Added: Ultimate Action RPG Maker

In his latest news post, Dino mentioned this interesting-looking new project, which aims to craft an RPG maker that features Ultima 7-ish graphics and no need for programming skill.

It seemed worth a project entry.

7 Responses

  1. Mageguru says:

    I think you need to read the exult forums about this project…

    The guy is a total douche, and has stated he isn’t ever going to release it publicly, and will keep full control over it.

  2. Dungy says:

    Agreed. Read the Exult forums, specifically:
    http://exult.sourceforge.net/forum/read.php?f=1&i=338635&t=338635
    http://exult.sourceforge.net/forum/read.php?f=1&i=337146&t=337105
    http://exult.sourceforge.net/forum/read.php?f=1&i=337296&t=336984

    He has stated that he will never release his final product to the public, so there seems little need to give this project much attention.

  3. wtf_dragon says:

    In this thread, he seems really wishy-washy, to be sure: “I’ll release it!” -> “It’s just for me. I’m taking my ball and going home!” -> “I’ll post a link.” Honestly, I’m not sure anymore what his stance on releasing it is anymore.

    And he does seem a bit…twisted, and kind of an arse. Could be a result of any number of factors, I suppose: social, cultural, psychological, whatever. I probably wouldn’t enjoy having coffee with him, but I try not to let that cloud my thinking when it comes to adding or not adding a project to the site. I’m sure he’s hardly the only project dev I’d struggle to get along with in real life (in fact, I know for a fact he isn’t/wouldn’t be).

    I can’t help that some people are arseholes — I’m an arsehole myself, from time to time — but even arseholes do good or interesting work in many cases. (Wow, that’s like…John Carmack’s entire career summarized in one sentence.)

    His history is rather unfortunate, and to be fair I wouldn’t be surprised if he flaked. I’ve seen a few projects come and go since I started this site, and this one doesn’t really seem to have a lot of staying power in it, sadly. But I try to be neutral and not let such opinions sway me when it comes to posting a project.

    This is an interesting effort, and has some relation to Ultima. It is worth a mention, at least, even if it never releases or progresses past the point it is now at. It’d hardly be the only project like that listed on this site.

  4. Dominus says:

    I whole heartedly agree with WTF. It deserves a listing here, who knows what it will become… I just can’t stand him posting on the Exult forum anymore 🙂

  5. Dominus says:

    Nope… Not really 😉
    We only have a veeeerrrrry simple forum, though we did have something to stop the flood of spam we had two years ago or so…

  6. wtf_dragon says:

    Ah. A pity, that. Well, if you ever want to encourage him to come and leave updates/comments here, at his project entry, please do so. Aiera can take the heat.