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Cyan
Company blog · cyan.comgamesprogramming
Cyan is the company blog at cyan.com, writing about games and programming. Since 2013, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “Cyan: Regarding “AI Assisted Content” in Firmament”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-19, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (10) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Cyan's pages on its Myst-series games, including Myst, Riven and Obduction, plus studio news posts. Comments concern the games, release details and studio history rather than the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 10 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Cyan | We Build Worlds
Most-linked posts?
- Cyan: Regarding “AI Assisted Content” in Firmament3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-06-08
- /games/myst/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-12-13
- An Open Letter to the Fans of Riven2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-10-31
What Hacker News says?
They have a photo of that lobby on their website: https://cyan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_1241.jpg
Comment linking /wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_1241.jpg
on “Riven”Submitted Riven Launches for PCs, Macs, and Meta Quest 2 and 3 Headsets on June 25th as a story · 6 points
HN discussionThey didn't get acquired but did hire one member of the team as per this post: https://cyan.com/2022/10/31/olttfor/
Comment linking /2022/10/31/olttfor/
on “Riven”Submitted Cyan: Regarding “AI Assisted Content” in Firmament as a story · 2 points
HN discussionFor those, like me, wondering how to play it today. It seems the original studio has released a modernized version available on many platforms (including VR): https://cyan.com/games/myst/ I missed out on Myst in its heyday, but have always wanted to check it out after hearing so many great things. Curious if any superfans think it would be better experienced as the original in an emulator or similar.
Comment linking /games/myst/
on “The Myst Graph: A New Perspective on Myst”Submitted Cyan announces plan to release a remake of Riven on the game's 25th anniversary as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThere is a remake that has full 3D movement. I found it significantly easier. With the updated interface and graphics, the puzzles are still a lot of fun https://cyan.com/games/realmyst/
Comment linking /games/realmyst/
on “Myst Almost Couldn't Run on CD-ROM [video]”Submitted An Open Letter to the Fans of Riven as a story · 2 points
HN discussionYeah, their most recent efforts are some really shitty-looking mobile games: http://cyan.com/games/stoneship/ and http://cyan.com/games/bug-chucker/ They've been struggling under the shadow of Myst. Hopefully this will get them back on track.
Comment linking /games/bug-chucker/
on “Myst creator Cyan Worlds announces Kickstarter for Obduction”Submitted Dynamic Slope Quantization for VR Comfort as a story · 2 points
HN discussionFortunately, it’s coming to Steam and GOG as well. https://cyan.com/games/myst/
Comment linking /games/myst/
on “If you can't play the new VR version of Myst, why not play the Apple II demake”Submitted Regarding AI assisted content in Firmament as a story · 1 points
HN discussionOfficial release: https://cyan.com/2024/06/03/riven-launch-date/
Comment linking /2024/06/03/riven-launch-date/
on “Riven remake coming out June 25th”A better link https://cyan.com/games/riven/
Comment linking /games/riven/
on “Riven remake coming out June 25th”Check out the game Obduction. It's by Cyan, the same people who made Myst: https://cyan.com/games/obduction/
Comment linking /games/obduction/
on “Ask HN: What is a good fictional universe to get immersed in?”_Dimhaven_, released just a few months ago, looks fairly Myst-like from the videos I've seen. While I haven't played it, Zadbox, the developer, also made the very Myst-like _Quern_; released 2016 and which I have played. I can't help but think the article is a story about _Cyan's_ woes conflated with industry woes. Which isn't to say that the industry doesn't have problems! But Cyan really underperformed with _Firma…
Comment linking /2023/06/08/regarding-ai-assisted-content-in-firmament/
on “No One Can Afford to Make Myst Games Anymore”
