Cyan "State Of The Union" Presentation | Mysterium 2024

It's been our tradition to present a "Cyan State of The Union" talk at Mysterium - the annual fan-run gathering that celebrates Myst, Riven, and all Cyan games. There were some inadvertent technical difficulties with the stream at Mysterium 2024, so we made sure to make available this pristine version of the talk Hannah, Eric, and Rand gave for those who missed it, or who could not previously enjoy it due to technical issues. Let us know what you think and as always... Thanks for being the best fan community we could hope for. As a "small and scrappy" indie dev team it is LITERALLY TRUE that we would not be here without your ongoing love and support. Timestamps: 00:00 - Hello & Intros 1:31 - The Riven feels 3:22 - We're fans of Riven, too! 4:22 - Making changes to Riven 6:38 - Team size during Riven / AAA comparisons 8:01 - Unreal Engine 5 & The "Look Good" button (No Nanite, No Lumen) 9:01 - 4 games in 8 years 9:19 - Riven fun leading to launch day 9:40 - RIUM & The Andotrope, and Richard Presses the Launch Button 10:19 - Hashtag CookieMan (Dan Floyd) 10:42 - Punished Props' Riven dagger 11:32 - What's next for RIven? (more polish, more fixes...) 12:31 - Ports! (We want it too! But it's complicated...) 14:20 - Rand speaks to public perception of Cyan's resources 15:55 - Anything fans can do to help does help! 16:52 - It's great to be making adventure games 18:30 - "Puzzle games are BACK!" 18:47 - Thoughts in the days before launch... 20:44 - "We have The Best QA Team In The Industry..." 22:53 - Characters are hard... 23:50 - The Doug Henning resemblance 24:55 - Firmament - PlayStation 4, 5, PS VR2 Ports this year 25:31 - Myst - Ports and a Quest 3 upgrade patch 26:50 - New Stuff??? 28:05 - New Title, in the D'niverse... 28:55 - Fan Q & A 29:41 - raverlife asks: 36:38 - salty_cluck asks: 36:58 - The WHY of Changes 39:02 - Floydman asks: 39:45 - Rand IS retiring 41:57 - The tale behind "Rand doesn't have much time left..." 44:19 - Passing the Cyan torch 45:30 - Harley asks: 47:35 - This isn't the same old Riven... 50:27 - Crafting Gehn's performance... 52:10 - Shout-Outs, Outro, and THANK YOU!