Firmament Kickstarter Tops Goal

…ins what the game is… sort of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUTh5ItKv5Q 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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wCPOTK587o Another amazing puzzle game is on the way. You can sti… Continue reading

Myst – New Game Coming

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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-DpB7tXs4g 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…. Continue reading

Big News? Myst-Uru-SL

…ally those that moved too Second Life, has been waiting for a project that Cyan Worlds sort of named ‘Something Else’ to finish. Why? You see the Myst-Uru MMO game previously on GameTap as Myst Online Uru Live (MOUL) closed in April 2008. MOUL fans don’t give up. That happened once before when an earlier version of MOUL closed and fans hacked up servers and started to put the game back online. This time the fans were promised the MMO game as open… Continue reading

Cyan Makes Steam

…For those of us playing the Myst series of games… Cyan Worlds, Inc. is placing several of their games on Steam. The announcement is subtle, just a small addition on their ‘Products – Where to buy…’ page. See: Cyan’s Myst Games – It’s a Coming Soon Thing…. Continue reading

Myst-Uru & Money

…s. Will one be allowed to charge a sign up fee or accept donations and use Cyan IP? If not, how does one pay for the servers? What if they actually make a profit, intentionally or otherwise? No one can decide on a funding plan without Cyan’s licensing agreement, which is to be released this ‘Spring’. Nor will we know if one can legally make a profit operating the game. Many seem to think making a ‘profit’ is evil. I think profit is the most simula… Continue reading

Myst-Uru 2018 Status

…has come since work on the Uru game engine, Plasma, stopped in 2008±. The Cyan game Obduction shows what Cyan can do with the new game engines and their first (?) attempt at VR. A gorgeous game but some VR problems. A new Cyan game in the works is Firmament. Which you see in the video at the top of the article. Cyan has given up developing the graphics engines and focuses on building their amazing imaginary worlds. So, there is no hope they will… Continue reading

Cyan-Myst Related Fund Raiser

…the 24th of February. She needs to raise oney to cover the costs. To help Cyan Worlds people have contributed a couple of historic items to the fund raiser. One item is a puzzle bottle from the original marketing materials from the initial Myst release. The second item is an Uru Developer’s hat. Both are being auction together on eBay. You can find the items here on eBay: Very rare Myst Puzzle in a Bottle and Uru Development Team Cap. The auction… Continue reading

OBDUCTION Getting Near Release

…camera shots of the computer screens. The graphics look awesome, but we can’t really tell. But, all the new games have awesome graphics. Obduction is using the Unreal 4 engine. So, it should be gorgeous. A significant part of Cyan’s talent has been in making gorgeous worlds. The best part of the news is release is targeted for Q2 2016. I’ll have something to do as I wait for Sansar… well, I’m not really waiting. I do visit SL several times a week…. Continue reading