Cyan games is an incredible group of developers, having brought us the world-famous Myst series, it's successor Riven, and one of my personal favorite games, Obduction.
Their Kickstarter Campaign is running till the 23 April, and has some sweet loot for supporters.
But why, you ask, should you invest in this game ?
Isn't it just some other company ?
Let me try to convince you :)
The Cyan Worlds
Myst
The most well known one is Myst.
Myst introduced us to a collection of immersive worlds, and left us free to solve their mysteries, explore their stories, and ultimately determine who to trust, and free, from their prison (That's all I'm giving ya storywise, Gotta avoid spoilers ;) ).
Through it's exploration and logic, it captivated millions, and is credited as being one of the main drivers of CD-ROM adoption. (if that's not street-cred enough for you, I don't know what will be...)
I've personally tried completing it once, given up, and just yesterday given it another go (in which I've actually solved some of the puzzles already ! They're SO fun, and the atmosphere of the game is still captivating after all these years !)
The Myst series has 5 games in it (Game number two being Riven. The other ones are named Myst II to V), as well as a free to play MMO called Uru (it was initially pay to play MMO, but lots of complications and a smaller than expected subscriber base killed it... but, in a happy twist of fate, compared to all those myriad MMO's that die permanently leaving their fans crying, it's been revived and the client released under the GNU GPL open software license).
I have yet to try Riven, but I hear it's a worthy successor, even if it's story is restricted to a single World. They even hired actors for the cut-scenes, which was a very unusual thing at the time !
The others are continuations on Mysts story, and I can't wait to play them !
Obduction
Now Obduction... Obduction I completed just a few days ago, and I've already decided to classify it as one of my all-time favorite games, along with Subnautica, Skyrim and Portals 2 !
It"s got a story that, while it reminds me of Myst, is very distinct, and the puzzles revolve around the use of Swapping Machines.
That big sphere of stone up there ? It can be moved using one of said machines... and it'll jump to another world, where the terrain it replaces will be moved to the one in the image... this allows for a very interesting game mechanic !!!
I loved the story and design behind this one, and it's got some superb mechanics !
... I only had to refer to a walk-through online a couple of times XP
Now that I've shown you WHY you should consider supporting Cyan Games Firmament, let me show you WHAT it is you'll be supporting with some more images:
Plus, there are some sweet rewards:
So, what are you waiting for ? Go use some of those Crypto-earnings over on Kickstarter and help create an amazing experience for us all to enjoy !
It's even optimized for VR, but fully functional for us poor "flatscreeners" too ;)
Plus, this guy is making the music score:
Disclaimer: All images taken from the internet and the Firmament kickstarter.
