<s>
Obduction	B-Application
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Cyan	O
Worlds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Obduction	B-Application
is	O
considered	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Cyan	O
's	O
previous	O
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
Riven	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
funded	O
via	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
in	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2016	O
for	O
Windows-based	O
PCs	B-Device
,	O
with	O
a	O
macOS	B-Application
version	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
version	O
for	O
Oculus	B-Device
Rift	I-Device
system	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
November	O
2016	O
,	O
while	O
HTC	O
Vive	O
and	O
Oculus	O
Touch	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
22	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
August	O
2017	O
with	O
a	O
patch	O
arriving	O
shortly	O
afterwards	O
to	O
support	O
PlayStation	B-Device
VR	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
10	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
Amazon	B-Operating_System
Luna	I-Operating_System
on	O
October	O
20	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Obduction	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
has	O
been	O
abducted	O
from	O
Earth	O
by	O
aliens	O
and	O
transported	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
alien	O
worlds	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
trying	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
way	O
home	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Trees	O
periodically	O
drop	O
Seeds	O
that	O
travel	O
through	O
time	B-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
space	I-Protocol
and	O
swap	O
spherical	O
areas	O
from	O
one	O
linked	O
world	O
with	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Myst	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
Uru	I-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
,	O
Cyan	O
's	O
team	O
began	O
discussing	O
what	O
their	O
next	O
project	O
should	O
be	O
,	O
debating	O
between	O
another	O
work	O
in	O
the	O
Myst	B-Application
franchise	O
,	O
or	O
an	O
entirely	O
new	O
property	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
opted	O
for	O
the	O
latter	O
option	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
would	O
give	O
them	O
more	O
freedom	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
not	O
be	O
limited	O
by	O
their	O
established	O
canon	O
for	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
though	O
would	O
risk	O
alienating	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
Myst	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Obduction	B-Application
was	O
formally	O
announced	O
on	O
October	O
17	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
via	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
headed	O
by	O
Cyan	O
co-founder	O
and	O
CEO	O
Rand	O
Miller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Cyan	O
had	O
estimated	O
it	O
would	O
take	O
around	O
$2.5	O
million	O
to	O
complete	O
Obduction	B-Application
,	O
they	O
set	O
a	O
lower	O
goal	O
as	O
to	O
avoid	O
appearing	O
greedy	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Miller	O
,	O
hoping	O
to	O
bring	O
in	O
at	O
least	O
a	O
multiple	O
of	O
the	O
initial	O
request	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
accompanying	O
video	O
,	O
Miller	O
states	O
that	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
serve	O
as	O
the	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
Riven	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
inspiration	O
from	O
his	O
earlier	O
material	O
,	O
Miller	O
remarked	O
that	O
the	O
setting	O
of	O
a	O
mysterious	O
alien	O
world	O
would	O
parallel	O
the	O
beginning	O
experience	O
of	O
Myst	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Noting	O
that	O
the	O
announcement	O
comes	O
twenty	O
years	O
since	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
Miller	O
emphasized	O
that	O
collaborators	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
two	O
Myst	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
those	O
who	O
assisted	O
in	O
developing	O
Uru	B-Application
:	I-Application
Ages	I-Application
Beyond	I-Application
Myst	I-Application
,	O
would	O
have	O
a	O
hand	O
in	O
Obduction'''s	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
campaign	O
ended	O
on	O
November	O
16	O
,	O
surpassing	O
the	O
stretch	O
goal	O
of	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
will	O
also	O
have	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Oculus	B-Device
Rift	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internally	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
with	O
the	O
mantra	O
of	O
"	O
Myst	B-Application
in	O
space	O
"	O
;	O
comparable	O
to	O
Mysts	B-Application
Ages	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
explores	O
different	O
alien	O
worlds	O
,	O
with	O
means	O
to	O
travel	O
back	O
and	O
forth	O
between	O
them	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Linking	O
books	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
they	O
initially	O
wanted	O
to	O
move	O
away	O
from	O
being	O
too	O
Myst-like	O
,	O
treating	O
the	O
title	O
as	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
,	O
they	O
found	O
that	O
during	O
development	O
they	O
were	O
naturally	O
brought	O
back	O
to	O
structuring	O
the	O
game	O
similar	O
to	O
Myst	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
includes	O
three	O
non-player	O
characters	O
(	O
NPCs	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
originally	O
were	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
rendered	O
and	O
animated	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
engine	O
,	O
but	O
by	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
Cyan	O
decided	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
full-motion	B-Application
video	I-Application
of	O
live	O
actors	O
that	O
will	O
be	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
manner	O
as	O
they	O
used	O
in	O
Riven	B-Application
,	O
with	O
Miller	O
considering	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
Cyan	O
's	O
legacy	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
use	O
this	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robyn	O
Miller	O
,	O
who	O
composed	O
the	O
soundtracks	O
for	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
Riven	B-Application
before	O
leaving	O
Cyan	O
,	O
returned	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Obductions	B-Application
soundtrack	O
and	O
appear	O
as	O
an	O
NPC	O
in	O
live	O
action	O
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cyan	O
later	O
pushed	O
the	O
release	O
by	O
a	O
month	O
to	O
July	O
26	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
citing	O
a	O
major	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
update	O
as	O
one	O
reason	O
for	O
the	O
postponement	O
;	O
the	O
extra	O
time	O
enabled	O
them	O
to	O
implement	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
version	O
for	O
Oculus	B-Device
Rift	I-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
version	O
,	O
Cyan	O
was	O
well-aware	O
of	O
issues	O
with	O
motion	O
sickness	O
associated	O
with	O
fully	O
immersive	O
games	O
,	O
more	O
so	O
for	O
their	O
larger	O
spaces	O
they	O
created	O
for	O
Obduction	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
get	O
around	O
this	O
,	O
they	O
decided	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
control	O
their	O
movement	O
using	O
a	O
gamepad	O
,	O
following	O
a	O
waypoint	O
system	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
would	O
appear	O
to	O
teleport	O
to	O
the	O
nearby	O
point	O
rather	O
those	O
shown	O
moving	O
towards	O
it	O
and	O
eliminate	O
the	O
motion	O
sickness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cyan	O
also	O
has	O
stated	O
they	O
plan	O
to	O
use	O
their	O
experience	O
from	O
developing	O
the	O
VR	O
on	O
Obduction	B-Application
onto	O
new	O
projects	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
while	O
a	O
VR	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Myst	B-Application
is	I-Application
of	O
high	O
demand	O
,	O
they	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
unique	O
ideas	O
they	O
would	O
like	O
to	O
explore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cyan	O
announced	O
plans	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
two	O
other	O
VR	O
units	O
,	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
VR	I-Device
and	O
the	O
HTC	O
Vive	O
;	O
with	O
the	O
former	O
,	O
this	O
also	O
enabled	O
them	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
will	O
be	O
their	O
first	O
console	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HTC	O
Vive	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
22	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
non-VR	O
version	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
will	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
29	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
patch	O
for	O
VR	O
support	O
to	O
arrive	O
at	O
a	O
later	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
Amazon	B-Operating_System
Luna	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
for	O
October	O
20	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reception	O
Obduction	B-Application
received	O
"	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whitaker	O
also	O
considered	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
puzzles	O
to	O
be	O
outdated	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
modern	O
adventure	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Firewatch	B-Application
and	O
Oxenfree''	O
.	O
</s>
