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really happy to have discovered something hiding in plain sight for several years: robyn & rand miller's original Myst pitch document from 1991.

it's a succinct work of art in itself. i'm surprised at how much of the world design was already on paper.

as all of the copies found elsewhere online are heavily compressed webp/jpeg, i've uploaded the robyn's original PNGs to IA here:

archive.org/details/myst_propo…

originally from robyn's site:

robynmiller.net/video-games-fi…

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The cover page for the Myst Game Design Proposal. It shows Cyan's font, and the MYST title.
Map A: Myst Island Library. This library contains many books, including the books that describe the various ages of Myst. All of the books in the library were written by the explorer. Two unique books contain the form. The player will get his first obscured glimpse or the which brother to release, but also to find the means to release one of them. Each age of Myst contains a page, that when added to the appropriate book, further clarifies a statement by that brother and his appearance. When all four pages have been added to either of the books, one corresponding brother is freed. Releasing the wrong brother is disastrous. Also contained in the library the important feature of this map is the observatory.
Map C. Mechanical Age of Myst The Mechanical Age consists of three islands surrounding a central tortress. The fortress rotates to provide access to the islands. Mechanical Age Myst Room. Contains the missing pages of the brothers' books and warp area to return to Myst librarv. Entrv is gained easily enough, but the empty save for metal slats across the floor and a kiosk to activate them. Iravels in the fortress eventually reveal that the metal slats form stairs when the correct combination is entered. The combination is located on the kiosks which are on the other two islands

Myst (Cyan, 1991) Game Proposal document : Cyan Worlds : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The original proposal document, scanned by Robyn Miller. Originally available at http://www.robynmiller.net/video-games-films.
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Hello 👋 ! Thanks for sharing. What do you mean by "uploading it to IA" ?
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