Tyler Kynn
@seyahatgame.bsky.social
Historian of the Ottoman Empire, Game Developer (Seyahat: A Journey to Mecca | The Hajj Trail), Teacher, Assistant Prof @CCSU, PhD @Yale
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3306180/Seyahat_A_Journey_to_Mecca/
www.hajjtrail.com/game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3306180/Seyahat_A_Journey_to_Mecca/
www.hajjtrail.com/game
Someone caught the Economist referencing my game The Hajj Trail in their world in brief Newsletter yesterday!
June 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Someone caught the Economist referencing my game The Hajj Trail in their world in brief Newsletter yesterday!
Working on my book draft this month - but plan to see after that some updates this summer on Seyahat! If you have not tried the game yet (free on Steam) you can check it out in the link below.
I also hope to add a website by the end of the summer with example lesson plans. #gtp #Ottoman #gamedev
I also hope to add a website by the end of the summer with example lesson plans. #gtp #Ottoman #gamedev
June 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Was interviewed for this great article (in comments) on Spanish Muslims doing the hajj by horseback. Check it out if you have the time - they actually go along the historical route in Hajj Trail and parts that will be in Seyahat.
May 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Was interviewed for this great article (in comments) on Spanish Muslims doing the hajj by horseback. Check it out if you have the time - they actually go along the historical route in Hajj Trail and parts that will be in Seyahat.
Another screenshot from Seyahat - based on the language your character chooses at the start of the game as their 2nd language (Arabic, Persian, Greek, Ladino) it unlocks special interactions - here in Sarajevo you can run into this Persian musician who gives you a mission to go to Sofia
April 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Another screenshot from Seyahat - based on the language your character chooses at the start of the game as their 2nd language (Arabic, Persian, Greek, Ladino) it unlocks special interactions - here in Sarajevo you can run into this Persian musician who gives you a mission to go to Sofia
Another screenshot from Seyahat - this is from the Sarajevo scene and your character has the choice to talk to the people in both of the windows there and help either one of them in a dispute over the inheritance of a house - story based an Ottoman court case
April 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Another screenshot from Seyahat - this is from the Sarajevo scene and your character has the choice to talk to the people in both of the windows there and help either one of them in a dispute over the inheritance of a house - story based an Ottoman court case
If you have the time - check out the hour demo of my educational game on the early modern Ottoman world - Seyahat: A Journey to Mecca - free on Steam for PC and Mac. If you want to help out with the project you can join the discord linked on the steam page. #gtp #gamedev #digitalhistory #Ottoman
April 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If you have the time - check out the hour demo of my educational game on the early modern Ottoman world - Seyahat: A Journey to Mecca - free on Steam for PC and Mac. If you want to help out with the project you can join the discord linked on the steam page. #gtp #gamedev #digitalhistory #Ottoman
It could be more inspired from a book-the demo will have an example of a story taken from Bandits and Bureaucrats by Barkey/Or it could be something inspired from court records - a dispute your character is tasked to solve through multiple dialogues(a # of these are in the demo)
March 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It could be more inspired from a book-the demo will have an example of a story taken from Bandits and Bureaucrats by Barkey/Or it could be something inspired from court records - a dispute your character is tasked to solve through multiple dialogues(a # of these are in the demo)
4)Event Story Arc - this is more of an actual quest or event - 2 to 3 dialogue scripts - in the demo one of these is the mission to escort the Ottoman salary payments to a garrison and protect it from bandits which it taken from Osman Agha's Prisoner of the Infidels...
March 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
4)Event Story Arc - this is more of an actual quest or event - 2 to 3 dialogue scripts - in the demo one of these is the mission to escort the Ottoman salary payments to a garrison and protect it from bandits which it taken from Osman Agha's Prisoner of the Infidels...
This is a way to highlight any intellectual history or important works you would like to present to a student. This event would be two different dialogue scripts and likely within 1 scene or split between two scenes (say, Sarajevo given book, and in Yeni Pazar the bookseller)
March 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is a way to highlight any intellectual history or important works you would like to present to a student. This event would be two different dialogue scripts and likely within 1 scene or split between two scenes (say, Sarajevo given book, and in Yeni Pazar the bookseller)
3)Manuscript mission - player is given a famous early modern Ottoman manuscript to deliver to a bookseller - is given a summary of what it is about and then once they reach the bookseller later in the game they are asked a series of questions to summarize the book...
March 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
3)Manuscript mission - player is given a famous early modern Ottoman manuscript to deliver to a bookseller - is given a summary of what it is about and then once they reach the bookseller later in the game they are asked a series of questions to summarize the book...
2)Court Record or Mühimme or Fetva entry retold as a problem to the player with some terms defined and the player is to offer a suggestion for a solution and gets rewarded in the game if they suggest what the original document suggested.
-This would also be a standalone dialogue script
-This would also be a standalone dialogue script
March 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
2)Court Record or Mühimme or Fetva entry retold as a problem to the player with some terms defined and the player is to offer a suggestion for a solution and gets rewarded in the game if they suggest what the original document suggested.
-This would also be a standalone dialogue script
-This would also be a standalone dialogue script
Some examples of types of contributions one could make:
1) Evliya Çelebi story or Shahname story retold in a coffeehouse by a storyteller and the player has to remember key details to get a reward
-This is just a standalone dialogue script
1) Evliya Çelebi story or Shahname story retold in a coffeehouse by a storyteller and the player has to remember key details to get a reward
-This is just a standalone dialogue script
March 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Some examples of types of contributions one could make:
1) Evliya Çelebi story or Shahname story retold in a coffeehouse by a storyteller and the player has to remember key details to get a reward
-This is just a standalone dialogue script
1) Evliya Çelebi story or Shahname story retold in a coffeehouse by a storyteller and the player has to remember key details to get a reward
-This is just a standalone dialogue script
[2/2]The Seyahat project is unfunded, but I can provide contribution credit with the game. This would be similar to how academic blogs or podcasts provide some CV credits to contributors. I want to use this to open the opportunity to collaborate with any other Ottomanist who is interested. #Ottoman
March 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
[2/2]The Seyahat project is unfunded, but I can provide contribution credit with the game. This would be similar to how academic blogs or podcasts provide some CV credits to contributors. I want to use this to open the opportunity to collaborate with any other Ottomanist who is interested. #Ottoman
[1/2] CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: If any Academic or Grad Student who works on the Ottoman Empire would like to contribute to the Seyahat game project by providing individual story arcs from their research or general knowledge to be added to the game -pls feel free to reach out to tkynn@ccsu.edu
March 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
[1/2] CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: If any Academic or Grad Student who works on the Ottoman Empire would like to contribute to the Seyahat game project by providing individual story arcs from their research or general knowledge to be added to the game -pls feel free to reach out to tkynn@ccsu.edu
Trailer for Seyahat on Steam - an early access free educational game on the early modern Ottoman world. Ch. 1 and part of Ch. 2. available now. Now playable on Windows, Mac, and Steamdeck. #gtp #Ottoman #gamedev #education #digitalhumanities
March 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Trailer for Seyahat on Steam - an early access free educational game on the early modern Ottoman world. Ch. 1 and part of Ch. 2. available now. Now playable on Windows, Mac, and Steamdeck. #gtp #Ottoman #gamedev #education #digitalhumanities
The new large update to Seyahat is now live on Steam (Sarajevo Added, UI updates, Chapter Select, New Map Nav). I will also be interviewed / play through the game tonight (9pm-11pm EST) with Humanities at Play on Twitch - check it out if you have the time! #gtp #Ottoman #gamedev
March 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Seyahat Updates:
Some screenshots from the new scene being added this week (road from Mostar to Sarajevo (includes Foča, Višegrad bridge, and the Drina) and is the the first developed non-tutorial scene. Should be out later this week along with a Mac version as well.
#Ottoman #gtp #GameDev
Some screenshots from the new scene being added this week (road from Mostar to Sarajevo (includes Foča, Višegrad bridge, and the Drina) and is the the first developed non-tutorial scene. Should be out later this week along with a Mac version as well.
#Ottoman #gtp #GameDev
February 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Brief 'Seyahat: A Journey to Mecca' update - redid the the UI to make the controls simpler and moved several functions into a new pause menu - also a few minor tweaks to the dream sequence at the end of the demo. Check it out on Steam if you have the time. #gtp #Ottoman #gamedev
February 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
For anyone that hasn't tried it out yet - my game demo for Seyahat: A Journey to Mecca is out on Steam and there is a discord link on the Steam page for the game if anyone wants to help with playtesting bugs or even make suggestions for historical content as I build the game. #gtp #gamedev #ottoman
December 3, 2024 at 4:20 PM
2/2 My newest game is Seyahat (store.steampowered.com/app/3306180/...) and I previously worked on The Hajj Trial ( www.hajjtrail.com). Feel free to join the discord for Seyahat (linked on the steam page for the game) to help with playtesting,narrative design,sourcing,etc)
#gtp #GameDev #Ottoman
#gtp #GameDev #Ottoman
November 18, 2024 at 2:10 PM
2/2 My newest game is Seyahat (store.steampowered.com/app/3306180/...) and I previously worked on The Hajj Trial ( www.hajjtrail.com). Feel free to join the discord for Seyahat (linked on the steam page for the game) to help with playtesting,narrative design,sourcing,etc)
#gtp #GameDev #Ottoman
#gtp #GameDev #Ottoman
1/2 Briefly introduce myself here: I am a historian of the early modern Ottoman world and in particular the early modern hajj / Ottoman sovereignty in the Hijaz. I am also a game developer working to present Ottoman stories in digital spaces for teaching.
#gtp #gamedev #Ottoman
#gtp #gamedev #Ottoman
November 18, 2024 at 2:07 PM
For anyone planning to try the free Seyahat demo on steam - can confirm it works on a steam deck which I think is just really cool to see out in the wild. For some reason makes it seem more real than my playtests on my laptop with controller
store.steampowered.com/app/3306180/...
#gtp
store.steampowered.com/app/3306180/...
#gtp
November 17, 2024 at 7:42 PM
For anyone planning to try the free Seyahat demo on steam - can confirm it works on a steam deck which I think is just really cool to see out in the wild. For some reason makes it seem more real than my playtests on my laptop with controller
store.steampowered.com/app/3306180/...
#gtp
store.steampowered.com/app/3306180/...
#gtp
My thoughts every time a see a new start pack pop up - Gotta Catch 'Em All #gamingthepast #gtp
November 16, 2024 at 8:57 PM
My thoughts every time a see a new start pack pop up - Gotta Catch 'Em All #gamingthepast #gtp