Playing #FirmamentGame by @cyanworlds, and I'm surprised how well it runs on my Mac. From the first Myst version, I've been used to waiting for my hardware to catch up to their games' demands, and I expected this time to be no different. But Firmament runs fine out of the box.
Also, glad I scrupulously avoided *any* spoilers. Impressed so far.
Look who gets a mention in the WWDC keynote. Shame that the chances of #FirmamentGame ever running in VR on the Vision Pro are negligable, given Apple's history with Epic/Unreal.
Look who gets a mention in the WWDC keynote. Shame that the chances of #FirmamentGame ever running in VR on the Vision Pro are negligable, given Apple's history with Epic/Unreal.
If you liked #Myst, Riven, or #Obduction, or if you're a fan of #VR, you only have a few more days to help Cyan kickstart their next project: Firmament. It's NOT VR-only, and there's a stretch goal for Mac and PS4 support, but without the base funding it won't go anywhere, so help out if you enjoy contemplative world exploration and want to see more of it in #gameing! #FirmamentGame #Mystodon
Hey #Myst fans, Cyan has added Mac, PSVR, and expanded language support to their #FirmamentGame Kickstarter as a $1.4M stretch goal! If you were holding off because of platform limitations, give it another look:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1252280491/firmament/posts/2476754
EXCITING NEWS! A Firmament Stretch Goal! Woohoo! We’ve passed 50%! We’ve been able to do some budgeting and estimating, and we’re ready to announce an awesome Stretch Goal that adds these platforms and languages to Firmament... Mac Support PS4/PSVR Support EFIGS Support (English, French, Italian, German, Spanish) We need to push the funding to $1.4 million to cover all of that. That’s just a little over $100,000 more to add all of those items. We hope this helps to add support to the Campaign. Please help us spread the news! Mac Details You want to know what Macs will run Firmament, right? We’ve stated that we believe that Windows computers that could run Obduction should be able to run Firmament. The Mac situation is not as cut and dried. Because Mac users can’t just replace the graphics card, or even add more memory to many Macs, we will try to be a bit more specific. Here is our Mac philosophy: We will build Firmament as efficiently as we can, and we really hope that it’ll run on any Mac that will run the Metal framework (the same as Obduction) but because we will be focusing our QA resources, we will only be recommending more modern, higher-end Macs with performance-oriented graphics support (for example, and depending on the specific configuration: 2015-ish and later iMacs, 2016-ish and later MacBook Pros, the recently introduced Mac Mini) and NOT MacBooks or MacBook Airs. Since Rand still uses his Late 2013 MacBook Pro every day, we might be able to provide some feedback (as we progress) as to how Firmament is working on a Mac that old, BUT… WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT FIRMAMENT WILL RUN WELL ON YOUR OLDER MAC. If you have an older Mac, and you don’t plan on updating it anytime soon, there is a very real possibility that Firmament will not work well for you. (If you have any questions about the model or year of your particular Mac, please select your “About This Mac” menu option and/or check Apple’s web site.) Thank you for the support!
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