Shards Online: Dusty Macd Interviews Derek Brinkmann
Dusty Macd interviewed Derek Brinkmann, project director for Shards Online, quite recently.
Creation takes time. Time is limited.
Crowfall: Two New Character Classes Revealed; Physics FAQ Published
The latest Crowfall update introduces two new character classes and reveals some information about the game’s physics engine.
Shroud of the Avatar – Update of the Avatar #113
Shroud of the Avatar – Update of the Avatar #113 – 2015.02.20: Underworld Gets Tracy Hickman and Steam Greenlight, SotA Single Player Features, Abe on Overworld, Chris Talks Economy, and More!
Underworld Ascendant: Greenlit on Steam
Underworld Ascendant has been Greenlit on Steam. Now it just needs to succeed on Kickstarter.
Underworld Ascendant: Mac and Linux Support Now a Base Goal (Also: Tracy Hickman)
OtherSide Entertainment have announced that Mac and Linux support will now be base features of Underworld Ascendant. And Tracy Hickman has signed on to write the Underworld Ascendant novel.
Underworld Ascendant: Techncial Details; Collector’s Edition Box to be Drawn by Denis Loubet
Denis Loubet will draw the cover art for the Collectors Edition boxes of Underworld Ascendant.
Check Out My Ultima 9 Review For the CRPG Player’s Handbook
My review of Ultima 9, which will be included in Felipe Pepe’s upcoming cRPG Player’s Handbook.
New Project Entry: Beh Lem (and Blackthorn’s Castle) in Ultima 7
Crowley has been working on a mod for Exult that will add Ultima 6 NPC Beh Lem, and the ruins of Blackthorn’s Castle on Terfin, into Ultima 7.
Ultima Online: Publish 89 Now on Izumo, and on Origin Tomorrow Morning
Broadsword Online Games have corrected the housing issue in Ultima Online’s Publish 89, and have pushed the update out to the Origin and Izumo shards.
Concerning Underworld Ascendant’s Improvisation Engine
Warren Spector and others discuss Underworld Ascendant’s Improvisation Engine: “Our designers lay out an encounter; setting up the monsters, traps, the physical layout, and the like. Then the world simulation is turned on. A...
