The title sold more than six million copies and was the best-selling PC game ever, until The Sims exceeded Myst sales in 2002. Myst was one of the earliest CD-ROM games during a time when CD-ROM drives were beginning to become mainstream. In 1993, Cyan shot to worldwide fame with the release of Myst, a 3D pre-rendered adventure game aimed at an older audience unlike their previous games. Some of these titles were early forays of Cyan into both construction of interactive worlds using HyperCard and the CD-ROM medium, both of which would later be used for Myst. The games offered numerous graphical screens with puzzles, mini-games and activities. The company's early titles, The Manhole (1988), Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel (1989) and Spelunx (1991) were whimsical fantasy adventures for a young audience. Cyan originally produced adventure games for children. 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. These are scenes you'll recognize, but at the highest resolution possible, and never before released.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. And that’s not all! You’ll also receive 5 exclusive hi-res digital images (one image from each Age of Myst) rendered from the original Myst models. The textures can be used in your own models, and you can open the 3D objects and see how they were created. This special Myst version of Design 3D also includes some of the surface textures and digital 3D objects from the original Myst models.

Your name will also be in the 'Additional Design' section of the credits. You’ll use Design 3D CX to design, model, and texture an (appropriate) item for Obduction! Your object will have a chance to be seen by anyone playing Obduction. As a special offer, our friends at Strata have generously offered to support the Obduction Kickstarter campaign by providing a special Myst version of their Strata Design 3D CX software ($600 value) to backers at this special reward level or above. The images in the original Myst were created using Strata 3D Software.

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