A technology report/industry brochure from Origin Systems, profiling the company’s corporate culture and spotlighting several of its new and upcoming games (such as Ultima 7 and Wing Commander 2).
I have been playing a lot of games recently, and have been taking screenshots as I go in almost every case. As Rock, Paper, Shotgun put it, I am a game photographer, and I’ll periodically be posting galleries of my playthroughs to my Google+ account.
The no longer anywhere near nightly open discussion thread at Ultima Aiera.
Scythifuge is looking for usecode-experienced coders , and pixel artists who can draw animation frames for all the various fine-looking creatures he has come up with thus far, for The Savage Empire Remake.
Lanica, who crafted the PocketPC port of Exult many years ago, has shifted his attention to iOS development, and has begun working on an Exult port for that platform.
A short but detailed letter from Origin Systems explaining what skills are required to become a game developer.
A 1985 interview with Richard Garriott from the issue of Family Computing that ran in July of that year. In it, the Ultima creator discusses his latest project (Ultima 4) and his quest for the “ultimate” Ultima.
Eric Anderson tweeted a picture of himself and Richard Garriott at the Space Needle in Seattle; they’re on-site there today celebrating the tower’s 50th anniversary.
The Forgotten World team are also looking to add a 3D modeler to the team, as their goal is to one day add new 3D models into Ultima 9.
The Forgotten World team have completed their editor for the “highway database” for Ultima 9, a key milestone on the road to implementing editable NPC schedules and scripting in the game.
