Here’s another vote for a Riven remake!! It’s the only game that would convince me to buy the latest vr headset

Been dreaming of Riven in VR since I was a kid in the 90s.

Guys, I want to say just this: Cyan is an absolute treasure. Love y'all! :)

I thought Cyan’s statements on Riven’s 25th being folded into next year made perfect sense, tantalising as they were. Look how much work is going into Firmament! Looking forward to it and future news.

Looks beautiful! Thanks for making non-combat games haha, this is where VR shines I think, puzzles, narrative and exploration.

Omg Rand is here in England! I need to meet him! 😬🙏🏻

Special for Erik: The showed clips are very very very impressive. Please go on with your perfect works. Thanks for your the oppertunity.

Thank you so much for the Firmament clips. Despite your miss givings about releasing these early shots, for me, it has ramped up the excitement for the release. Well done and continue the great work.

48:07 Thanks for sharing! That was a lot of information to digest. It's nice to finally have those questions answered.

We've seen a lot of new concepts in game design and storytelling come out this year from other studios, I'm excited for the next Cyan experience!

The CG models in Myst '21 were disappointing. The rest of it was absolutely spectacular, but the character models... ugh. I physically flinched when I saw the imager by the dock, I'm not kidding. So getting the classic video back was a must.

Technical Difficulties! 😲 You guys are hilarious! 😆

I discovered Firmament today. I'm really glad, because your games are among my favorite ones. These samples look really good, and I can't wait to play your game on my PS5 (and my PSVR 2, when I'll have one). Obduction was a lot of fun, and I'm sure Firmament will be the same. Thanks for your hard work. "Reflexion / Puzzle" games are way too rare.

Dang. Been following the Riven remake for years. Looking forward to firmament, but riven deserves the attention.

I just played the Myst themed mini golf course and it was really well done. I could tell the people who worked on it were 100% Myst fans based on the music, references, and general style. I'm hoping for a Riven course at some point.

2 backers here. Good work, we can't wait :)

Keep up the great work Cyan! Cant wait to see Firmament. Looking forward to see what happens as you get back to normal!

Cyan is just a great company, they are not greedy, they don't ship bugged games, they stand behind their products and WE stand behind YOU!

Unrelated to anything - the sound quality of this video is EXCEPTIONAL. Props to the audio people!

Great! Erik the clips are really fenomenal! Cannot wait to enjoy Firmament. But I wait with pleasure knowing what Cyan is capable of. Thank you and keep the marvelous work!!!

Regarding Riven, how about telling us why you can’t tell us?

I am in the camp of I can wait for a quality Firmament instead of a rushed Firmament.

So keen for the special edition books!

I know that lots of fans are quite annoying about Riven and Starry Expanse. And of course we want to see new games, I am a Firmament backer myself and thoroughly enjoyed Obduction. But we insist so much because Riven is such a highly polished, fine masterpiece, and it would be a pity that, while every single other game gets remastered time and time again, the jewel in the crown is left forgotten, stuck with the technical limitations of the time. Don't get me wrong, the graphics are still outstanding today, except for being all pre-rendered (so no free-moving exploration or VR) plus they are extremely low resolution for today standards. Anyway, our insistence about Riven, is because this Masterpiece marked us growing up, even more so than Myst (and I spent hours mesmerized looking at Myst screenshots on PC magazines before I was ever able to play it). It deserves a remake. Maybe a kickstarter is due for this project, once Firmament is done?

Can't believe, release is this month of Firmament. GL

"...our obligation is to the backers of the Kickstarter first and foremost but, mainly it's pc and console players" Yes! Well I'm so glad they are staying loyal to kickstarter backers, keeping that the priority and not bringing lower performance platforms in just because it is popular. That is what we paid for many years ago.

Firmament is looking great! As someone who has worked in game development, I understand how non-trivial even the smallest task can be, so take your time, and can't wait to play it when it comes out. 😊

Note taking! :-) I've been waiting for that! Yeah! I bought it a year ago, but now I can finally play! Thank you.

FYI... I'd kickstart the shit out of the Myst books' physical re-release! :D

So excited!!!!!!

Look forward to the myst books

Man all I really want is a remake of Riven and those physical Myst books right now. Also, it was a big mistake not having the classic video mode available on release.

Yaayyyyyyy waiting to u guys

It's really cool that you guys call internal areas as "ages"... really cool callback to the myst series even if they aren't connected to myst. Not like maps/scenes/levels... ages... it's really cool.

Love will be the deciding factor that will make this run. Love what you do every day. Love for those you care about and express that Love in this work. I know this will be phenominal. Not average not good not great but phenominal spectacular brilliant a stunning mastery of art every detail of every charcter will showcase an authentic well put together story line the depth of the side characters will match the vast length and height of the world. It will have a width that reaches vast audiences. Today is only today and today is only the start of a masterpiece. The expression of what is inside you a divine place in your heart. Firmament.

Would love to see audiobook versions of the Myst books.

Better late than never, just backed Firmament - looks wonderful.

I am SO happy seeing progress on firmament!!!! I'm a diehard fan of the mystlike games and not having any updates on this game was killing me, even with the flaws this footage excites me cause I see how beautiful it's going to be. Please make sure this is going to run well on the HTC Vive too please, obduction was unplayable and it broke my heart.. 😢 (hardware was state of the art, that's not the problem unfortunately)

I have two games (among others) on my Steam wishlist, Myst VR and Walkabout Minigolf (although I bought that recently). Then they come out with Myst Walkabout Minigolf. This pleases me. Also cool to see Rand somewhere in the UK countryside (can tell by the road signs). Goodness knows where though, in one of the national parks?

I completely understand the complexities and difficulties associated with developing a game like Firmament. Pandemic certainly didn't help matters. Disappointing we didn't get to hear the news about Riven VR due to the "technical difficulties". I'm excited to hear the books are getting attention again. I actually have the Book Of Ti'ana as well as the Book Of Atrus in hard copy. I've heard there was going to be a fourth book years ago but maybe that was just a rumor. Congratulations on your Webby award and your Apple store awards. It's nice to know that you're NeverEnding efforts are getting noticed. I had been waiting for a Myst remake for years now I'm glad to see it finally came to fruition. Can't wait for Firmament it looks to be an experience like no other.

With the skill of the Starry Expanse team in re-creating lost assets & upscaling recovered assets for the upcoming VR Riven remake, I think they'd do quite well for at least getting the base Uru set up, with full multiplayer & path of the shell later down the line. Honestly would be interesting as a sort of echo for the original development for Riven & Uru

I'm a Myst fan, but I think Cyan have sorta underestimated the impact Riven had on many people. A Riven remake for a 2022 audience would do the whole world a huge favor.

Firmament looks great!

So REBUILD IT!!! Don’t port it. Build it from the ground up. Uru is what VR was invented for…traveling worlds with a library of Myst books. Help the effort to grow VR. Myst was a good start, but this Uru is social media the way it was meant to be. Help shape the Metaverse. Make it big. HUGE. VR Chat looks like crap, but it’s the most popular app on the Quest 2. This would be infinitely bigger (and prettier). Will it be expensive? Hell yeah! Will it be a huge undertaking? Hell yeah! Will we buy it? I’d sell a kidney to have Uru VR. It’s why I bought a Quest 2. Myst proved that it can be done. So do it. You’re gonna make your money back just with all the DLC you can build right into the app.

"I've never been to Myst Island." SACRILEGE! Get this clown off stage, how'd he even get into the building?! (lol) In all seriousness, fun presentation. Congrats again on the award, and looking forward to more Firmament news when it's out!

Thanks for clarifying (re-clarifying?) that Cyan uses ‘_____age’ in the file names because it’s an old habit Firmament already looks Myst-like and people will absolutely dig through the code as soon as the game drops looking for hidden lore, finding something like ‘glacial_age’ in the files is gonna confuse a bunch of people into thinking this game is Myst-adjacent Instead we can point here and be like “Nah, they just do that as a habit, not a Myst game”

Even an update on Riven "It's not gonna happen unless we get millions overnight" would be fine

Update I forgot they bought back the rights to Exile... But still would be a really good VR game if they can make it like they did with MYST VR.

Hoping that Myst 2021 comes to the Playstation platform and hopefully the VR version comes to PSVR2 as well. I will buy that instantly.

Yes rebuild URU into UE5 😁😁😁 pretty please

Looking forward to the book rereleases

lmao at the end there

I know it's probably not the most popular game, but I would love to see The Manhole return in some capacity

You just continue being awesome! :) I'd love to see native Linux support some day!

Where is Rand Miller? I see English writing "Telephone", I see a yellow number plate in the background. Should be the UK. I saw a van with the company name SINCLAIR(?) drive by. There are ads for "The Lady Boys of Bangkok". They had a stops in _Brighton_, _Yeovil._ and were preparing for _Newcastle Upon Tyne_ at that time. There is a satellite dish on the right house. Since satellites orbit the equator, it would suggest the camera is facing North, but the shadow angle tells a different story. This is recorded in the morning hours with the camera facing South. There are also very high trees around that city. Maybe the van was from Colin Sinclair Motors in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Yeah, that's my guess. They have vans like that.

Yeah, we know Riven VR is being done for 2023 (the starry expanse project was absorved into Cyan in 2020). But my personal wish is for remastered upscaled Myst 3 and 4 versions. I love those games as well but their resolutions do not scale up that well in high definition screens.

Firmament is looking awesome! So glad I jumped in as a backer late in the game. Damn I hate waiting.... lol

18:34 - Huuuge veiled spoiler there!!! :)

So Firmament is going to be available on PSVR2 but is it also going to be available on PCVR?

Oh, and merch request: Cyan logo vinyl laptop stickers in time for me to christen my future M2 MacBook Pro without resorting to redbubble knock-offs 🙏

Is mysterium another new game from myst series?

Funny people!

Kickstarter for new Myst Uru Online content would be nice. Seems to be the unwanted child at the moment. Would be nice to see all the podiums in the museum and the library filled with linking books.

Myst coming to PlayStation has always been a question in the back of mind that I never ask because I assume the answer is always no. Is there hope at least for bringing the Myst and perhaps it's sequels to PlayStation consoles?

I just want the Cyan games on PSN again lol. I just beat Obduction so I’m in the mood for Myst again. I backed firmament and I’m excited for it but I want something to play until then 😬.

you didnt handle the riven question well. Im sure you have your reasons. People followed The Starry Expanse's project for years and then silence when you took them on board. Crumbs or assurance that youre looking after their project would be good. At the moment it feels uncertain, even if its not. The silence after so many years of community hype is nerveracking.

With the screenshot feature coming out at pretty much the same time as the hand tracking feature, somehow it seems like they missing putting in a way to trigger the screenshot/note-taking via hand tracking.

CLIPS WERE COOL

So he's in England?

We Want Firmament!!

Sucks still seeing nothing on riven. I’m way more excited for riven over the other game you are working on.

Soooooo, No Firmament this year? Next year? Guess i won't see the kick- starter wooden box set any time soon....

hey what about riven?

The Myst books are free to download all over the internet.... everyone knows that.

Maybe I'm just sick in the head but in Rand's video in the beginning... That sky looks like Riven

Any updates on the Myst tv series?

Riven in VR on Quest!!!

When is Firmament being released?

Its coming for series x also?

Myst. PlayStation. When?

Kickstart uru remake let's do it.

Rand = somewhere in the UK

Still no Marrim?

A game like Firmament would really benefit from moving to Unreal Engine 5

I hope the new game has VR support

When Myst for PS4???

神秘岛2：星空断层😍

It is fast approaching half a decade since the original beg to pre-purchase Firmament. I know of several purchasers who are now dead and, their investments are gone. Shame !

"no connection to Obduction" Thank God!

I'm sorry to say this but this age is not impressive to me at all. Small industrial complex surrounded by mountains. This could be Romania or Mongolia. What happened to the creative energy that went into ages like Spire or Riven?

Cyan is so ambitious. It seems like they could benefit from just chilling a bit and focusing on a few simple things, but no.

I'm pretty sure at this stage you guys either hate or are really embarrassed by Riven for some reason. We get a billion and one updates, remakes and re-releases of Myst but Riven just keeps getting ignored.

Technical Difficulties?! Not cool.

Links to the URU Unreal test: myst.dustbird.net/wiki/Taking_Uru_To_Unreal kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y9N0oNJ329yvn4E.html