Another Ultima 6 Texture Pack For Minecraft
Minecraft and Ultima fan Zeph has made a stellar-looking texture pack for the smash hit indie game which is heavily inspired by Ultima 6, and even borrows UI graphics from the original game.
Creation takes time. Time is limited.
Richard Garriott Shows Off For Martha Stewart…Again
Richard “Lord British” Garriott returns to the Martha Stewart Show to display some of the unique mechanical puzzles he has collected over the years. Fascinating stuff!
Nightly Open Thread
The nightly open discussion thread at Ultima Aiera. Which, admittedly, hasn’t exactly been “nightly” for the last couple of days.
Introducing Basjian! Beta Testers Wanted!
Basjian is described by its creator as “a not-so-MMO game”. Written in JavaScript and Node, it sports a distinctly old-school, Ultima-esque look.
Eriadain is back in action!
One of the first Ultima 9 remakes, which stopped development before achieving a demo release, has been rebooted by its original developer using the Neverwinter Nights 2 engine. And yes, it’s still based on the Bob White Plot.
New Download: Dev Game for Exult
Malignant Manor’s attempt to implement a basic, free-to-play game with Exult, using only the engine and none of the original resources from Ultima 7: The Black Gate or Serpent Isle.
Anyone Want to Draw Some Ultima-themed UI Elements?
Team Return are looking for someone who can craft some very familiar-looking, Ultima-esque interface elements for use when opening chests and searching bodies in the game.
Sanctimonia Update: Now With Particles!
Development of Kevin Fishburne’s Ultima-inspired online game, Sanctimonia, proceeds apace with the addition of landscape sub-layers, alpha tiles to transition between textures, and a newly-working particle system.
A Lengthy Interview With Richard Garriott
Good Game — the TV show by Gamers, for Gamers — has an interesting and informative chat with the father of MMOs [and Ultima! – Ed.], Richard Garriott.
