvidia GTX 980 or better to run the game and it will be VR compatible, which I suspect… Continue reading
…Worlds, Inc. and OpenUru.org jointly announce open source delivery of the CyanWorlds.com Engine client and 3ds Max plugin, aka Plasma, the engine used to power Myst Online: Uru Live. – OpenUru.org An Open Letter on Open Source ☺ The progress on our open source roadmap has been slow but has never stopped. And now what will look like a large step is really the result of numerous people, both inside and outside of Cyan Worlds, slowly cutting the roc… Continue reading