Time of your life
Update 2006 - Cyan Worlds is alive and kicking.
Almost all of Cyan Worlds, Inc. was laid off today, including me. I know with the talent we have here people will find new places to go and do great things. It’s sad to see a company with such talented people to basicly expire. I don’t blame anyone for it happening. So today we had a company meeting in which Rand said some kind final words. Then we had a hamburger and goodbye gathering. Over the last few weeks leading to this point many of us had the hope that something would come up, but it didn’t happen. I will try to stay in Spokane as long as I can. I got some really good things going for me right now here and I hate to see that just dust in the wind.
So, as Green Days Time of Your life is playing on the company intercom system.
“Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.”
I did... (Raises glass) Here is to the future.
Peace.
Update 2006 - Cyan Worlds is alive and kicking.
Almost all of Cyan Worlds, Inc. was laid off today, including me. I know with the talent we have here people will find new places to go and do great things. It’s sad to see a company with such talented people to basicly expire. I don’t blame anyone for it happening. So today we had a company meeting in which Rand said some kind final words. Then we had a hamburger and goodbye gathering. Over the last few weeks leading to this point many of us had the hope that something would come up, but it didn’t happen. I will try to stay in Spokane as long as I can. I got some really good things going for me right now here and I hate to see that just dust in the wind.
So, as Green Days Time of Your life is playing on the company intercom system.
“Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.”
I did... (Raises glass) Here is to the future.
Peace.
178 Comments:
"Briefly he looked about him at the room he'd made, pleased by his efforts, then, picking up his pen again, he began to write, setting down the final words. The ending that was not a final ending."
damn. just damn.
We'll see where the adventure takes you now.
Sad to see this happen. All good luck to you and everyone else!
Best wishes and best of luck.
It's a damn shame, but all good things must come to an end. Goodluck.
The end of a chapter....
So sad to hear, the end of an era. hard to see such things written. I quit my own job today after 11 years, it's hard when you realise what is now behind you.
... The next chapter ...
Good Luck, and Best wishes.
Really saddened by the news...
I wish you and others good luck!
Thats really too bad... Best of wishes and good luck to you and the rest
Grey?
Pass it on to the other Cyantists?
DaDungeon loves you guys.
The Mental Mob feels for the turn Cyan's adventure is taking.
Even though the building may darken . . .
keep those minds lit up.
Never know what you'll find there.
This is indeed sad news. I wish everyone the best of luck...I'm speechless as tears flow.
This is very sad news. What now?
This is a loss to everyone... all I can offer is a heartfelt thank-you for giving us something pure, beautiful and timeless. Good luck to you, as well.
Oh well. That's it then. No more Cyan.
I'm sorry I find it hard to be as philosophical as others have. Everyone else saw it coming, but I had to be the one who still believed that this world could be worthy of you. Boy, do I look stupid right now.
I know all the individuals involved will carry on doing wonderful and creative things. That goes without saying. There are no happy endings because nothing ends. Except it still feels like something has. Something important.
Please pass on my thanks to everyone for all the gifts you have given us. I wish you all every success, wherever you go.
And whatever happens, somehow, some day, D'ni will live again. If I have to write the damn Book myself.
This is hard news to accept! Cyan and staff has been our friends for so long, I can't say goodbye!
I wish you all good luck in the future. Your art will remain a part of all of our lives and your games will always be played..
No R.i.p.
For the end has not yet been written ...
You did a very good job and I am quite sure to here (and see) more by your team.
Peter
Perhaps the ending has not yet been written...
Shorah b'shemtee
The future still needs to be written.
Wishing all succes and maybe Pizza-day will come again and a lot of penguins.
My heart is with you guys.
I can't believe it. I'm so sorry.. :( Cyan has been my favorite producer of quality art for many years now. I hope that somehow they will be able to start the company up again to make more great games! Best wishes.
-Shooglenifty
Good luck Grey Dragon, and all Cyanists. This particular journey might be over, but the love for Cyan and all it has accomplished will never be over.
!shorah
I can't be philosophical about this ending. Who will write the stories now? Who will carry the torch for decency and creativity in games? The people of Cyan have ever been the only ones who understood.
Those of who have believed in these worlds are small minority. We're still here. Other companies give us guns and formulas. Cyan gives--well, gave--us wonder. Magic at the click of a mouse.
From the time of "The Manhole" to "Uru." We had Cosmic Osmo, Spelunx, and then Atrus, who drew us back again, and then again.
The world is a much poorer place without Cyan. What happens to the spirit now? I'd hoped that something would happen.
Ah, I'm just stunned. The real pain will come later... no more Cyan.
I am agast, and sad beyond what
my words can say, I have only these past months begun to experience MYST and now RIVEN,and
have found the Cyan work to be superb, magnificent, masterworks
of great art and sensitivity,
I refuse to accept the end, and I deny that it will be. There will be something, i am sure, and will keep this faith and through with total committment. I cannot accept that a creation of great light and quailty shall perish.
I mean this, I will not accept the end of Cyan, and you can please tell Rand I said so.
I am working on some new directions for both art and computer graphics design and intend to continue from where Cyan has momentarily left off, but I intend to see Cyan active again somehow somewhere.
Please be sure we can remain in touch with you in the time to come.
Chris Gerlach
(christopherger
proud fledging member of
Myst Community
www.christophergerlach.com
holisticpublishing@pagosa.net
Oh how very sad news. I loved Cyan ever since I saw the beauty of Myst and it's sad to hear that the Cyan road has run out.
Best wishes to everyone and good luck to all affected.
Gosh I just learned the news and I am soooo sad... sad for you Grey, sad for the other Cyantists, sad for the community...
Cyan and its people has given me wonderful times, allowed me to dream, to meet people... to... so many things.
That's the end of an era, that's probably the beginning of something else... let's hope, and my best wishes to all Cyantists.
"Don't cry for the ending. Laugh because it happened". Theodore Seuss Geisel
Dear Ryan - you were there for us the last day of URU Prologue and we're here for you in the last day of Cyan. I'm so sorry. But godspeed under your wings. Good luck and we'll all hope good things for all of you in the future. Doesn't make it any easier in the short term, however.
sad news, indeed...
i feel a lil bit orphaned now. :(
best wishes for everybody
Bugger.
That's all I can say in these situations. Sorry about that.
You have my respect for your part in the creative process of what I regard as the best computer games. (Selfish? Me??!)
Good luck for your future.
Best wishes,
Gav.
(gav@meeting-place.org)
I discovered Myst with my four kids (then ages 11 to 2) just after a painful divorce. It really was a family experience and not just a game. We played together late at night around our one little computer. We took turns with the mouse, telling each other what to do. "Click on that!" "Hey, can you pick that thing up??" "Go back!"
My kids are now 21 down to 12, and we're going to play some of the Myst 5 together in much the same way the first weekend it comes out. Food, games, staying up late again, egging each other on....
It will be a fitting tribute to a game series that has always stood head and shoulders above all others for me.
I am so sorry to hear these words. I have played your games right from the beginning and with Uru, you changed my life. You gave me the ability to walk, run, jump and all the other things I have not been able to do for 15 years.My life is going to change today.
This is indeed a sad day Ryan. I know you realize how much Uru and the prologue meant to so many of us and the impact it made. Someday your story will be told, and I hope it will be us explorers who will tell it. Although Cyan might cease to exist as a company, you will always be in our hearts.
Ashtar
Wow. :( The cream of the creative crop...dispersed.
I hope you all find jobs. Better yet, continue the unique spark of innovation that made Cyan a masterpiece company.
My heartfelt gratefulness for all your hard work. I will always treasure all the Myst games. Nothing even comes close to those gems.
Cyan and their worlds have been part of my life for so very long and the thought of their brilliance coming to an end makes my heart heavy.
I have escaped to the islands of Myst and to the worlds in the D'ni universe as a way to hide from the reality of the real world.
I have had the pleasure of meeting a great friend in Uru who has enriched my life and is teaching me patience the hard way... :)
No matter what the future holds, those are mine... forever... and you had a part in giving me that.
So to you and the rest of the Cyanists, thank you for my memories. They have been spectacular.
Who really knows what the future holds?
Good luck to you and anyone who has the pleasure of hiring you, in my opinion, they have gained a treasure.
K
Cyan always pushed the envelope with new ideas in how games should look and play.
I'll always remember meeting members of Cyan in URU/Prologue, and the fun I had there exploring and meeting others. The community that created will still live on, and so will the friendships I've made.
You created a place where people could be themselves, without having to hide. You should always be proud of that achievement.
I can only hope that you all find something to do now that brings a smile to your faces.
Take care, and see you again soon.
My first Cyan game was Spelunx, played at the local library. I moved on to Myst at my middle school and later to Riven et al. on my home computer. Thank you for the mental exercise and intricately crafted storylines -- and the gorgeous artwork from each game.
Studying the artwork and the puzzles taught me to always keep an eye open for things that are obvious only when viewed in the right frame of mind.
Given one last wish of Cyan/Ubisoft, I would ask for the source code to Myst Online (client AND server); as it is not a profitable commercial venture, allowing the D'ni community to further the universe would keep the Cyan legacy fresh for many years to come.
So long, Cyan, and thanks for the D'ni universe.
Devastating news! For many years I have found joy, beauty, and intrigue within the worlds of Myst and Uru. Talent such as yours (and that of your fellow Cyanists) will not remain untapped. Best wishes on this new chapter in your life.
It breaks my heart to hear this. It's just to awful. We will all miss you guys so much, you made such amazing adventures, in game and book form. The wonder and beauty of Myst will continue in my heart for the rest of my life. But perhaps the ending has not yet been written...
This is so hard to comprehend...
Sooo very hard to accept...
Cyan has pasted on, no more am I to be blessed, with the tails that I have grown to love, with the world that no more will bring me the joy it has always done in the past...
May our feathered breatheren always sing its praises...
May the fanged ones rend and tear its enemys...
And may the unsean ones give no rest no sustenance to those wretches who have caused this to occur to the people and the company that has given so much over the years...
Cyan, Robyn all of you good people thank you for what you have given me, may you have the blessing that you so richly deserve and may all of your future endeavors give you the joy and happyness that you have given me.
Again Ravin Thanks You and Shorah Teh...
Oh. Well, ... I love Cyan Worlds and will continue to love it after its death. Thank you for giving us all this wonderful work. I can't believe the ending has been written. No Cyan Worlds anymore. Reality is cruel. I can't translate my sadness into words. When I played a Myst game for the first time, I felt the most wonderful feeling in my life. You gave me one of the rare things that completely satisfy me. You made so beautiful worlds, so fascinating stories... and now you're gone.
.shorah b'shemtee
Acta est fabula, plaudite!
This is truly a sad sad day for Cyan.. They are a Landmark in Multi-media computing, and Gaming history.. I hope something can be done to preserve Cyan.. you will always live on in our hearts.. I wished to work for Cyan, but now I wish for Cyan to have a future. and Like UrU, to live again.
Good luck Grey Dragon and thank you for all of your work.
I type this stunned at the loss of Cyan which has been my sole gaming love since the first Myst. Nothing last forever. We all know this yet it is a hard thing to accept. Cyan has closed at a high point. A company who has shown the world the finest of the genre. It will be remembered forever as a success by generations of loving fans. The Myst family will continue, outliving Cyan itself. A visible sign of the good Cyan has created. Good luck to all of you who have given us so much.
Wow. Such a sad day.
Many thanks for all the fun and pure enjoyment you and Cyan have given us. I feel truly lucky to have recently visited the headquarters in Spokane. I was able to see and feel the wonder first hand, something few have done.
Playing "End of Ages" will be all the more sad now. We can only hope that the future has not yet been written, but it appears it might have been.
Thank you. Thank you. Shorah.
chev ah’shem khekahm l’ahrtahem
shorah
--gobo
oh, my, this is REALLY sad news!!!
*shakes head*
wow, it really is an end of ages...
*cries*
wow, i don't know what to say or think...
they could have at least waited until the last game is released. you've all worked so hard on the last few games - they've been released so quickly, i'm sure you haven't had any breathing time in between them, either. and now this!
oh, they should have waited until after myst v was released - just so you'd all have one last hurrah (together) for a job well done!!
i'm so sorry for all of you!! you'll all be missed, dearly, by all of us in the various myst communities!!!!
best of luck to you, in your new endeavors, greydragon! keep in touch!
and remember...the end is not yet written!! (i'm nothing if not the eternal optimyst :) )
Thank you for everything, Cyan. Thank you for all of the work, effort, and dedication you put into producing the greatest computer games ever played. Myst was an amazing thing to see, I was only four or five, but I had never seen such a thing on the computer. An with every game, I would be even more amazed, at what could be produced, all from such a grand idea.
I wish all of you the best of luck in life and sincerely thank you for all that you have done for myself, and for such a large community of people.
I am saddened that Cyan is not growing and thriving. There is not, nor has there ever been, IMO a better gaming experience to be had, than the games produced by CYAN! Thank you, and each and every person who has been involved in bringing us these wonderful worlds and times. I wish everyone of you all the best for the future.
It is a cold world that turns its back on beauty and imagination. I for one refuse to now that I have found it again.
Even if your doors should close in this Age they shall remain open in the hearts and minds of legions.
And someday, if we wish hard enough, if we believe strong enough, if we put effort into it, the dream will live again.
In the meatime my prayers are with you and your family, and the others who have suffered loss today. May opportunity find you soon.
Kyrie Eleson
Goodbye Cyan.....Those words seem so frail for all the feelings of loss that have been expressed and I am sure there are more to come.
I have been playing the Myst games and have joined the Myst community because of the kindred spirits found there...
To think there is an end...is unthinkable....the ending has not been written.
Le'ah
Dragon Boy! Dang! email me or I will phone you.
mih-
Cabbages!!! Knickers!!!!
Oh well. I'm sure it will all work out in the end. Good luck, Mr. Dragon.
From Mexico City, my best wishes to all The Cyan Team. You've done the greatest masterpieces!! I have really enjoyed your work through the years. Thanks for all the hard, great work. I'm really sad with the notice.
Hope its only a bitter stage... I still hope!!!
I can't stop crying now.. exactly when I read this, I were listening to my Myst IV soundtrack... I think a bit of me has died right now...
Tahgahmehm, tsahn botaigahn shehm, b'fahsee...
shorah and good luck. I'll miss you all. And I'll keep an eye on your future.
In any company, when a closure is announced, it is the same: The sinking feeling, the inevitability.. But this is a lot more. This is the end of an era.
I have played all the Myst games and I love them all. Uru in particular has been a high beyond discription, even though it also caused me some difficulties in the guise of Until Uru.
I wouldn't trade my Myst experiences for anything. Thank you all.
Myst is the most unique game every made and the series a once in a life time experience. I bow to those who worked so hard to bring such beautiful pieces of art to life in such imaginative ways and don't know how to thank everyone for what they've given the world, and I.
This was one of the messages we never expect to get... Now it's here and it's just... we just have no words to say. The whole Cyan Inc. did a great job the last 18 years and to see the end now is hard :(
But: It's not the end, it's just a new chapter in the book...
Let's get together.
KlyX
How could this happen? Was the sale figures too low? Some unwise business decisions? Invested all the money in fish-oil?
I hope that everyone can get new employment soon and show the industry that this was a big mistake.
/Piot
So sad to hear about this - how awful it must have been for Cyan employees. If the ending truly has been written, then so long, and thanks, for all the Myst. We'll never forget it.
Goodbye Cyan.
Just wanted to say that it feels very very strange to see you guys go.
It hasn't quite hit home yet, I think.
I'd like to thank Cyan for all their work, support, involvement, creativity and imagination over the years.
Myst and Cyan have been an integral part of my life ever since I bought that wonderful Ages of Myst box. :)
I hope that everyone will be fine. I also hope that somehow, things will get better again. *prays for mass-EoA-profits*
Thanks again for all you've done, and best of luck for the future.
If there's one thing a Myst fan knows, it's that the end has never truly been written.
Coren
What a sad day for Cyan and all of us fans. GD, I wish you and all the others the best of luck.
"Thank you" sounds too small...but a big, huge "Thank you" it is, for all the story, the ages...and for the the community, the friends.
Ryan, words cannot express my sadness. I know of all who were "let go" are also sad and I hope the best for all.
Thanks to all Cyan artists, present and past, for all of the wonderful joy they've given so many of us for such a long time.
I don't know how to say sorry. This company has made the only games I could admit to have "atmosphere".
I only hope to see "magic" in the spots you're all going to land.
Good luck to you all!
:o(
Thank you... for the wonderfull worlds, for the games, for the ages, for the story, for everything, and especially for you as you, Cyan... Wishing you all best at the new path you are walking...
May your desires will be forfilled...
;o)
Thank you for a job well done, Ryan. May you land on your feet in a bright and wondrous new adventure which brings you much comfort and joy. But no matter how far you go in life, remember this: your presence in the Myst community will always be welcomed.
Best wishes always,
Linda K
i still dont know what to say...
why is this world so cruel?!?
i just can thank you like everybody else for what you have done for us. one big part of me died with this message.
the best wishes for all who ever worked for cyan.
maybe the end hasnt yet been written...
shorah
Sad, sad news.
I am so sorry to hear this. Uru brought my future husband and me together, plus the Myst series has given both of us years of pleasure. It has no equal.
Our hearts go out to the staff of Cyan.
Murray and Jewel
Fuck : (
So it really is the End of Ages. Thank you, Cyan, for everything you have given us.
Thanks for all the living dreams you offered us, and the heart and visions you all put in your "games".
I hope the sadness you may feel will fade out, leaving room for the accomplishment feeling you all deserve.
I wish all the ex-Cyan the best of the future.
Good luck to you all. This is so sad truely the end but hope maybe a begining somewhere else.
Cyan will always be in my heart.
I am honored to have had my life enriched by Cyan.
Dear Ryan our GreyDragon,
My heart goes out to you and all the others. What a sad day.
You have brought such joy to people all over the world. Not just in North America, but the World.
You have so much talent that I know you will go on to wonderful things.
Keep us informed.
Take care. Peace and love.
Michelle A
Well, this certainly sucks.
Having been a fan of Cyan's games ever since playing the original Myst, I find these news very disappointing.
I hope you guys all manage to secure new jobs for yourselves, so many talented people.
Bah. :(
A mournful long "howl" for this loss ... I guess it really is the end of ages.
Perhaps the ending has not been written ... but a new beginning has.
It was a great run while it lasted. You got to live your dream for awhile, that's more than a lot of people can say =)
My company was looking down the barrel of a gun for a few years, almost every month we'd get the 'We only have so much cash to continue operating...' speech for months on end. Eventually we got a heapload of funding, but I know what it's like to walk into work while the money is burning.
good luck GD, you'll make it out there =)
I don't even know what to say...
MYST, Riven, Exile, Revelation...
What a privilege it has been to experience the worlds you were able to provide us links to. As many have noted, these have provided wonderful memories of both solo and group explorations, the latter with friends and family huddled around the same monitor all participating in the experience together.
And then there was Uru.
With Uru, the worlds of Myst and D'ni were no longer in some far off place and time. It was the revelation of the worlds of Myst as they exist today and the ability to go be a part of it. When Uru was revealed I jumped on the first bus to New Mexico and was excited when I stepped off that bus and found my way to Zandi's Airstream trailer. And then climbing down into the cleft.. The Cleft!
What an amazing experience it was to make my way to the underground city of D'ni and meet other explorers who shared my sense of wonder. It was so fun to contemplate and speculate on the many things we encountered together and help each other devise solutions to problems. I got to explore an undergound city with people from all over the word.
It was a sad day when the funding for the D'ni expedition was cut. I must have taken a hundred photos on that last night in my neighborhood. With great reluctance I returned to the surface along with everyone else.
I'm glad that many continue to meet in the cavern with the links that Until Uru provides. I'm not able to utilize that ability myself. But I wish all who do the very best and that it continues to evolve.
A big heartfelt Thank You! to all the folks at Cyan Worlds who made this all possible. You are all an inspiration to me.
Onward and Upward!
First DRC.
Then Live.
Now Cyan.
You have changed the world. You plopped us on a dock and left us to click and go. To discover D'ni. Cyan gave us everything we have. The gathered will tell the path of the shell. We are the gathered. D'ni will always call us. We will answer the phone.
Thank you b'fahsee. I wish the best of luck to all of the Cyantists. Even though Cyan is not a company anymore, it has left its marks on the fans. The Myst Universe will not drop dead. It will live forever.
Remember, endings are only beginings.
Shorah.
We have enjoyed getting bits of news here on your blog, but we never wanted to hear this one!
I am deeply saddened at this loss, but am hopefull that something good will come out of it. Have you ever seen so many comments before?
Wow. You all know that we fans are out here and hope to see something continue. I have been a Myst fan from the beginning, but Uru has touched my life. I am anxious for the release of Myst V, but UU will always be my home as long as I can find others there!!
Good luck to all those who must leave. Go out and create something wonderful!
What do you say when a legend dies? What can you give to those who were taken from? How do you support those who were felled?
The end of Cyan is not tragedy, it is not accident. It is another step in life's journey through time.
Do we mourn? Do we forsake those who gave us what we love? No, we remember them as the best of the best. The greatest of the great.
Cyan's legacy will never die. We will never forget what they gave us.
Light exists, but the tunnel is not complete. Their greatest work is our greatest ally.
The ending has not yet been written.
this makes me sad. this company was one of the few things spokane had going for it as far as the computer electronics industry goes. i actually live less than five minutes from your offices (Across the street from Mead Middle School) and my mother works at the vetenary hospital adjacent to them. i hoping to get an internship there, since it's the closest place to me where actual computer-oriented development takes place. oh well. i wish you all the best.
Talk about breaking my heart. I'm not the only Spokanite destroyed to see this happen. You're a really talented group of people, this just kills me.
One of the greatest contributions to interactive art. Millions of people have spent millions of hours living in your amazing worlds. Cyan will not be forgotten.
I am speechless. I find it hard to believe that no more worlds will be created to fly to, no more books to fall through...
All the best for the future, may this be just the turning of another page to dive into a brighter future.
-Alex
this kind of melancholic memories always truely kills me.
I bought myst. we loved it -really-
Its rare to happen, i think, there was this darkcastle for macintosh, then myth, then quake 3 (haha, yes, i know, this looks bad, but its how it is)
Myst really brought fun and mystery to everybody in my familly (i was young and we played together)
I have yet to see games like this again.
A shame, but, move on and good luck!
It's really a shame.... but "perhaps the ending has not yet been written..."
Shorah, and good luck.
I just wanted to let everyone at Cyan know how much I appreciate all the hard work they've done. Cyan has taken care of their fans like no other company I've known.
Myst was the game that got me into computer gaming, and Uru was the first game to get me into an online gaming.
I have met so many wonderful friends, because of Cyan and the community they have helped to create.
Please let us fans know if there is anything that we can do to give back to all of you at Cyan who have given us so much.
God Bless you all. Hugs, Venusa
Farewell Cyan, and best wishes to those displaced by this.
The Myst games showed us that you did not need violence to have an enjoyable game to play, and I for one will miss them (even IF I end up pulling my hair out in frustration. :)
In 1994 I bought my first PC(DX2 66) with MYST, that old MYST box is still sitting proudly on my book shelve that I can see from here. Best wishes to all of you and thank-you for everything.
PA - MONTREAL, CA
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This is just so sad. I can remember when Myst came out, it was amazing. I can't belive it's really happening. But Myst and Cyan will live on in the fans forever. I wish you all the best of luck on your future travels. Mabey someday will will see Cyan return. Then truly, "Mabey, the ending has not yet been written."
Mahjongg90
Seriously, the website Cyan don't mention that it's closing, why this blog then? I can see porn post here too, strange. Is this story really true?
Rats!
This announcement hits us fans quite hard, but again we're just fans, although many of us are fanatic. Despite my extreme sadness for losing such a wonderful creative institution, I feel for those of you who have poured years of life into the worlds we have come to enjoy.
Good luck in you future endeavors. Grey, thanks for being such a great resource for the community. I hope y'all find new positions with exciting creative avenues to explore.
With the entire Myst worlds y'all created, with the games, books and the community, just know it was appreciated more than you'll know. I'm sure the finality of End of Ages will be more significant now, but it has been a great run, complete with the successes and disappointments. I hope to continue to enjoy the friendships I've made on the forums, in UruLive and Until Uru.
Y'all done a great job. Take care.
No, no, no, no, no.
Thank you to all the people of Cyan. I raise my cup to you.
Graham
Thanks so much for all you and the people at Cyan have done! You are true pioneers.
I won't say goodbye...how about Until next time.
Sad News ...
The only thing I can think to say at the momment comes from the MADLIB thread in the UBI 'uru' forums:
Purhaps the crocodile has not yet been eaten.
PaperDragon.
Simply tragic. :(
My first and favorite CDROM-based game. A uniquely formative experience for a young creative mind. Thank you for your time and energy; Godspeed in finding other work. You've (all at Cyan) made a great mark.
I don't know if you remember me, but I visited Cyan Worlds, looking for a job as an intern. It's sad to see such a great company go, it seemed as though it would've been fun to work there (I was declined the position on my first application.)
Best of luck to you.
Oh my! I loved Myst very much (I bought it when it was still a Mac exclusive) and continued enjoying its sequels (and the novels and the CD soundtracks). In fact, I cursed Cyan when it failed to deliver the Mac version of URU, though later it was explained that it was the engine developers' fault. Never did I imagine that Cyan would close its door. Not even when I cursed Cyan would I wish it to close. This is a sad day, indeed.
Well, I'd like to wish everyone good luck. May you all find new adventures just as we found adventures in the ages of Myst.
Thank You CYAN
D'anak
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I just want to say, that in everything I've ever experienced in the world of computing, Myst was one of the most beautiful and influential to me. It would be a complete lie to say that you guys at Cyan were not idols to me.
Thanks to you, and everyone else, for all the beautiful worlds. This is truly a loss in the game industry.
I sincerely wish good luck to you, good luck to Rand, and good luck to the rest of the Cyan team.
I thank you all.
Cyan,
We all have been moved and inspired by your products. You introduced me to so much, and you have never been equaled. No one has ever been able to create the same kind of atmosphere and attention that you have. I don't claim to know if the ending has been written yet or not, but I do know that I am sincerely grateful for all you have accomplished...
Thank you.
Darn
Sad, the world needs more games of the Myst caliber
I guess it's finally time to use that linking book I've been keeping all these years entitled: End of life.
I wonder if the game will be sold off? If so, hopefully EA Games won't get it...
here i'm - my friend ...
dont look back - see the future, feel the hope ...
this age has no book for exit, no chance to turn back ...
but, my fried, remeber: each end is the begin of something different ...
I came to MYST late, after Riven had been released, but before Exile. Cyan had created a whole new type of game, copied by many, but the originals are unique in the way you were (and had to be to solve the games) immersed in the world of the D'ni. It is so sad to see yet another creative game studio leave. I wish you and everyone of the Cyantists best luck to find another creative job in this difficult game industry time.
Good Luck and Shorah,
-Bah'tahm
Our hearts go out to all the families affected by Cyan's closing. In the midst of the sadness of this ending one note keeps sounding like a sustained note on a trumpet... we are totally convinced that there is too much talent and too many brilliant minds here to just quietly fade into the woodwork, so so speak. We are absolutely certain that, while these people may not work together on the same project ever again, the gaming world will yet see wonderful things from all of them.
With our love and great respect...
JadesDream and Grizz
I am heartfully saddened by this turn of events. CYAN created a world in which I could delve without fear of retribution if I made a mistake. It gave me the opportunity to learn from them and move on. I could go back and do things over and over again if need be. Sometimes it took me hours, even days to solve the challenges before me in Myst, Riven and Exile.
Then URU came, what a great pleasure URU has given me. And, to this day still does. The CYAN team gave me a world I could be my self in.
What great pleasure I have taken from URU!!!! The sense of Community and the Friendships I made in URU will go on with me until eternity.
Revelations was wonderful also and I am quite sure End of Ages will be as well.
Only true dreamers with love for their fellow man could create such wonders. And........As long as breath remains in any of you and those you touched, The ending has not been written.
Bless you all for the pleasure you have given so many.
:hugs:
Moranda
You guys had dreams, for us you turned them into reality, for us you created entire worlds of boundless beauty, for us you left a legacy...
Thank you seems so inadequate, Myst has become so much a part of my life, it always will be...
Thank you, for your dreams...and mine...Good luck in your next adventure
You all did good things you will never be ashamed of. Keep everyone abreast of where you end up next.
This is a very sad day. May all the folks at CYAN find great new enterprises. Your name is legend.
With Myst I escaped to a world beyond my imagination what a great game - no killing, shooting, monsters or something like that.
An other great team going out of business - a real loss for all ! Is no one able to do the magic thing and rescue Cyan ? Maybe it's like you did it with Myst - around the corner there is a new way ?!
All the best for your future !
Ryan, I thank you and everyone at Cyan for all you have done for us. I am saddened by your situation and I hope the best for each of you as you find your way through this. I believe you all to be the Walt Disney of computer-based entertainment (no exaggeration). You've done more than create games. You'e done more than shape an industry. You've generated friendships, families, and general goodwill across the U.S. and the world. Ryan, please think on this - there are a lot of saddened hearts and a lot of love out here directed toward you and the rest of Cyan Worlds.
Thank you all for bringing light to the Cavern.
Shorah - J'mee
wow, i cannot believe it. i have been playing the myst games since i was a child and now cyan closes.
this sucks.
I'm deeply saddened by the news od Cyan's departure from the gaming world. I do, as many others, still hold forth hope that the Legacy will find a path to continue.
Thank you for all the great hours of wonder and beauty over the years. Myst worlds and URU have been a place of peace and refuge for many of us and wel will continue to pass the legacy to those who will heed the call. You all will be missed and the genious of the games will never grow old, or outmoded.
Bright Blessings to you all as you embark upon the new paths before you.
my heart is heavy but the flicker of hope remains that somewhere somehow the story will continue on
"the end isn't written in stone"
Thank you for everything you have given those of us who have forever been changed by falling into a book...
OracleSong
Ryan, since I heard this news, I have been in something of shock, but nothing near, I am certain, the shock that you, Rand, and all the wonderful CYANists are experiencing.
This full impact of this layoff , and all that it implies, the breaking up of so much talent, imagination, energy, is incalculable. What you and the others created...well it has been magical.
Proof of that is the community that has sprung up around and as a result of the CYAN efforts. And what you and the others contributed to the whole Myst and URU experience is inseparable from the whole CYAN affect.
I will continue to have hope, that somehow, some way, all this talent can be reunited and like the phoenix CYAN, with all of the great and wonderful folks, will rise again. But beyond that, I also will be believing and hoping that should that reunion take longer then shorter, that whatever you and the others find will be equally if not more rewarding both personally and professionally.
Bill R
Am reading this just after installing Myst 10th Anniversary Edition on my PC and doing a search online for wallpaper and other interesting bits (though not any cheats). Am really sad and will think about this during game play -- as if Myst really is a lost world whose creators are no longer allowed to create anymore.
Truly sad news, a chunk of me will be missing forever.
For now, I spread the news of Lechuguilla
What a great ride!! I believe that someday another Age will be written. Thanks to all the staff for your creativity and best wishes to all of you.
-Greg
Compared to the devastating daily news from all over the world, the end of a small company can be seen as routine. However, the products of Cyan provided joy, fun and dreams to so many people for more than a decade.
I have been a fan since Myst I and will ever be. Thank you for the good times you provided, thank you for the dreams you invoked ...
You will be missed ...
Shorah and good luck
Geron
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It's very sad to hear. I wish all who have worked in Cyan good luck, and I also hope that someone will proceed the Latus project.
One more thing. If Cyan earn really much money on Myst V, is there any chance that they will be reunited?
I think the problem with Cyan was that you were the first to not understand why your first games were so good. Exile was the last Cyan game, while the passage to real time 3d killed all the atmosphere. BUT if the Cyan's employees are really so talented as someone believes then this dissolution means that they'll spread around the world to other software houses, bringing theyr skills and creativity to more and more project.
I wish you good luck!
Bad news... Very bad.
This company maked the BEST quests in the world...
Worst news of the decade? Maybe.
For us, adventure-games fans, CYAN is Olympus, Heaven, The Top. Nobody had That vision for the graphic interphase, for the immersivity of the games, incredible mood, sound, music.
Well, lets wait for a rebirthing.
GOAT
-Myst fan since Channelwood Age-
Well.. this is the second time i become this sad. actually its the third. The first was when Uru live was shut down. The second was when i saw the announcement Myst 5 End of Ages. I quickly understood that this was the last chapter in this huge series of exellent games. But i understand that everything must have an end. nomather what. And now Cyan. Its sad news and it hard to swallow for every Cyanfans. I have been with you from the original myst 1. I wish you all cyanpeople good luck on your journey "wipes a tear" and carry on safe. You will not be forgotten, and my huge mystcollection will never die. I guess there is nothing that can compare to the time i spended within the ages of cyan :) I will always have a "maybe the end is not written" attitude. just to stay up ;) Regards from Norway
I still own, and will treasure forever, my original copies of Myst, Riven, Exile. I remember when Myst first came out - there had never been anything quite like it. I remember waiting for Riven and how fast my heart beat as I played the game the very first time. I still get them out and play them even though I know them all by heart. Thank you.
All my best wishes to you and yours - good luck!
my condolences to you and the whole cyan world family.
the myst series of games has been quite a good time for me. i would hope that you all will reconverge and continue in another guise.
peace.
Ryan,
I work as an artist in the game industry. I've been a fan of Cyan games since the beginning and I've always wanted to work for Cyan. I guess I'll never get that chance now. I'm very sorry for you and for all the rest of the team that lost their jobs.
My company is currently looking for game artists, programmers, and level designers. You can find out more at our web site:
http://www.viciouscycleinc.com
You can also email me personally at bsmji@hotmail.com if you want to know more.
Good luck with everything. You and all the people from Cyan have my highest respect.
One of the most painful things about reading this list of comments is to look at all the names, and to see many, many friends. Friends with whom I've explored the Cavern and Ages, friends with whom I've chatted and discussed issues in the forums... FRIENDS.
And the amazing thing is, if I were to find myself in a room with all these good folks, we'd be absolute and utter strangers. It's only through the magic of Cyan's worlds that we've been drawn together, and have met in a global embrace.
Many of you can trace your love of Cyan back to Myst; I go well before that, to the original Manhole. I was a convert from the moment I clicked that manhole cover on my little black-and-white Mac screen, heard the scraping sound, and watched the beanstalk emerge and climb heavenwards.
And who could have had the slightest inkling at the time where that beanstalk would lead?
What an amazing ride it's been. Each new title meant evenings immersed in beauty, mystery, good and evil; getting up early on Saturday morning and powering up the computer to try another approach I thought of while I wasn't quite awake.
I joined the Uru forum on May 10th of '03 before Uru even shipped, and joined many of you in speculating what this new shared adventure could be like. And Uru -- amazing Uru -- even with its flaws, just blew our socks off. I was elated, and rejoiced with so many others. And I was there until the last moment when the servers were shut down on Live. Now there's Until Uru, and the community has risen again...
But it hurts to know that the vision that gave us such amazing new worlds; all these new ways to see life; can all be brought down by such a vulgar thing as the lack of money. Unfortunately, business is business. But at the same time, dreams are dreams... and having to be subject to the cruelties of business just to bring our dreams alive is a bitter, bitter irony.
Especially when they fail.
Godspeed, Cyan.
Shorah B'shemtee.
Mowog
The MYST series changed my life FAR for the better. I am so glad to have been a part of it's awesome fan-base and would like to thank everyone at Cyan for making the life I now lead possible. For without the influence of this incredible series I would probably be sitting in a jail cell with the a lot of my friends... literally. So a VERY deep THANK YOU SO MUCH to Rand and Robyn, as well as every single person who had part in creating these wonderful games and stories.
May the road rise to meet you all, and sun be always at your backs...
Thank you for all the wonderful diversions your creations brought to me. You are all very talented and I am sure the future will bring you great rewards. Keep the faith.
Mikey.
LAHI said...
I am very sad this day to learn of the passing of a dear friend, CYAN. I had a business fail a decade ago, and it's not a fun time. CYAN will always live in our memories and we hope to see and hear from Rand, RAWA, and others, in the near future. Best of luck!
LAHI
In a dark world, it is so important to know there are islands of light. Warm places in the cold and rain.
A swirl of madness surrounds us, but here and there in its midst we find fragments of civility and pleasure, and for these we live. For these we go on.
In the great world, a well-made game may seem a small thing - as a book, a painting, a life itself can seem small. But in the pinpoint focus of a single mind, the universe is born. Infinite possibility.
Now a light has gone out, perhaps forever. Only hope remains, with its faint flicker.
You all may never really know how important you have been...though I suspect you're getting a hint here.
To Rand and all of you who created this bright haven in the darkness, shorah!
Thank you so much! May the Maker smile on you as you continue the journey.
This is such sad news. I want to wish the whole team the best of luck for the future. Remember to take a bit of myst with you all.
Cyan changed my life. I still listen to the Riven soundtrack every single day. The mystical architecture and themes really affected me.
This is a very, very sad day for me and for many others.
Best of luck to you and hopefully we'll see something rise from the ashes in the near future.
Just how much money do you guys need to keep going? I've been with you since the beginning (Myst)and you have made me very happy with your products. I can't see all that talent going to waste.
any interest in relocating to Redmond? Microsoft Game Studio's has some great opportunities.
The heart and soul of Cyan will always live in the beauty of the ages of Myst. One only need to loose themselves in an age to never forget the contribution Myst has made to the gaming world, and those those outside the gaming world who fell in love with Myst.
My best hopes fot a newly found linking book for all of you at Cyan.
-Bob
I was wondering if Cyan could possibly leave their legacy behind by making the previous versions of Myst and Riven open source, so that the generous hearts of the open source community might be able to preserve the wonders created by Cyan...
And so that us theivin bastards can have the game for free!!! If its free, its for me!
Thank you so much for all the amazing stories.
Cyan brought amazing worlds to life while all the other companies were running around shooting things.
Myst was a warm up, greater things are yet to be!
I don't have much to say but it was a fun journey. The worlds of Myst, Riven, and beyond are a very key moment in my life. The worlds are real to me and even now I am rereading the novels. I hope some day like a phoenix, our desert bird will rise again.
Hi there,
Sad to hear that Cyan has closed down.
At the risk of sounding opportunist, I thought this might be a good occossion to let everyone know that Deadline Games are on a massive recruitment drive at the moment and we would love to here from anyone up for a little Scandinavian adventure. We are based in Copenhagen and are just about to launch our first console game (see www.totaloverdose.com).
Hope to hear from some of you....
Ryan,
You may not remember me, but I worked in QA about a year ago during the late stages of Uru. This is a shock, and I'm pretty saddened to hear about it. Good luck Cyan guys.
-Bryan, Former QA tester Cyan
As a fellow Spokanite, I see this not only as a loss to the world wide gaming world, but also to our community right here in Spokane. I recently sent an email to the info addy at Cyan and I did get a response from Ryan. This surprised me very much considering the circumstances. I said not to give up, just hang in there. I've been there, done that and oddly, things have a strange way of turning around. I feel very confident about this and although Cyan may be down, I doubt that Cyan is out, not yet anyway. My best wishs to the Cyan gang, even though I live in Spokane and have never met any of the Cyan gang, I feel like have know you for a long time. With that, take care my friends...
We'd still have to buy the game(s) to actually run the code (as the games need data files)...
This is so sad. I really grew up with Myst and Riven (and I recently bought Exile), I spent just a lot of time with my father playing these games. It were good times, dude.. we had so much fun back then. And just two days ago I watched the "Exile" making of... I actually feel a bit like crying. :(
Good luck to you and all the people at Cyan... your work surely won't be forgotten so quickly. At least I hope so.
This is very dpressing news. Myst has been with me all my life, My earliest memory is playing Myst on my old 386 in 1993... and now its gone...
Maybe it's time for the Myst saga to hit movie theatres. Script, anyone???
We will always love you, Cyan.
Never Forget
Shorah
My computer is a working instrument and I have too much going on to play games (don't want to sound condescending though). There has always been one exception.
I found Myst one day in a sale and I tried it out. I loved it. Since then, Myst has been the only game I ever play. I've tried others, but none of them give me the wonder that Myst does. Now, having just finished Exile (I know I'm way behind). I decide checking you guys out on the internet, and what do I find, that my real beginning is your end.
I'm reading all of this, have been for hours now, and I am literally in tears. Why do wonderful things always have to be killed off for money. Why does everything have to do with money.
But hope remeans. Wonder does not die, the people who made this will continue, be it elsewhere, but they will resurect, I am confident about that.
So I wish you all the best and hope to find you again soon.
This really sucks... I've been playing Myst since the first title came out and have been an avid follower since. Here's me tipping my hat to you all. Congratulations on a job well done.
Hello all...
and Bye, Cyan...
i'll just say i love the whole Cyan work, like all the guys here do, actually...
Maybe i'm happy 'cause my job will be to build better and more immersive games, inspired from those from Cyan... but i hate the idea that we'll no more be daydreaming in front of our screens, staring at those wonderful -virtual- worlds...
" Maybe the end has not come yet ?.."
Meta,
french game designer, but overall CYAN lover and MYST series great fan and player.
I remember back in '93, our family decided to buy a better computer than the Mac SE. We finally decided on a IIvx. It was one of the first computers with the new-fangled CD-ROM drives.
Soon after that, my brother told me I had to get a GAME on CD-ROM now! So, I went with him to the store, not sure anything good would come of it. While I was eyeing Spaceship Warlock (which I never did get to play, lol), he had found MYST. "A surreal adventure that will become your world" that is a tall order, maybe it is a lie? maybe all the AMAZING pictures (look at the art even today it causes awe) COULDN'T be in-game.
... but it wasn't a lie ...
I put it in, and I was immediately lost. My brother and I played it, and it was such a treat! Such a HARD treat, not being able to even figure out the Tower *blushes* It was a full package: art, atmospheric sounds, perfect-mood music, puzzles that made my brain hum ... I have never had so much joy from frustration! lol
I couldn't wait for Riven! And, oh man, the frustration! but, it was too beautiful for words.
I have enjoyed the other out-house games, but they aren't as great as yours. I really hated the BAD frustration I got in IV with that stupid chair! #_# I was mad because AI knew you guys would never do that to me. I gave up on the game right there. Which is a shame.
I also REALLY REALLY wanted to play Uru! I even bought a PC to sit next to my Mac G4 just in case it only came out for PC. Well, dang it all! My PC's video card can't do pixel shading, and i dont' have enough money or knowledge to buy the correct video card. That hurt. It hurt more when I watched helplessly as Uru Live became Uru dead.
I tried Uru on my brothers computer when I was house sitting, and it worked there, but he didn't want it on there because it tok up too much room so as soon as they got back, he deleted it. *cries*
I will never forget the worlds you made for us to journey through. You managed what few creative people can, a real and new myth! I have all three novels and I can say truthfully that they are very good and enriching! I even got the audio book for the first one so I could hear the pronunciations (lol)
I also got the first comic book, I wish I had the other one taht managed to get out before you realized they got it wrong. I didn't get it as a comic fan, but a MYST fan.
I wonder if sci-fi channel ever made a movie about MYST and if they will release it on DVD for us all to marvel at?
I also want you to kow, even tho I am not rich, I spent my money on the LIMITED edition of MYST V! Just for you guys! Call it a going away, thanks for all the joy present.
I wish I could do more. I wish I had done more. I should have bought that better video card #_#
Anyway, all I want to say is that the dream of two brothers turned into this wonderful bigger company! You made millions of fans when you took the chance to follow your dreams. And now, it looks grim. I was also sad to see Green Tea end so quickly! I was really rooting for that, and I was glued to the web site!
This is already long enough. Thanks for everything, big and little. Thanks for Spyder as we waited for Riven, thanks for risking it all for URU, thanks for the miraculous art and sounds and music, thanks for bringing care and heart to gaming.
Thanks be to the Maker for giving me the destiny to turn a corner and see a book just lying there, and give me the curiosity to be pulled towards it. I opened it up, and I am sure I touched it ... but now that I am in it I know that it really touched me, to my very soul.
You made my life so much richer! I feel like I am loosing a gentle guiding friend. thank you all
Ah, I am telling my self that nothing lasts forever, but such thoughts cannot stop the feeling that I have been kicked in the stomach. This is more dissappointing than the break-up of the Beatles. In a way, Cyan's work has been just as artistic and certainly as innovative as was the work of the Beatles, in fact, more so, I think.
I am sure that all of you will continue to pursue greatness of innovation and artistry. I can only hope that some of you will find ways to grant us even greater gifts in the future. Please. We are waiting.
I've been a main-frame operator since '73; wouldn't have a PC in my home, until I heard about Myst. Bought one solely to play a game I heard of with non-violent challenging puzzles----I was not dissapointed.
Myst, Riven, Exile, Revelations, all provided many hours of immersive escape. Uru, still sealed in shrink-wrap, has lain on my catch-all table for better than a year now; waiting for a period when I sorely needed a deversion----and last week I opened it.
Live-gone......
Cyan, itself, gone.........
a new release, End (?) of Games, to look forward to, (as well as Uru, still haven't made it through initial 4 Ages)
But you shut it down?----envious of silly shoot-em-up money? Don't you know we cyanist fans would pay hundreds more than $50 measly bucks for those worlds of VI?-----
You have a market, Ryan, but I fear you under-value what your worlds are worth---sure, ppl will only pay $45 for "blood and guts"; but $45 is all that crap is worth (if that)------don't fold a company 'cause you have under-priced your product.
TO ALL THE WELL-WISHERS, "END IS NOT WRITTEN", YADA YADA'S-----tell this boob what you'd pay for Myst VI------(I'd cop 250)
I think that the mistakes that Rand the other Cyan people made were:
1) They should have stuck with the
2D game style such as Myst and Riven. The interface is so much simpler, you don't get motion sickness while moving around, the graphics are more beautiful (and photorealistic such as in Riven) and it feels more something like you could connect with. While Myst and Riven were accessible to non-gamers, Uru is something only for hard-core funs.
Too me, I would have wanted to have seen more Riven-like games.
2) They should not have grown the company so much. How can a company with 55 people sustain itself unless it keeps making a game of at least Riven-like success every year?
Just got back from vacation and heard the news. Very sad time for Cyan fans.
I agree with some of the comments being passed around but I give Rand a little more credit. It has got be be difficult to run a business when your product is on such a long development cycle. It doesn't allow for any failures (and we all have them). You have to have a major success every few years or you can't keep going.
I've enjoyed all of the Cyan games. Myst and Riven are probably the best all time games to me.
I'm hoping that this isn't the true "End of Ages".
Thanks Cyan for the great products.
Just George
This isn't the last we've heard of Cyan Worlds. In their own unique way, they've planted seeds inside the fan community, and that in itself will keep them alive. Their ability to create a world and a story that's so immersive will inspire all of us, and influence the way games should really be - true interactive media. We'll always remember you.
Shorah
It breaks my heart to hear the news. I cried when i read this because it means there will be no more Myst. I wish the Cyan teams the best of luck and may you all be truly blessed for you have given many alot of fond memories to remember. There truly are somethings that money can't buy and the memories I have with the Myst series are some of those things and I would not trade them for all the tea in china or all the money in the world. I am forever thankful and indebted to the Cyan team for those memories. And it goes without saying that the End is never truly written. Vaya con dios.
Sincerely,
Donald LeRoy Hanner II (leehanner@yahoo.com)
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in an hour...
--William Blake
Love love love I wish you good luck and I hope sooo much that Cyan will be able to start again :'(
And I hope that, in the real life too, I can believe that [b]the ending has not yet been written[/b].
I've played Myst since the first one came out. I can't believe that Myst 5 End of Ages is the last Myst. How sad!!!! I loved Riven and URU too, in addition to Myst 2,3,4,& now 5.
To all of the people at Cyan who made the Myst worlds so believable, I wish you all well and hope you can get together and create even more worlds in Myst for the future.
Good Luck.
Hi,
It was a bit of a shocker to hear the news about Cyan. I think back on it when I first played Myst on my PC and realized the potential the gaming world was when one could produce and play a game that did not require killing anyone. It made use of ones imagination. That was the key to its success and genious.
Although the end looks like it is here, and Rand has stated in the past that Myst would come to an end someday, it is sad. But don't think that book will be kept on the shelf forever
In my experience, good books do not stay on the shelf long, yes a little dust may gather, but someone will want to revisit it and either find inspiration for something new or relish delving in to something old.
In other words, the Myst world is too good to be finished and forgotten. Someday, not tomorrow or next year, but in the future someone will take that book off the shelf and make something new of it.
Cheers and all the best to all those that worked on Cyan's amazing Myst series. And thank you Rand Miller. Keep the faith!
Andrew(Canada)
Rand, Robyn, Mark, Rawa, and all the rest,
Thank You for your talent.
Thank You for your commitment.
Thank You for your desire.
Thank You for the experience.
I treasure your work.
Calvin
If you were a Cyan developer or a QA person, you should check out the job listings for SketchUp. http://www.sketchup.com/?id=10. Most of the jobs are based in Boulder, CO.
Thanks,
Scott
--
Scott Green
@Last Software, Inc.
The SketchUp People
At the age of way more than you want to know I bought Myst to "play" with my 5 year old nephew who was new to computers. All the other games looked awful to his protective aunt! We over the years tried Riven and he tried to play the 3rd game. Nothing matched Myst and the experience of our Saturday afternoons when his mom had to bring his sandwich to the computer because we were trying to solve a puzzle and couldn't stop. One day I called Cyan and explained I am too old and my nephew is too young and these puzzles are too hard! They sent me the guide book.. My nephew couldn't even read and he was desperate to solve the mysteries, so he learned. I saw a mind grow in front of my face. What an adventure! He is 16 today and a computer genius from his aunt's point of wiew! Last month I went out to find an update of Myst to enjoy with my grandson who is 5 and loves his computer. I have a new computer and an old game and I am crying!
Whats done is done, and you've made some good memories for yourself and us as well! I cherish those games and soundtracks as much as I can. Each slide, each bit of those games is work of art put together by great people, and that is a wonderful thing to look back on. Perhaps we'll see your names under other big gaming indistries or perhaps you can put your work in a show...
Go on to make more of those kinds of memories, you certaintly have enough talent and life left in you to do so, We all love you~
I really can't believe this..Cyan brought me and alot of other people only GOOD quality and it's hard to hear, that will be over !! I can't thank you and all those other people enough, sharing me into the worlds of MYST !!
Cheers and all the best to all those that worked on Cyan's amazing Myst series. And thank you Rand Miller. Keep the faith!
RAY (netherlands)
Thank you for being apart of something that has given me pleasure. As selfish as I am, I didn't want this to happen. But it's a fickle business.
Darn...and I am so hooked on these adventures. You guys created such amazing worlds that I love to wander in and just be there. I found myself going back time and again just to look around...so sad for all of you...I wish you all nothing but the best in your future endeavours. Thank you SO MUCH for giving me these places to cherish. -Michelle (52 year old gamer)
You guys are become a legend in your own time. Your legacy to date will be appreciated for generations - as long as there are PC's and Macs (and someone is bound to migrate to their successors) One day we may see holographic versions!
Thank you and all success to you in the future.
excuse me for dropping in so late but I would like to express my profound shock and sadness upon hearing of Cyan's closing. For myself, the Cyan games have been the only games I've ever felt worth playing. All others are pale wannabees that never seem to be able to capture that elusive spark of energy that made Myst and especially Riven so utterly amazing. Thanks Rand and Robin,too. I know Robin left the pack after completing Riven to pursue other projects, but to this day I firmly believe it was the fusion of the 2 R's that made the games so good. Exile was good, not great and the following games were worse. As has been stated in an earlier comment, the dropping of the still image/slide show format Myst and Riven used to go with the so called 3D format was a mistake. 3D motion on a 2d screen simply does not work. Too, Robin's music in Riven still gives me goose bumps. In later games the music produced by trained musicians was plane awful, and how about the hiring of Peter Gabriel!!?? So I think that while the boarding up of Cyan appears to be the end, I predict this is the beginning of a long over due rest period for everyone involved, a chance to look back over the history of Cyan without pressure to be able to see clearly what worked and what didn't and out of it Rand will rise from the ashes with a new game that will harken the golden age of Cyan and it shall be known as Myst Phoenix. I am patient, I shall wait. Until then, as always, rob
People, people, please! This post is quite outdated, as far as I know Cyan is back in business again!
Perhaps the post should be updated to reflect this? I wouldn't want people to think Cyan's "gone", anyway.
Very sad ... or are they back in business already again ?
To keep you all busy in the meantime, here are some online retro games !!
So all you retro fans, drop by and play the online games, your score will be saved on the site ... (a little competition never hurt anyone ;))
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