The D'ni Voice

The Myst culture seems to infiltrate everywhere! catseye Fride shared a very cool Minecraft Mod video by direwolf20 where the highlight is Mystcraft –  a mod developed by XCompWiz who is obviously a Myst fan. In the video direwolf20 shows several different worlds – some appear to have some enemies in them, some look like they are vast. He has a linking book room and even shows you how to write your own linking books and create your own age! An excellent addition for those who are playing Minecraft.

Download it at the Minecraft Forum  which has some great information on what the mod does and check out XCompWiz’s Mystcraft site.

Other news is Cyan has a realMyst for IOS preview out. The video shows an actual capture of realMyst running on an iPad 2. They say it is coming spring 2012 from Cyan Worlds which hopefully will be very soon now as spring is almost over.

Eleri shared on Twitter that Steve Hoogendyk who worked as a production designer,  game designer, and artist on many adventure games including Myst 3:Exile™, RealMyst™, and  Uru™, Ages Beyond Myst  is working on a new game. He is is the Game Designer, Programmer, and Creative Director of Lilly Looking Through.  Jessica Hoogendyk is the Character Animator and Chris Beazer will be creating the soundtrack. From the trailer this looks to be a lovely game with some Myst-like elements. (I recognized the shape of a certain hut!)

The game is described on Geeta Games as:

“What Lilly sees is about to change her life forever….

Help our heroine through a variety of enchanting environments brimming with magic and wonder, as she seeks to rewrite the past, change the present, and unlock the ultimate mystery. Geeta Games presents an animated adventure for all ages:
Lilly Looking Through.”

Download the Demo here.

Check out the Trailer:

It is exciting to see the folk who were involved in the magic of Myst and Uru continuing to create new magic.