Comments on: Riven and Myst http://richardradio.com/2009/02/01/riven-and-myst/ Richard is a teacher of ICT in East Sussex Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:41:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: richard http://richardradio.com/2009/02/01/riven-and-myst/#comment-124 richard Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:17:19 +0000 http://richardradio.com/?p=244#comment-124 Thanks for pointing that out John. I did check out some of the videos as you suggested and I can see that Uru Live IS a polygon moving engine. I obviously got the wrong idea. Update: Inspired by people posting snow pictures in the UK I tested a little Riven type point and click adventure down my street - not using Powerpoint but html (Dreamweaver actually) - just to give me an idea of how the kids might do it. http://www.openk.net/images/rr_frontdoor.htm Then I tried an alternative method on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardradio/3247536240/ look for the hotspot hyperlinks Thanks for pointing that out John. I did check out some of the videos as you suggested and I can see that Uru Live IS a polygon moving engine. I obviously got the wrong idea.

Update: Inspired by people posting snow pictures in the UK I tested a little Riven type point and click adventure down my street – not using Powerpoint but html (Dreamweaver actually) – just to give me an idea of how the kids might do it.
http://www.openk.net/images/rr_frontdoor.htm

Then I tried an alternative method on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardradio/3247536240/
look for the hotspot hyperlinks

]]> By: John Johns http://richardradio.com/2009/02/01/riven-and-myst/#comment-122 John Johns Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:55:58 +0000 http://richardradio.com/?p=244#comment-122 I wanted to clarify for you: The game that is going to be open sourced is "Myst Online", which is a real-time 3D rendered world, rather than the powerpoint/hypercard style of the original Myst and Riven games. Myst Online was originally marketed as "Uru Live" in 2003; a quick search on YouTube for either Myst Online or Uru Live will turn up many videos created by fans of the game, and those should give you a better idea of the game's interface. I wanted to clarify for you:

The game that is going to be open sourced is “Myst Online”, which is a real-time 3D rendered world, rather than the powerpoint/hypercard style of the original Myst and Riven games. Myst Online was originally marketed as “Uru Live” in 2003; a quick search on YouTube for either Myst Online or Uru Live will turn up many videos created by fans of the game, and those should give you a better idea of the game’s interface.

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