Fearyourself emailed me to say that he has moved his project — a unified game engine that can handle data files and inputs from a variety of game data files — to a standalone website; the Back to Roots wiki has similarly been moved.

He also reports that decoding of Ultima 5 files continues apace, with input and help on the coding front from a few people. In his email, he said he hoped to have the first NPCs implemented by the weekend; he seems to have attained that goal, and has also added sleeping and sitting.

If that sounds like an impressive pace of development, well…that’s because it is.