When I say realistic, I mean that they have to have real motivations for what they are doing. You need to have compelling realistic characters to populate that world.
Personally I think that nobody does this better than Cyan, but the key to a good story isn’t just having a “complete” world to tell it in. It allows for so much complexity and meaning to be behind everything.
Next, Cyan’s idea that you build the world, and then zoom in to one small part of it and tell the story that lives there is probably the greatest storytelling idea that I’ve ever heard. Later, as I learned more about how stories are constructed, I discovered why I loved Riven so much.įirst, the whole idea of being able to write a description of a world, and then be able to go and explore that world really resonated with me. At the time I really didn’t know why I felt that way. For me, that is something, because it takes a lot for me to feel that way. It made me feel so many emotions I don’t even know where to begin describing them. I got frustrated at times, but eventually I finished the game, and saw what I still consider to be one of the best endings to a game that I have ever seen. But I was intrigued, and promptly went and got the game for myself. We didn’t really get that far, I don’t even think we got off the first island before we had to stop. He helped me discover the odd fixation on the number 5. Then he started having me explore this place. Everything looked so real that I felt like I should be able to reach out and touch it. When he first loaded it, I was immediately struck with the level of detail.
It was a little game called Riven, he told me. I’ve always felt that if you can build a world, and place interesting and realistic characters in it, you can tell me a story about anything and I will be hooked.Ībout 15 years ago, a friend of mine invited me over to his house to show me a new game he had gotten. What I love about them is the characters, the story they play out, and the world that surrounds them. Usually fantasy and Sci-fi, but occasionally other types of fiction as well. However, Myst has meant so much to me I felt I had to post something. I don’t have some heartwarming story to tell or a tale of hope like I have heard from others. I had hesitated to do this, not because I don’t love Cyan and the Myst series, but because I was unsure how to express what I feel.
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