![[Interview] The Creative Team Behind 1997s Riven @Cyan-Official](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V_ylsP4DLeM/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, and Richard Vander Wende, the creators behind 1997's monster hit video game, Riven, recently sat down to talk about their experiences. This is an excerpt from their longer roundtable discussion.
What do you think? Were the journals integral to your experience when you played Riven, or were they something you skipped?
Buy Riven now:
Steam | https://store.steampowered.com/app/17...
GOG | gog.com/en/game/riven
Meta Quest | vr.meta.me/s/1THYGRhu7zLdEXP
Mac App Store | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/riven/i...
Travel to Riven, a beautiful and mysterious world on the verge of collapse. Explore this mysterious place, solve its puzzles, reveal its mysteries, make a daring rescue, and escape.
Learn more at: cyan.com/games/riven
Music Credit: "Into the Unknown, Part IV" by Robyn Miller.
Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, and Richard Vander Wende, the creators behind 1997's monster hit video game, Riven, recently sat down to talk about their experiences. This is an excerpt from their longer roundtable discussion.
What do you think? Were the journals integral to your experience when you played Riven, or were they something you skipped?
Buy Riven now:
Steam | https://store.steampowered.com/app/17...
GOG | gog.com/en/game/riven
Meta Quest | vr.meta.me/s/1THYGRhu7zLdEXP
Mac App Store | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/riven/i...
Travel to Riven, a beautiful and mysterious world on the verge of collapse. Explore this mysterious place, solve its puzzles, reveal its mysteries, make a daring rescue, and escape.
Learn more at: cyan.com/games/riven
Music Credit: "Into the Unknown, Part IV" by Robyn Miller.
![[Interview] The Creative Team Behind 1997s Riven](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V_ylsP4DLeM/mqdefault.jpg "[Interview] The Creative Team Behind 1997s Riven
Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, and Richard Vander Wende, the creators behind 1997s monster hit video game, Riven, recently sat down to talk about their experiences. This is an excerpt from their longer roundtable discussion.
What do you think? Were the journals integral to your experience when you played Riven, or were they something you skipped?
Buy Riven now:
Steam | https://store.steampowered.com/app/17...
GOG | https://gog.com/en/game/riven
Meta Quest | https://vr.meta.me/s/1THYGRhu7zLdEXP
Mac App Store | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/riven/i...
Travel to Riven, a beautiful and mysterious world on the verge of collapse. Explore this mysterious place, solve its puzzles, reveal its mysteries, make a daring rescue, and escape.
Learn more at: https://cyan.com/games/riven/
Music Credit: Into the Unknown, Part IV by Robyn Miller.")
![[First Look] The Wahrk Gallows | 4k](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WDCUtmpgBlM/mqdefault.jpg "[First Look] The Wahrk Gallows | 4k
A good puzzle should be perfectly melded into the world and into the story. It should be invisible and intuitive at the same time it should not be a chore.
- Robyn Miller, From Myst to Riven
First look at the Wahrk Gallows as will be seen in our from-the-ground-up remake of Riven.
Buy Riven now:
Steam | https://store.steampowered.com/app/17...
GOG | https://gog.com/en/game/riven
Meta Quest | https://vr.meta.me/s/1THYGRhu7zLdEXP
Mac App Store | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/riven/i...
Travel to Riven, a beautiful and mysterious world on the verge of collapse. Explore this mysterious place, solve its puzzles, reveal its mysteries, make a daring rescue, and escape.
Learn more at: https://cyan.com/games/riven/")
