The two found a common ground through the Macintosh Hypercard development program which allowed them to mix their talents together.

Rand had been programming games as a junior high school student in the 1980s, while Robyn studied music and arts in high school.

Players will have scores of puzzles to conquer and the story will be unraveled through exploration rather than 'shoveled out in cinematic form.' Funding will be spent only on development of Obduction, although Cyan is hoping to hire a handful of new team members if the project meets its funding goal.Īt the time of writing, Obduction has made just over $20,000 of its goal.Cyan Worlds front entrance Pre-Myst (1987-1992) Ĭyan was founded in 1987 by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller, operating out of their parents' basement in their Spokane, Washington home. Obduction will borrow design elements from Myst, but with a few minor tweaks, the page notes. The Obduction project will take what Cyan knows about creating deeply immersive worlds and apply it to an entirely new game with fantastic scenery, incredible architecture, compelling story, and exceptional challenges.' 'The Myst name is widely recognized as uniquely defining a new kind of gaming - amazingly immersive worlds where the point is to understand your environment rather than test your reflexes. 'This year marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of Myst, one of the best-selling computer games in history,' reads the page. The title is being developed with a 'flexible scope,' meaning the developers will add more content and allow the game to grow in scale if the appropriate funding levels are achieved. Obduction - which the page notes means 'the act of drawing or laying over' - will be a first-person adventure focused on player immersion that 'harkens back' to the spirit of Cyan's Myst and Riven and builds on what the creators learned during development.Ĭyan is asking for $1,100,000 to develop Obduction and is currently planning to publish the title to Windows PC and Mac, with a mid-to-late 2015 launch window. Cyan, developer of the Myst and Riven adventure games, launched a Kickstarter campaign this morning for Obduction, a spiritual successor to Myst.

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