Hey Everyone!

I figure it's only one year to go until Myst's 20th Anniversary (2013), and I thought I should get a head start on the competition, just in case there was hubbub close to the Anniversary/Mysterium Date. I have reservations about posting this, but I figured, what the hey, I might be too late later.

Presenting the Rough Draft of MY Myst 20th Anniversary Logo!


Now, there are a few subtle symbolic references I wanted to add to the logo, something that the long-time fans could recognize:

*The "lights " around the whole thing have a double meaning. They are firemarbles representing:
The D'ni Color Wheel with six full colors.
The six original Myst games Cyan has released, not counting realMyst, or the various compilation releases:

(from top, clockwise)
Myst
Riven
Exile
Uru
Revelation
End of Ages

*The D'ni text is an integral part of the Myst series, even though it wasn't actually created and featured until Riven. The text, when translated literally, says:

"Creating Worlds from Stories for 20 Years."

This is extremely integral because not only did the Miller brothers create a gigantic world from the start of a simple story, but in the realm of fiction, in a sense, the D'ni did as well. Every age they wrote, they created a story about the life of the world, system, or universe within the pages of a book up to the point that they completed it. Even though they didn't write the ending outright, it was still hidden in the complex writings describing the world.

There are other drafts of this picture, but I won't post them until later.

The original intent is to give this to Cyan for them to use on their various Myst products if they wanted to rerelease them in a 20th Anniversary Package. However, in retrospect, this situation would be a bit hard if I wanted to earn money from it.

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Last edited by T-Squared on Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:38 pm; edited 5 times in total

Are the lights a heads-up to Revelation, and the door puzzle under the Harvester?

And the D'ni should be (type this into the font) 'Domarn DovatE mefena ben hartE riS'. Sorry, but I'm a stickler for correct D'ni. Assuming you wanted to say 'Making worlds from words for 20 years.'

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No, the lights aren't what you think. (They are something that have been seen in all of the games, Riven in particular.)

As for the text, I knew I messed up somewhere. (I'm not real big on the D'ni Language. ) No, the text is supposed to say "Creating Worlds from Stories for 20 Years".

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I like it.

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Sorry, yes, that's what I meant to type... My brain went on walkies when I wrote that... The D'ni is accurate, though.

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Excellent work! However, if you're planning on passing it on to Cyan it still needs some touch up work, especially with the text shininess; of course, since you said it's a draft I assume you already know that. (And might I suggest a white background while I'm at it?)

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Trekluver wrote:

And might I suggest a white background while I'm at it?

noooooooooooo, please, no. The firemarbles are lights and should be against a black background, IMO.

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Quote:

Trekluver wrote:
And might I suggest a white background while I'm at it?

noooooooooooo, please, no. The firemarbles are lights and should be against a black background, IMO.

Why not have a background of stars? After all, the fissure is so cool, it can't be left out!

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Ahlisendar wrote:

Why not have a background of stars? After all, the fissure is so cool, it can't be left out!

Sounds like a neat idea to me.

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Oh yes, the fissure as a background would be awesome!

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Assuming it doesn't make the background too cluttered, or obscure the text/etc (the fissure is starry, so a lot of white on black) I say go for it. Otherwise, I think it's great as is, particularly the possible meanings of the colours (even if I always think of waffle-makers when I see it!) and the d'ni text (which I'll take your words for and assume is correct, not reading d'ni).

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Welcome back all!

By the way, you've still got unaccented 'd's. Use shift when you type them.

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The Second Draft is finished! I took a few of the ideas you all had, and incorporated them into the design, with a at least one new idea of my own!



Why does the Myst logo look good enough to eat? XD (No seriously, it reminds me of the silver dragées you put onto a cake! They're the silver-metallic edible dots.)

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Wow!!! Awesome!!! ... That is it, T-Squared ... /thumbsup ...

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Nailed it!!! I can't see a single pixel to bitch about.. Nice Job

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