On October 17th Cyan launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund Obduction, a title described as a “spiritual successor” to Myst. It wasn’t always that way, however, as Obduction started its life as a reboot of the Myst franchise. “When I sat down and started thinking about the years of history, and canon, and continuity, well frankly, I was overwhelmed,” says Miller. “It was just too much for this project to try to balance all that legacy with something new and fresh.” So the team set about crafting a new world instead. “It was amazing how invigorating it was to sit down with a big blank sheet of paper,” (via Return of the graphic adventure: ‘Myst’ is getting a successor 20 years later | The Verge)