New Games for the Myst Series

We had been creating our own Myst lands for a few weeks before Christmas and had made brochures, written descriptions and drawn maps of them.

 

Then, we received a very special video message from Atrus himself- he needed St. George's Class to help him!

 

We had to create sleeves for a game about our new world. We had to make them eye-catching and the writing on the back had to persuade people to buy our game. Here are some excellent examples- would you buy a game about Wabiza? How about Zahaan? Or Avantor?

 

Click on the pictures to make them bigger and easier to read!

 

 

By Jonathan

 

By Alfie

 

By Nathan

 

By Joseph

 

By Cassea

 

By Calum

 

By Jacob

Myst Maps

Source: Myst Exile- Ubisoft/ Focus Multimedia Ltd.

After exploring Myst even further, we have started to design our own Myst lands. We thought about what we would see and hear there, which animals or plants we might encounter, what the weather would be like and what visitors to our land might do. Each child wrote a fabulous description of their new land and produced a brochure to persuade people to visit their land.

Following that, we worked in groups to produce maps of our new lands for Myst. Each group worked together to create a map of their island. We tried out a new material this week- we used inks and experimented with the different lines, marks and mixing techniques that we could make using ink.

Work in progress...

The final maps!

Through the Myst door...

As we explore further into the land of Myst, we have discovered that it is a world full of doors. The doors seem to be everywhere we look! We have been predicting what might be through the doors- then exploring to see whether we were right. However, sometimes the doors are locked!

Here are some of the doors we have seen so far- can you remember where we saw them?

 

Source: Myst Exile- Ubisoft/ Focus Multimedia Ltd.

 

After looking closely at the designs of some of the doors in Myst, we designed and made our own!

 

 

Our Myst Creatures and Their Habitats!

This week we combined our Myst adventure with our learning about habitats in science. We looked at the different habitats that we could see in the Myst settings. Once we had identified the habitats, we used our imaginations to create some creatures that might live there. We thought about what a creature that lived in each habitat might eat, look like and need to survive.

Here is a selection of some of our creatures- hope you're feeling brave, as some are a little scary!

Myst and Super Writing!

Our adventure has begun! St. George's class have leapt into the world of Myst. Myst is an incredible game with beautiful, but mysterious, settings.

We spent our first lesson looking at the first landscape in the game, then each child had to write me a letter persuading me to allow them to come on the adventure. They had to use their imaginations to think about which skills would be useful on the adventure, then persuade me that they were just the person for the job!

Source: Myst Exile- Ubisoft/ Focus Multimedia Ltd.

Here are some examples of the fantastic writing from St. George's class this week:

A persuasive letter from Calum:

Dear Miss Benn,

I have enjoyed discovering Myst. I think you should let me come on the adventure to Myst because I am an archaeologist and I am also very good at building. My contraptions are very good! I could give you a swimming pool to keep you cool and I could break a rock and get water for you.

I would be helpful on the journey because I could take pictures for you on my camera. I could help by making lots of transport and taking lots of bricks.

I would most like to see the things that live there. If I am not there, please tell me if people live there.

Yours sincerely,

Calum


A Persuasive Letter from Cordelia:

Dear Miss Benn,

If you need a doctor and an animal specialist, then I'm the one to take. Here are some reasons why. I am a FANTASTIC animal specialist and I can tell what every animal is from worms to bears and we will probably see some bizarre animals.

Now, on the doctor front if you, Catherine or her baby got sick I would be there in a jiffy. I am also a great journalist and I could write a story about it and lots of people would want to come and they might bring some food, money, music and water.

So pleeeeeeeeeeease can I come? I am so GREAT and interested in the place called Myst. Just remember I'm a journalist, doctor and animal specialist.

Love,

Cordelia


Description of the First Myst Scene by Thalia and Abel:

In a deserted mysterious island there stands flaming hot mountains the size of Mount Everest. You can feel the soles of your feet burning like flaming lava. The sky is gleaming bright blue. The land is as hot as the crust of the earth.


Description of the First Myst Scene by Sofia and Cordelia:

On a magical, mysterious island called Myst there are flaming crunchy rocks that are like crisps. As you step on the floor you can hear your feet playing a rhythm and in the background you can hear the rocks falling off the cliffs. If you look carefully you might see rabbits poking out of their holes. It's got pure blue sky with birds flapping their wings. It's got blue ants that are 1000 years old. There are loads of colourful bright flowers.


Diary Entry of Our First Day in Myst by Ella F.:

Dear Diary,

I'm in shock! So the man went into his study and then... sorry, I should begin from the start. At about 6 o'clock this morning the huge ship came into the dock. We had been travelling for three days and three nights (!) so I was glad to get off the mini Titanic. As soon as I got off I saw the most overwhelming landscape I had ever seen.

I was staring at a huge, rocky, lava-like area. Suddenly, I heard a voice behind me- I turned around. I was staring at a slim, pretty woman holding a baby.
"Would you, by any chance, be Catherine?" I said.
"Yes," she said, "I am."

We were now in the study, and I was staring at a crystal rose, the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.
"Atrus will be in in a minute," Catherine said.
"Thank you," I replied.

Atrus came into his study a minute later. "Now," he said, "I -" suddenly there was a huge crash and an old man burst into the study. He threw  a fireball at Atrus, missing and hitting his desk instead. He grabbed one of Atrus' books, jumped into it and disappeared. I ran at the book and grabbed it, then everything went black.

I woke up and wondered where I was and then I realised. I was in the book!