Schedule

Anyone who purchased registration online may pick up their badge at this time

Come down to the hotel's pool for an informal hangout with your fellow attendees and settle in before the weekend starts.

Host Mysterium Committee
 
Welcome to Mysterium 2022! We'll kick things off with a few words and reminders from our Con-Chair to get you started.

Join Rand Miller, Eric Anderson, Hannah Gamiel, and other team members as they provide an inside look at the latest goings-on at Cyan!

Moderator Hannah "Annacat" Mills-Woolsey
Panelists Don Carson, Henning Koczy, Lucas Martell, Edward McAndrew

Join the creative minds behind the forthcoming “Walkabout Mini Golf: Myst” virtual reality course for an exclusive look at what’s coming later this year. Mighty Coconut is an independent studio that’s partnered with Cyan to develop 18 easy mode and 18 hard mode puzzling mini golf holes set on Myst island—to be released Q4 of 2022. Lucas Martell, head of Mighty Coconut and creator of Walkabout Mini Golf; Don Carson, senior art director (and former Disney Imagineer); and Henning Koczy, level designer will discuss and offer advance peeks into their designs for the immersive gameplay with realistic physics, and iconic settings, objects, and the spirit of puzzles from the Myst saga.
Read more at www.mightycoconut.com/blog/myst-announcement

Moderator Kelly Coston
Panelists John Austin, Anita Tung
 
Have you played the latest Cyan Ventures title The Last Clockwinder yet? We have the VR game’s art director Anita Tung and project lead John Austin to answer your questions about the game. And if you haven’t played it, well you just might want to after this panel!

Host Kevin F. “Kefrith” Smith

Kefrith will be revealing his surprise Myst-inspired creation for this year's Mysterium prize pool, and presenting the highlights (and some setbacks) from his creative process on this project.

Team up and work together to solve a set of devious puzzles for points and glory. Also create your own quabitat to benefit Quabitat for Squeemanity!
 
Note: This event will not be streamed

Here's your chance to catch the full musical Concert by the NULP Dance Group in MOULa Elonin! We'll also be showing a highlight video in the con-room on Saturday.

https://youtu.be/W2zrAzA7xtM
 
Note: This event will be online only. It will not be streamed via Twitch but will be available through the above YouTube link as a YouTube Premiere with Live Chat.

Come out for a trip to Meow Wolf: Convergence Station, the third installation of the interactive art series that originated in Santa Fe, NM.
 
You must have purchased a ticket for this event in advance.

Meow Wolf website

The con room will remain open for everyone to hang out with fellow attendees.
  
Note: This event will not be streamed

Moderator Kelly Coston
Panelists Eric Anderson, Rand Miller, Ryan "greydragon" Warzecha

What's happening at Cyan? How do the artists create such immersive environments? Which is Rand's favorite Pokemon? Here's your chance to ask these questions and more of the team over in Spokane!

Moderator Calum/Harley
Panelists Colin "Maccodemonkey" Cornaby, Adam "Hoikas" Johnson, Darryl "Paradox" Pogue, Paul “rarified” Richards

Hear the latest technical news on MOULa, including updates about ongoing cross-platform work, and get a chance to ask the devs your most burning questions.

Moderator Katie "Kha'tie" Postma
Panelists Ametist, Patrick “Doobes” Dulebohn, Harley "Calum Traveler", Keith “Tweek” Lord

Hear the Age devs talk about the challenges of creating and modifying environments for MOULa, and get a chance to ask the devs your most burning questions. 

Moderator Katie "Kha'tie" Postma
Panelists Amy Green, Ryan Green, Mike Perrotto, Ryan "greydragon" Warzecha

Meet some members of the Numinous Games team as they discuss this year's Cyan Ventures-produced VR title Area Man Lives.

Watch the highlights of a musical excursion through the Myst universe plus compositions by players in MOULa's Elonin Age.

https://youtu.be/Nhue1SlIt4M
 
Note: This event will be watched in the conroom, but it will not be streamed via Twitch. Online viewers will be able to watch it through the above YouTube link as a YouTube Premiere with Live Chat.

Host Erik Oberg

Erik, a public library specialist, will give an analysis of how libraries fit into Myst—both in the explicit sense of literal, in-game libraries and the broader presence of librarian principles/practices in the Myst universe—as well as how Myst fits into real-world libraries.

Moderator Hannah "Annacat" Mills-Woolsey
Panelist Guy Sprung
 
Join Guy Sprung (Achenar, Myst IV: Revelation) to discuss the process behind playing a character who experiences both sides of the coin: the part of the villain, and the part of the savior.

Host Dan Binder

What would Yeesha name her cat? Which Myst animal would make the best pet? Form teams and compete against each other to see who best knows how the Myst community responds to various survey questions.

Hosts Elana Bogdan, Katie "Kha'tie" Postma, Joshua Reinstein, Philip Shane

Documentary filmmaker Philip Shane along with team members Katie Postma, Elana Bogdan, and Joshua Reinstein will take us through the creation of The Myst Documentary. They'll have an exclusive sneak peak of the documentary for attendees. We'll then take a brief break, after which you'll get to check out the new online Community Vault of Myst Stories!

Host Mysterium Committee

We'll wrap up Mysterium 2022 and run the prize drawing attendees have come to expect.