Tyler Kynn

Historian - 17th Century Hajj - Co-Creator of the Hajj Trail, Game Developer of Seyahat (in progress), - Assistant Professor @CCSU_History, PhD @Yale

[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

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. #Ottoman #gamedev #education

[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

For anyone in Istanbul - the discussion on "Video Games and Imagining the Ottoman Past" is at ANAMED (@anamed_ku) today at 17:00, please stop by if you are able to! Special thanks to Emir Alışık for helping to organize! #ottoman #gamedev

[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

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 (@sabanciu) today at 16:00. All thanks to Tommaso Stefini for the wonderful organizing and hosting efforts!

[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

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/Q and A at ANAMED(Thursday)!#gamedev

[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

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/Q and A at ANAMED(Thursday)!#gamedev

[ANAMED @anamed_ku]

Join us at ANAMED for a conversation between Tyler Kynn and Erdem Kabadayı on “Video Games and Imagining the Ottoman Past: A Discussion of the Educational Games The Hajj Trail and Seyahat.”

18 December 2025, 17:00

[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

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/Q and A at ANAMED(Thursday)!#gamedev

[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

In DC at the Middle East Studies Association conference this weekend, if anyone wants to grab a coffee feel free to reach out!

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[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

(2/2) If any one would be willing to write a letter of support explaining the value of these educational tools - I would very much appreciate it and would add it to my tenure packet. Reach out to me in a message if you are able to help with this!

[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

(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...

[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

https://t.co/Gjh09MhX25

[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

Put together a website for Seyahat with suggested assignments to make with the game and also a non-Steam place to post updates.

Link below:

[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

@4JCV Exactly, looks cool - definitely some mechanics there that I tried to put into the Hajj Trail sequel I am putting together

https://t.co/bJevH9K0cp

[The Khalili Collections @KhaliliOnline]

This rare 19thC Ihram belt from our Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage collection, crafted from leather, silk, and linen with metal fittings, once accompanied a pilgrim on the sacred journey of Hajj. Worn over the lower ihram garment (izar), the belt held practical value—safely securing personal belongings as the pilgrim moved through the demanding rites.

#Hajj

[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

This is cool, I assume this is because they had a journalist to a short piece on the Hajj Trail three years ago - you can find that here https://t.co/hxIeBEpiWt

[42 Educational Games Coaching and Design @42edgames]

Congrats to @KynnTyler for having his game "The Hajj Trail" shouted out in this morning's @TheEconomist World in Brief newsletter!

[42 Educational Games Coaching and Design @42edgames]

Congrats to @KynnTyler for having his game "The Hajj Trail" shouted out in this morning's @TheEconomist World in Brief newsletter!

[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

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! https://t.co/pTHxKnOaDJ

[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

https://t.co/bJevH9K0cp

[Tyler Kynn @KynnTyler]

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. #Ottoman #gamedev

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