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Barktic Fox :therian:

The new Unreal Engine remakes/remasters of #Myst and #Riven are currently on sale in a package deal on GOG for $45, which is 20% off (still cheaper than buying them separately, even with them also on sale): gog.com/en/game/myst_riven_the

Riven has been rebuilt and redesigned from the ground up for the first time since 1997 with new content and revised puzzles, and Myst just added the Rime Age from realMYST, which has also been redesigned and expanded. Both are phenomenal games, and would still be a steal at twice the price.

GOG.comMyst & Riven: The Definitive CollectionMyst & Riven: The Definitive Collection includes: Myst Riven Mysterious islands, nefa
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rezmason

#theAntiquarium Let's look at some original #Myst assets, included in StrataVision 3D's sample assets folder, shall we? Starting with the version of Sirrus's dresser from Stoneship.

See that red page? Here's its texture. I've transcribed what I can read of it in the image annotation. Isn't that interesting?

Also included is the "Topographical Extrusion Test" in the imager.

Lastly, am I the only Myst fan who had no idea how ornate Achenar's mechanized bird toy is??

(attn @robotspacer )

The drawers of a fancy dresser laid side by side with their contents— coins, jewelery, fancy dinnerware, textiles, and one red written page.
The texture of the red page, up close, and whose text is just the following words cut and pasted: "This is" "my brother" "Alexander." "from an open" "to the" "my father grew" "around terrible" "above Achenar's"
An extruded square region of a 3D model of a snowcapped mountain range hovers over what appears to be a well filled with water.
A wooden toy bird, with a brightly painted beak, a body made of several varieties of wood, painted human eyes, painted legs, and wings with a painting on them of a sun, a colorful flower, and a cloudy hillside
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Artéan

Day 1: Your First Video Game

I don't exactly remember my very first video game. I think it might have been Rainbow Fish. Or Freddy Fish. Or that game with a mouse called Justine in French.

The first one that had a real impact on me and kindled my passion with video games is definitely #Myst

Cover art from the Rainbow Fish video game for children. it depicts the titular Rainbow Fish, but way uglier than in the book. And that's only the cover art, the real thing in game is ugly as [redacted]. Not that I minded at the time.
A view of the iconic Myst island, from Myst (1993). It depicts a grassy path with stone pillars and pine trees on either sides, and a circular stone pond in the center. Next to the pond is a wooden box with a lever on top. At the end of the path is a small square library building, with ancient greek-like columns. Behind it is a small mountain and a round metal tower at the top. The sky is a eery light-blue gray.
#Cyan#AdventureGame
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Aviancer

Awesome! Got everything working correctly under Windows 3.1. Turns out the S3 driver set I got was the correct one after all and I got glorious 1024x768 with 32k colors mode working! 🎉

It actually ran way smoother than I expected especially compared to the generic SVGA driver, though I eventually had to drop back down to 640x480 @ 256 colors for Myst.

After some trial and error I was able to get AWE64 sound working also, though I had to fool S64basic.exe installer that I already had a controller manager installed. Blasted canyon.mid with the creative soft synth before I tried installing Roland MPU-401 support - which my PCMidi card to my surprise was completely happy to be driven by, so I followed it up with the SC-55 MkII ^^

I find it exceedingly cool how the Win 3.1 midi mapper allows you to divide midi channels between different midi devices if you so desire. So you could have drums from one and the rest from another for example.

To top it all off we installed Quicktime 2.03 😂 and did our first foray into Myst, the goal of the whole exercise to explore its various mysteries 💕 Will be returning to it a little later!

Screenshot from a Twitch stream, a grackle inspired bird vtuber is at the bottom left corner of the screen. The right wing of the bird is held up in a gesture. We are in a DOS text mode “Audio Software” installer with a blue background and white text. The view is currently showing where the files will be installed, audio card path c:\sb16, windows 3.1 path c:\windows and system boot up drive c:\ At the top right there is a Tetris levels to play counter, and a text indicating one of Tiasu’s songs is playing in the background. At the bottom right a follow goal is listed, having reached 667/666 for a playthrough of Myst.
Screenshot from a Twitch stream, a grackle inspired bird vtuber is at the bottom left corner of the screen. We are in a Windows 3.1. Media player l, program manager and midi mapper are open. The midi mapper has all tracks set to play on “Roland MPU-401”. One of the port drop downs is open listing also some other options. At the top right there is a Tetris levels to play counter, and a text indicating one of Tiasu’s songs is playing in the background. At the bottom right a follow goal is listed, having reached 667/666 for a playthrough of Myst.
Screenshot from a Twitch stream, a grackle inspired bird vtuber is at the bottom left corner of the screen. The bird looks happy/amused with her beak open some and head tilted. We are in a graphical installer for QuickTime for Windows 2.03. A dialog is open, with a welcome message and allowing us to install, exit or help. The background is filled with a repeating pink and white pixel pattern. At the top right there is a Tetris levels to play counter, and a text indicating one of Tiasu’s songs is playing in the background. At the bottom right a follow goal is listed, having reached 667/666 for a playthrough of Myst.
Screenshot from a Twitch stream, a grackle inspired bird vtuber is at the bottom left corner of the screen, looking focused. We are in Myst, the game. A view of a Roman style library building is at the front with a pathway leading up to it with grass on either side. Several other buildings can also be seen in the scene partially, one has a dome roof, another is high on a mountainside. A blimp or classic finned space rocket style craft of some sort can be seen parked further way in the distance. At the top right there is a Tetris levels to play counter, and a text indicating one of Tiasu’s songs is playing in the background. At the bottom right a follow goal is listed, having reached 667/666 for a playthrough of Myst.
#RetroComputing#RetroGaming#Twitch
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Data Quine

The Myst Graph: A New Perspective on Myst

Have mixed feelings about these kinds of things. Yes part of me interested on the theory but don't want to ruin my memories of using Myst back in the day. Hard to describe just how beautiful and different this "game" was at the time. It was a work of art I was just a very happy virtual tourist wandering around taking in the views.

glthr.com/myst-graph-1
glthr.com/myst-graph-2

glthr.com | Guillaume Lethuillier's blog · The Myst Graph: A New Perspective on MystBy Guillaume Lethuillier
#Myst
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Eliot Lash

Sad news at #Cyan. They've had to lay off about half their team and posted a sheet with contact info and disciplines of employees who are looking for new opportunities: bsky.app/profile/cyan.com/post

This is a crop of talented individuals whose work I think speaks for itself. They are making some of the most imaginative and visually stunning #IndieGames out there (#Myst, #Riven, etc.)

If you or anyone you know is hiring top-tier #GameDevelopers, please put them in touch!

Bluesky Social · Cyan Worlds 🌟 Riven (remade) out now! (@cyan.com)Cyan friends and family, we have some difficult news to share today. (More details in-thread below.)
#GetFediHired#FediHired
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