For those of you who follow our Kickstarter backer updates for Firmament, you may remember when we introduced you to Abner Coimbre. Abner joined the Cyan crew as a senior engineer, bringing a wealth of programming experience, after stint at Thekla Inc. (the studio that created “Braid,” and “The Witness”) as well as NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. In his spare...

Cyan’s 2nd annual Cake Contest (#2.0!) brought to bear the talents of many incredible bakers. We only regret the contest couldn’t have included a taste test, too!  Each entry was a delectable sugary delight – one of them even INCLUDED lights! – which you, the Cyan Fan Community, voted on to select the best entries. Of all the tasty treats...

Area Man Lives. Or Does He? The answer is entirely up to you. The Cyan Ventures/City Lights game, AREA MAN LIVES (AML to us Insiders), is rapidly approaching release! We’ll be sharing more news and a release date for the game very soon.  In AML, you’re the new fill-in DJ at the local radio station, joining a radio drama already...

UPDATE: Yep. This was our April Fools silliness for 2022… Although we won’t say that we’ll never have hand soaps available for sale on the Cyan store, I’m afraid that we don’t currently. Thanks for playing along with us this year! April is in bloom, and in the Cyan Store, we’ve got some choice pearls to share with you!  Make...

At Cyan we try our best to make sure that every puzzle has a reason for being in the world and that it makes sense for the world it lives in… To be fair, perhaps a puzzle doesn’t always have to have obvious deep context right when the player is in the thick of solving it, but we always want the player to be able to look back later on their experience and have additional “ah-ha” moments. The goal is to give the player multiple payoffs as the game goes on… ...

UPDATE: Yep. This was our April Fools silliness for 2021. We had a blast making it, and even though Myst Sayber is probably NOT going to be coming to a VR headset near you any time soon, we really appreciate your enthusiasm, and for helping make our day fun! If you do nothing else, tho, definitely check out Amie Waters,...

Hello, everyone! Our “Translations Achieved” Patch (aka Patch 3) for Myst on Quest is now out! We are happy to announce that for the first time ever, all text/subtitles in Myst have been fully localized for various languages (more information on that below). Achievements are now a part of the game as well, in case you are seeking an extra...

For years now Cyan fans have spun up different websites for the different  aspects of our games’ lore. We are so grateful for the creativity and excitement so many of you bring to this community! Unfortunately, with so many disparate resources and repositories out there, over the years much of that work has been lost as people move on, information...

Well hello, everyone! Patch 2 for Myst on Quest is now out! Everywhere – Sculpted out a ton more polygon issues – Triturated up a ton of textures (game size reduced by about 25%!) – Amalgamated a ton more mesh issues – Repaired a ton more collision issues – Tamped down a ton more LOD issues – Embellished a ton...

Patch 1 for Myst is now available! Coming soon to a future patch: A journaling system & localization. Global Beautified a ton of aesthetic issues Polished up a ton of texture/mesh issues Ripped out a ton of paging issues Smoothed out a ton of LOD issues Shined up a ton of lighting issues Knocked down a ton of collision issues...