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Fifteen years ago today, Myst was released. It’s been a wild ride since! While there are a small assortment of titles I can point to, the largest influence in my career as a game developer and artist is Myst. Now that I am employed as a developer at Telltale Games, I wish Cyan Worlds a happy 15th anniversary of their landmark title. Thank you for all of your quality work though the years and inspiring me as an artist. Mini History Lesson While 7th Guest was released prior to Myst, 7th Gues
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Uru: Complete Chronicles on a Mac! September 4, 2008 – 9:05 pm About a month ago, I decided (most likely thanks to Jevasi, DanTheMystFan, and all the other great people I was talking to at Mysterium this year) to get back into the world of Writing (the process of creating a custom Age for Uru), after a year-long hiatus. I returned to find the community in good health, happily churning out very high-quality ages one after another. The tool used for Writing, pyPRP (which is actually just a plu
Cyan Worlds, Inc. (formerly Cyan, Inc.) is a computer game company, founded by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller in 1987. After the release of Riven: The Sequel to Myst in 1997, Robyn left Cyan to pursue other interests. To clarify new directions for the company, CEO Rand Miller then changed the name from "Cyan" to "Cyan Worlds." The company is located in Mead, Washington (just outside Spokane).
History
1988: The Manhole
1989: Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel
1992: Spelunx
1993: Myst, published by Broderbund.
1997: Riven, The Sequel to Myst, published by Red Orb Entertainment
Co-founder Robyn Miller leaves Cyan, ten years after he began The Manhole
Cyan changes name to Cyan Worlds
2000: Real-time Myst 3D remake realMyst published by Mattel
2001: Myst sequel Myst III: Exile developed by Presto Studios and published by Ubisoft
2003: Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, formerly known under the working titles DIRT ("D'ni In Real Time"), Mudpie ("Multi-User DIRT —Persistent Interactive Environment"), Parable and Myst Online
2004: Myst IV: Revelation developed by Ubisoft, Uru expansions Uru: To D'ni and Uru: The Path of the Shell
2005: Myst V: End of Ages announced as the final game of the Myst series.
2005: September, Cyan shuts its doors and lays off all but 2 employees
Until Uru allows fans who had gained permission to run their own "shards" for online play of Uru.
2006: Rand Miller, CEO of Cyan Worlds announces an official Until URU shard called D'mala and later announces the return of full-fledged Uru Live using GameTap technology. Staff is rehired and production ramps back up with an eye towards expanding the Uru universe and developing new properties.
2007: Myst Online: Uru Live launches on 15 February after months of Beta testing.
2007: Cosmic Osmo’s: Hex Isle released on November 30th, Cosmic Osmo returns after 15 years.
2008: 4 February 2008, GameTap discontinued the operation of Myst Online: Uru Live. Game servers remained online for 60 days following, and were finally shut down on 10 April 2008.
With the exception of their early titles, Cyan's games tell the story of a humanoid race called the D'ni, who have the ability to write linking books. Linking books teleport the user into other worlds, limited only by the imagination of the author. These worlds are referred to as "Ages." Cyan's games are known for their intricate plots, exquisite graphics, and immersive sounds. They focus on exploration and storytelling, presented by a simple, elegant interface that appeals to gamers and non-gamers alike. Related to the storyline of the D'ni are three Myst novels Book of Atrus, Book of Ti'ana and Book of D'ni.
After Uru Live was cancelled, Cyan released two Uru expansion packs that included content originally intended for the online component of Uru. In the following year, they developed the final chapter in the Myst series, Myst V: End of Ages. After Myst V, the company laid off most of its employees due to financial difficulties, but shortly after rehired almost everyone after a save by Turner Broadcasting. Prior to this, the company was working on an as yet unannounced project (reported as the name 'Latus' by Richard A. Watson) and negotiating with an undisclosed publisher, but its status is now unclear.
After Uru Live closed fans began developing their own server software; Cyan Worlds then released Until Uru, a modified version of the server software of Uru Live. Until Uru is run on fan owned and operated servers, although through Gametap funding, Cyan has managed to offer the D'mala Shard. Fans also began developing new content for the game.
Uru Live launched officially on GameTap on February 15, 2007, after being available through GameTap as an open beta for a few months. Users who sign up for a seven-day limited trial of GameTap are given a "visitor account," with access to an area of one Age and some public neighborhoods, while paying GameTap subscribers get "explorer accounts" with full access to all Ages. As of February 15, 2007, Uru Live was the most-played game among GameTap users. Despite this success, GameTap announced on February 4th, 2008 that it would be closing Uru Live.
Cyan Worlds was going to release the start of a new series, a game called Latus, but this is believed to have been cancelled.
List of people related to Cyan
Rand Miller, co-founder and CEO
Robyn Miller, co-founder and former designer/director
Richard Vander Wende, former designer/director
Richard A. Watson, lead programmer and "D'ni historian"
