Cyan Inc.

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Cyan, Inc. current logo

Cyan, Inc. (previously Cyan Productions and Cyan Worlds, Inc.) is a video game development studio in Mead, WA, USA, near Spokane. It was founded by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller, though Robyn has since moved on to other endeavors.

History[edit | edit source]

  • 1987 Founded [1]
  • Jan 2001 Renamed Cyan Worlds, Inc. [2]
  • July 2013 Name reverted to Cyan, Inc.[3]

Released games[edit | edit source]

Cyan Ventures logo

Ventures[edit | edit source]

In November 2018 Cyan announced a new publishing label, Cyan Ventures, to publish games for virtual reality and other platforms.[4] By 2022, Ventures' role has shifted from publishing to supporting development.

The first Venture was ZED, released in 2019 by Eagre Games, a studio formed by former Cyan developer Chuck Carter.

  • ZED, 2019, Eagre Games
  • Unwritten, 2020, Inkworks
  • AREA MAN LIVES, 2022, Numinous Games
  • The Last Clockwinder, 2022, Pontoco

Gallery[edit | edit source]

CyanLogoPast.jpg
Some of Cyan, Inc. past logos

External links[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "About Cyan", Cyan website, accessed July 26, 2018.
  2. "Cyan Worlds, Inc. News", old Cyan website, accessed July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on October 15, 2001.
  3. "Cyan Updates Website and Logo!", Cyan website, accessed July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018.
  4. "Cyan Ventures will publish VR narrative game Zed", Venture Beat, accessed November 15, 2018.