Obduction

Obduction is a puzzle exploration video game developed and published by Cyan Worlds that was initially released in 2016 following a successful crowdfunding campaign through Kickstarter in 2013. The player is abducted during a storm in a forest and transported to a seemingly abandoned Earth community surrounded by an alien landscape.

Obduction is currently on Version 1.8.4 and is playable on PC (flatscreen and VR), Mac, PlayStation (4, 5, and PSVR), and Xbox (One and Series S/X).

Kickstarter Campaign

Cyan launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for Obduction on 17 October 2013, offering the following tiers:

Tier Name	Rewards	Price (US$)
Morale Supporter	Provided only a subscription to campaign updates, not the game or any additional rewards.	$1
Gimme the Game	A digital download of Obduction for PC or Mac, digital manual, access to backers-only Obduction forums, name in "Backers" section of game credits, and digital concept art.	$25
Digital Collector	All previous rewards, Obduction Exploration Guide, digital Art of Cyan artbook, and Obduction - Original Game Soundtrack download.	$45
Gimme the Box	All previous rewards, Kickstarter-exclusive physical boxed edition for PC or Mac, and name in "Box Backers" section of game credits.	$75
Show & Tell	All previous rewards, limited edition Obduction T-shirt, Kickstarter exclusive art print, three postcards, and name in "Show & Tell Backers" section of game credits.	$120
Art Collector	All previous rewards, Kickstarter-exclusive poster and [[Art of Obduction] book (both signed by Rand Miller and team members), and name in "Signature Backers" section of game credits.	$250
Egg-sibitionist	Not the artistic type? We'll give you another option. You provide an image (that you own the rights to), and we will build an exclusive Easter egg that only you will know how to solve. Your name will also be in the "Additional Design" section of the credits. (+ all previous rewards, except "Become the Artist")	$850
Become the Artist	Help us design an item in Obduction! Your personalized item has a chance to be seen by anyone playing Obduction. You'll provide the look (some restrictions apply), and we will put your item in the game. Your name will also be in the "Additional Design" section of the credits. (+ all previous rewards)	$850
Let's do Launch at Cyan.	Spend an entire business day at Cyan and visit with the team! Look behind the scenes, ask those burning questions, and join us in an exclusive friends and family private launch party. Includes lunch, airfare (up to $800), and two nights' lodging. Also receive an exclusive Obduction prop; less than 100 of these will be produced - exclusively for this campaign and the Obduction team. Your name will also be in the opening credits as “Executive Backers” (+ all previous rewards)	$4500
Experience Design at Cyan	Experience an early Obduction design meeting either at Cyan's studio (travel provided) or via Skype, Google Hangouts, or FaceTime (iPad provided.) We'll prep you with background info, and you'll watch a brainstorming/problem-solving session play out - it might get loud. Later that evening, have dinner with Rand Miller and other members of the design team. As the production progresses, you'll be one of the first to play an early build and provide feedback to the design team via Skype. You'll continue to receive project updates from the producer along with exclusive updated builds that you'll be able to play. Your name will be in the opening credits as “Supporting Producer." Part of selecting this reward means you must select from either 1) lunch, dinner, airfare (up to $800), and two nights' lodging OR 2) latest iPad (Wifi internet connection required.) (+ all previous rewards - yes, you will be joining us at the launch party, too!)	$10000

During the campaign, the "Become the Strata 3D Artist" tier was added on {{#dateformat|4 Nov 2016}}, followed by the "Double Disc" tier on {{#dateformat|7 Nov 2016}}:

Tier Name	Rewards	Price (US$)
Double Disc	NEW REWARD TIER. Receive a Kickstarter exclusive Obduction disc-golf disc that will be signed by the Obduction team, AND get a Kickstarter exclusive compact disc of the Obduction soundtrack. Both of these items are designed exclusively for (and will be available only through) this Kickstarter campaign. Your name will be featured in the “Disc Backers" section of the credits. (+ all previous rewards)	$425
Become the Strata 3D Artist	NEW REWARD TIER. The images in the original Myst were created using Strata 3D Software. As a special offer, our friends at Strata have generously offered to support the Obduction Kickstarter campaign by providing a special Myst version of their Strata Design 3D CX software ($600 value) to backers at this special reward level or above. You’ll use Design 3D CX to design, model, and texture an (appropriate) item for Obduction! Your object will have a chance to be seen by anyone playing Obduction. Your name will also be in the "Additional Design" section of the credits. This special Myst version of Design 3D also includes some of the surface textures and digital 3D objects from the original Myst models. The textures can be used in your own models, and you can open the 3D objects and see how they were created. And that’s not all! You’ll also receive 5 exclusive hi-res digital images (one image from each Age of Myst) rendered from the original Myst models. These are scenes you'll recognize, but at the highest resolution possible, and never before released. (+ all rewards from $250 level and down)	$1100 Development Release