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
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Tyler Kynn
@seyahatgame.bsky.social
· Nov 18
If anyone is around Sabancı today please note that - my talk "Pixels and Ottomans: Developing Video Games about the Ottoman World" is at Sabancı University today at 16:00. All thanks to Tommaso Stefini for the wonderful organizing and hosting efforts! #ottoman #gamedev
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Excited to be doing two talks this week in Istanbul on the Ottoman game projects I have worked on! Thanks to Tommaso Stefini for helping to organize the talk at Sabancı Uni. (Tuesday) and Emir Alışık for helping to organize the conversation and Q and A at ANAMED (Thursday) #gamedev #ottoman
December 13, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Proud of my students who put together this game (ccsugmst.itch.io/dragoman-the...) in coordination between two of my CCSU classes and Yale's Lewis Walpole Library this term. A blog post from the students will be coming out which summarizes the project and the documents examined. #GameDev
Dragoman: The English in the Ottoman World by ccsugmst
An Educational Game produced by CCSU students in collaboration with Yale's Lewis Walpole Library
ccsugmst.itch.io
December 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Proud of my students who put together this game (ccsugmst.itch.io/dragoman-the...) in coordination between two of my CCSU classes and Yale's Lewis Walpole Library this term. A blog post from the students will be coming out which summarizes the project and the documents examined. #GameDev
In DC at the Middle East Studies Association conference this weekend, if anyone wants to grab a coffee feel free to reach out!
November 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
In DC at the Middle East Studies Association conference this weekend, if anyone wants to grab a coffee feel free to reach out!
(1/2) Hi folks, haven't posted in a bit as things have been a bit fast paced this term.
However, I have a favor to ask - I am going up for Tenure at CCSU this year and I know over the years that many people have used The Hajj Trail (or even the Seyahat Demo) in their courses...
However, I have a favor to ask - I am going up for Tenure at CCSU this year and I know over the years that many people have used The Hajj Trail (or even the Seyahat Demo) in their courses...
October 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
(1/2) Hi folks, haven't posted in a bit as things have been a bit fast paced this term.
However, I have a favor to ask - I am going up for Tenure at CCSU this year and I know over the years that many people have used The Hajj Trail (or even the Seyahat Demo) in their courses...
However, I have a favor to ask - I am going up for Tenure at CCSU this year and I know over the years that many people have used The Hajj Trail (or even the Seyahat Demo) in their courses...
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!
My article "A Digital Ottoman Road to Mecca: Time, Distance, and Game Design" - on game design and my two projects - the hajj trail and Seyahat - is now out in the special issue of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture! intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
A Digital Ottoman Road to Mecca: Time, Distance, and Game Design | Intellect
This article will outline The Hajj Trail project, a digital educational text-based game that depicts the early modern Ottoman journey from Sarajevo to Mecca. The article walks the reader through the t...
intellectdiscover.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My article "A Digital Ottoman Road to Mecca: Time, Distance, and Game Design" - on game design and my two projects - the hajj trail and Seyahat - is now out in the special issue of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture! intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
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.
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
[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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]
Can't wait to use this with one of my classes, I have a whole Mongol unit in my Animals and World History course!
Don't mind us, we're just experimenting a bit with highly requested features 😇
Support us here to get more incredible game features⬇️
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LINK IN BIO⬆️
Wishlist Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori now on Steam and PlayStation! 🐴
Support us here to get more incredible game features⬇️
https://kickstarter.com/projects/aesirinteractive/windstorm
LINK IN BIO⬆️
Wishlist Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori now on Steam and PlayStation! 🐴
March 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Can't wait to use this with one of my classes, I have a whole Mongol unit in my Animals and World History course!
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
Reposted by Tyler Kynn
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
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
Doing a Twitch event with Nevada Huminites next week! Tune in if you have the time from 6-8pm PT on the 13th on their twitch channel humanitiesatplay - we will play Seyahat (which will have the Sarajevo updated added this weekend) and Hajj Trial! #gtp #gamedev #humanitiesatplay
March 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Doing a Twitch event with Nevada Huminites next week! Tune in if you have the time from 6-8pm PT on the 13th on their twitch channel humanitiesatplay - we will play Seyahat (which will have the Sarajevo updated added this weekend) and Hajj Trial! #gtp #gamedev #humanitiesatplay
Currently traveling for a conference, so no screenshots on hand, but released the largest update yet to Seyahat last night. Increased the demo play time by about 25% - however, the Mac build keeps causing issues, so I haven't gotten that out yet, stay tuned
#gtp #ottoman #digitalhumanities
#gtp #ottoman #digitalhumanities
February 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Currently traveling for a conference, so no screenshots on hand, but released the largest update yet to Seyahat last night. Increased the demo play time by about 25% - however, the Mac build keeps causing issues, so I haven't gotten that out yet, stay tuned
#gtp #ottoman #digitalhumanities
#gtp #ottoman #digitalhumanities
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
Reposted by Tyler Kynn
🚨EXCITING NEWS🚨 MEMOs are very happy to announce that we will be hosting our first conference this year! The theme will be ‘New Encounters’ and it will take place from 11th-14th December 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa and Online. Please find the CFP below:
January 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
🚨EXCITING NEWS🚨 MEMOs are very happy to announce that we will be hosting our first conference this year! The theme will be ‘New Encounters’ and it will take place from 11th-14th December 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa and Online. Please find the CFP below:
Reposted by Tyler Kynn
It's party time! 🥳 The countdown to 2025 A.D. has begun!
Check out our brand new gameplay timelapse from our upcoming game: Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts! Whether you’re fulfilling client requests or letting your creativity run wild, the only limit is your imagination. ✨
Check out our brand new gameplay timelapse from our upcoming game: Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts! Whether you’re fulfilling client requests or letting your creativity run wild, the only limit is your imagination. ✨
December 31, 2024 at 4:38 PM
It's party time! 🥳 The countdown to 2025 A.D. has begun!
Check out our brand new gameplay timelapse from our upcoming game: Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts! Whether you’re fulfilling client requests or letting your creativity run wild, the only limit is your imagination. ✨
Check out our brand new gameplay timelapse from our upcoming game: Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts! Whether you’re fulfilling client requests or letting your creativity run wild, the only limit is your imagination. ✨
Reposted by Tyler Kynn
Hi History Educators. Some'd be delighted to know a website on using historical video games in history education (and historical game studies) exists, has existed for 14 years, and is full of a lot of relevant all free)
(amplifications appreciated; I think a lot of interested folk just don't know)
(amplifications appreciated; I think a lot of interested folk just don't know)
Gaming the Past
historical video games in the classroom and beyond
gamingthepast.net
January 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Hi History Educators. Some'd be delighted to know a website on using historical video games in history education (and historical game studies) exists, has existed for 14 years, and is full of a lot of relevant all free)
(amplifications appreciated; I think a lot of interested folk just don't know)
(amplifications appreciated; I think a lot of interested folk just don't know)