The Dark Unknown: To Quest Log or Not to Quest Log
Goldenflame Dragon worked, briefly, on adding a quest log to “The Dark Unknown”, before shifting his focus back to the game’s second act.
Creation takes time. Time is limited.
Exult Will Now Play the Extended “Serpent Isle” Intro Movie
The extended version of the “Serpent Isle” intro cutscene is now the standard cutscene played in “Exult” when starting “Serpent Isle” anew.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug – Encore Episode – Not Looking for Group
Quest chains and narrative storylines are commonplace in MMORPGs now, but do the inclusion of these elements break the group play experience? And we had such hope for Shroud of the Avatar and Underworld Ascendant back in 2018, didn’t we?
Through the Moongate 03 – Whiz Kids
Spam Spam Spam Humbug will be, for the next several weeks, doing a complete read-through of Andrea Contato’s “Through the Moongate”.
New Fan Project: U4DosRandomizer
A utility that randomly rearranges the tiles for the overland map in the DOS version of “Ultima 4”.
“The Minstrel’s Fable” Is Now “Ultimax”
Tile-based retro MMORPG “The Minstrel’s Fable” has been renamed to “Ultimax”, and should be coming to Kickstarter in the near future.
“Realms of Antiquity” Has Been Released
Quixotic Software have released their Ultima-inspired RPG for TI-99/4a PCs, “Realms of Antiquity”.
The Ultima 6 Remake for Exult: Mostly Complete
“The Ultima 6 Remake”, a retelling of “Ultima 6” using the “Exult” engine, is getting close to completion.
Is There Any Interest in Upscaling Ultima Cutscenes?
Could AI-powered upscaling technology be used to produce higher-resolution cutscenes for some of the later “Ultima” games?
Corven – Path of Redemption: January 2021 Update
Corv has released a new version of the demo for “Corven – Path of Redemption”.
