A belated happy birthday to Robyn and Rand Miller's *The Manhole*, which was first released in home-made packaging at HyperExpo in mid-June 1988, leading directly to a proper publishing deal with Activision and to more whimsical adventures for the brothers who founded Cyan (where they famously created *Myst* with a small team).
The Manhole was (and is!) a wonderful, whimsical, open-ended adventure originally meant to be an interactive children's book, but for Robyn's creative meanderings, and it was the first really successful (commercially speaking) HyperCard program. I covered the story behind its creation in detail in my book *The Secret History of Mac Gaming*.
Five years ago yesterday I got together with Robyn on a livestream to replay the game and chat about its creation. You can see the recording of that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kX5E7yOHJg&t=1s
The Manhole was (and is!) a wonderful, whimsical, open-ended adventure originally meant to be an interactive children's book, but for Robyn's creative meanderings, and it was the first really successful (commercially speaking) HyperCard program. I covered the story behind its creation in detail in my book *The Secret History of Mac Gaming*.
Five years ago yesterday I got together with Robyn on a livestream to replay the game and chat about its creation. You can see the recording of that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kX5E7yOHJg&t=1s
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@MossRC I never got around to thanking you for that livestream. It has some of the best obscure Cyan history that I've heard nowhere else!
