Twenty years ago, brothers Robyn and Rand Miller released their seminal adventure game. Six million copies later, here are the secrets of how it was made.
Robyn Miller had played a grand total of one video game before he made Myst.
That game? Zork II. Says Miller, "I didn't like games."
The budget of the original game was $256,000.
Miller says they arrived at this figure by estimating how much money they needed to make the game, doubling it, and adding a little more.
Each static shot in the game took between two and 14 hours to render.
The entire game contains 2,500 shots.
The Miller brothers came up with the name "Myst" during a 30-second phone call.
Robyn Miller says the conversation went like this: “What should we name it? How about Myst? Ok good.”
It took months to name the sequel, Riven.
Source: mobygames.com
