Aquila the founder and administrator of The Lyst and The Spoilers Lyst passed away today.
His sister posted this message to the Lyst;
It is with great sadness that I have to tell you that my brother died this afternoon. I had been out with our mother to the doctors and when we returned he was unconscious on the floor. I, of course, called 911 but they were unable to revive him
You all meant a lot to him.
We will miss him.
This is a great loss to the community.
greydragon has made a post over at D’ni Guild regarding fan created Uru Content
Dear Fan Community,
Over the last few years many of you have worked on modifying and manipulating Uru and Uru related products. By doing so you have raised many issues that Cyan now needs to look into. Whether the issue is fan created content to alcugs or your own personal endeavor these are not items we can decide on quickly.
The assumption made by many in the fan community is if Cyan doesn’t say anything then they must be okay with it. Don’t mistake our silence for approval. These issues need to be discussed in detail on our end to determine where they fall in the big picture.
We have never given anyone permission to hack our engine, make servers with unauthorized data; use our global data, etc.
Any fan created work will be addressed on a personal basis by our legal department. Please contact legal@cyan.com .
We have been continually amazed with the persistence you have shown and hope in the future we can work with you. We truly hope this period of planning will be sorted out soon. Unfortunately, the timeline for this is not entirely in Cyan?s control and we will try to update you whenever possible.
At this time I would refrain from releasing or modifying any data until stated from Cyan Worlds Inc. that it is all right to do so.
Thanks for your patience,
Ryan and the team at Cyan
Khatie posted this at the Tasera forums the other day.
Due to a decrease in financial resources I am afraid that Tasera.com will be closing on January 19, 2005. I apologize for the fact that friendships forged will now need a new location with which to continue.
I LOVE you all so much and it pains me to even type this. I am sorry for my prolonged absences and neglect for the site… perhaps as we re-assimilate ourselves into the larger, co-ed forums we will bring a strength and unity that the Myst community needs to sustain itself in the coming months.
Cyan forever.
Everyone have a safe and peaceful holiday season.
*hugs to all*
Sad to see the site closing good luck with your next project Kha
It would seem that Myst is being ported to the Playstation Portable (PSP)
November 22, 2005 – Sega will be bringing one of adventure gaming’s classic titles to the PSP, the latest issue of Famitsu reveals. Myst is currently in development for the portable format at Hoplite Research and will be published by Sega in Japan in March of next year.
Details are few and far between at the moment but you can check what information there is at the following:
Following recent reports that Myst developer Cyan had closed, Music4Games has a new interview with Myst V composer Tim Larkin wherein he confirms the company remains open but will likely pursue a new direction. Full interview available at: