ℹ I am pleased to announce that I will be presenting the Myst Graph at Mysterium Con 2025, in Atlanta, GA, on August 2nd. This will be an opportunity to discuss the project’s methodology and findings with fellow Myst enthusiasts. You can view the ful...
The Myst Graph is generated by DeMystify, now an open source Go program: github.com/glthr/DeMystify. This third article focuses on the implementation details and shares suggestions for further enhancement. As the article evolves, it will be updated b...
Introduction Previous analyses of Myst’s source code have indicated that some assets are not seen in the game, such as Catherine’s crumpled note and the opened music box in the Mechanical Age. Also, the analysis of commented-out scripts indicates the...
Upon reflection, Myst has long been more analogous to a graph than a traditional linear game, owing to the relative freedom it affords players. This is particularly evident in its first release (Macintosh, 1993), which was composed of interconnected ...
