{"id":62487,"date":"2019-03-27T03:10:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T10:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/game-studio-behind-myst-launches-crowdfunding-campaign-for-vr-enabled-adventure-firmament\/"},"modified":"2019-03-27T03:10:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T10:10:28","slug":"game-studio-behind-myst-launches-crowdfunding-campaign-for-vr-enabled-adventure-firmament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/game-studio-behind-myst-launches-crowdfunding-campaign-for-vr-enabled-adventure-firmament\/","title":{"rendered":"Game studio behind \u2018Myst\u2019 launches crowdfunding campaign for VR-enabled adventure \u2018Firmament\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Concept art for Cyan\u2019s next game, Firmament<\/em>. (Source: Cyan press kit)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cyan<\/a>, the Spokane, Wash-based studio behind the Myst <\/em>franchise and its spiritual successor, Obduction<\/em>, began a new crowdfunding campaign today for their next game, Firmament<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cKickstarter is a way for us to reach out to our fans to help us fund the types of games we like to build and they like to play,\u201d Rand Miller, Cyan\u2019s CEO, wrote in the company\u2019s press release. \u201cEmpowering our fans to fund through Kickstarter allows us to explore these creative opportunities. Oh, and they\u2019re gonna love this game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new game is an all-new story, though it draws on the same \u201csteampunk\u201d aesthetic as Myst<\/em> did. All that\u2019s known about the gameplay as of right now is that it\u2019s built around exploration, with the player learning how to use the services of a mechanical adjunct as he or she traverses through multiple fantasy worlds. (In other words, it\u2019s a Cyan game.)<\/p>\n

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An official screenshot from Cyan\u2019s next game, Firmament<\/em>. (Cyan press kit)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Firmament <\/em>was initially revealed in March 2018, shortly before Cyan\u2019s successful Kickstarter for the 25th-anniversary edition of the Myst <\/em>series<\/a>. If the\u00a0Firmament<\/em> crowdfunding campaign reaches its goal, it\u2019s planned to launch in the summer of 2020. The campaign is for $1.3 million, and will last 30 days.<\/p>\n

Details on backer rewards are unknown. However, Cyan has already announced its intent to collaborate with Fangamer<\/a> to create a line of merchandise for Firmament<\/em>. This isn\u2019t terribly unusual, as a lot <\/em>of indie games end up with Fangamer merch lines, ranging from pins and plushies to apparel and soundtrack albums on vinyl.<\/p>\n

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Are you ready for another adventure? #firmament<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ODS5rYugdp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Firmament (@firmamentgame) March 25, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At time of writing, the plan is that a \u201ctraditional\u201d version of Firmament <\/em>will launch for PC gamers, with VR-enabled versions launching at the same time for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. This stands in contrast to Cyan\u2019s previous project, Obduction<\/em>, which began as a typical PC game and only received VR support relatively late in its operational existence.<\/p>\n

This marks further movement into the virtual reality space for Cyan, which launched a new publishing imprint, Cyan Ventures, in November. Cyan Ventures\u2019 first release, Zed<\/em><\/a>, had its own successful Kickstarter in 2016, and is currently planned for release in late 2019. Zed<\/em> is the work of Eagre Games, based in Ellsworth, Maine, and co-founded by Chuck Carter, one of the environmental artists on the original Myst<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Cyan\u2019s last two releases, Obduction <\/em>and the Myst 25th Anniversary Collection<\/em>, were both the result of successful Kickstarters, with the latter triple-funded by Myst <\/em>fans before Cyan had the chance to put out a press release to announce the campaign had started.<\/p>\n

Myst <\/em>was the single best-selling PC game of 1997, which launched both a franchise as well as a fervent fan community that persists to this day. The official Myst <\/em>convention, Mysterium<\/a>, will be held this August in Cyan\u2019s hometown of Spokane, Wash., at the Ruby River Hotel.<\/p>\n

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Concept art for Cyan\u2019s next game, Firmament. (Source: Cyan press kit) Cyan, the Spokane, Wash-based studio behind the Myst franchise and its spiritual successor, Obduction, began a new crowdfunding campaign today for their next game, Firmament. \u201cKickstarter is a way for us to reach out to our fans to help us fund the types of… Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":62488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t