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#myst #pointandclickadventuregames #cyanworlds
Welcome to me revisiting one of the most important but untapped games of my youth: Myst by Cyan Worlds, spearheaded by Rand and Robyn Miller. This game was the highest selling PC game of the 90s and reinvented the point and click adventure genre. But has it Aged gracefully or is it a relic? And can I respect a game's greatness even if I often struggle to enjoy actually playing? The answers to these questions and more lie within...Myst!
0:00 Myst & Me
9:36 The Myth of Myst
20:07 Living Within Constraints
24:18 Music
25:05 Sound Effects
27:00 Voice Acting
27:53 Game Testing
29:49 A Story for the Ages
35:35 A Philosophy of Design
38:33 Puzzles As Friction
42:00 Myst Island Ship Puzzle
42:59 Channelwood Age Puzzle
45:35 Stoneship Age Puzzle
47:33 Gear Puzzle
48:20 Mechanical Age Context
49:52 Selenitic Age Puzzles
54:55 Meaning Amidst the Myst
57:07 The Burden of the Believer
1:00:13 To the End of the Ages
RESOURCES USED:
https://www.allatwan.net/characters.html
https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_9501_January_1995/page/n103/mode/2up
https://gwern.net/doc/fiction/science-fiction/2015-mirante-thesubcreationtheoryofjrrtolkien.html
https://archive.org/details/from-myst-to-riven-the-creations-inspirations-1997/page/n15/mode/2up
https://www.academia.edu/675667/Navigating_Myst_y_Landscapes_Utopian_Discourses_and_Hybrid_Media
https://grantland.com/features/looking-back-game-myst-20th-anniversary/
https://web.archive.org/web/19970713194008/http://www.newmedia.com/NewMedia/95/7/screens/11thHour.html
https://www.denofgeek.com/games/myst-pc-history-documentary-rand-robyn-miller-philip-shane-interview/
https://www.macworld.com/article/177707/randmiller.html
https://www.avclub.com/myst-creator-rand-miller-on-his-favorite-puzzle-that-ev-1798251819
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/myst-fps-is-a-hilarious-dig-at-the-classic-adventure-game-and-its-free-on-itchio
https://adventuregamers.com/articles/view/an-overview-of-genre-history-by-the-art-of-point-and-click-adventure-games
https://www.inverse.com/gaming/myst-cyan-worlds-oral-history
https://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/269/
https://www.reddit.com/r/myst/comments/8v8fdc/a_rant_on_mysts_mazerunner_puzzle/
https://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2019/mar/29/after-25-years-of-gaming-history-cyan-worlds-turns/ - photo credits Don Marquis, Associated Press; Dan Pelle, The Spokesman-Review; Jeff T. Green, Ap;
https://literatemachine.com/2020/11/20/doom-myst-and-the-war-for-the-soul-of-video-games/
https://glitterberri.com/the-spirit-of-sunsoft/
https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=41&q=myst+documentary+kickstarter&cvid=ee0fae03b8e14a3499015f77c82aaa84&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQABhAMgYIAhBFGDwyBggDEEUYPdIBCDMzNDRqMGoxqAIAsAIA&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=DCTS – Rock Paper Shotgun
https://archive.org/details/1989-08-compute-magazine/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater – Manhole award
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43642699-The-Adventure-Library/lists/ - for those who want to play games in the point and click adventure before and after Myst’s release
https://medium.com/picking-up-the-pieces/two-histories-of-myst-8b37e1504f9e
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbEgS4qaKE @FieldOfViewGameDesign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PqXdQ8izmQ @RECTHYDRA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqNJCgnohWE @CROLUL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdIkz-xN9Wg @Wasabialt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyOTq1EpV5o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiiThEkTp2c @Localish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r9eQ2ZPFtU @ftloc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D30r0iRH73Q& @theadventuregamer9062
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQHD7TRAank @hirudov2d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wyk1vZmuTQ&list=PLVDIEab0xV6XcruxzCkZkwnnb5Xp_Xk50&index=2 @Cyan-Official https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uASJUW5K7vc @MysteriumCon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5af74KuJZE @NeoGamer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cULHgP8tmo&list=PL-5k-ntphm-NsEQtLmORwpG78y4irOU4t&index=5 @gdconf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gydv9UNVtoE - @GamePlayShare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0AX0y3217k @lilbumblebear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKsxJVAed1A - @AppleAdventures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3etkSoHrR8 @GladeSwope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZZXJ3zCRDQ - @thriftweeds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7qBJak98cs @NintendoComplete
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH_6ER0-voQ&t=26907s @ErmacgerdLongplays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXOU2t9Z4Bo
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xUnnc_E-L_I @CharlieCollison
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No denying it was one of the higher selling games of the 90s, but the claim it reinvented the point and click genre is a little rich. The point and click genre was very much alive before and after Myst.