Added: Ultima 6 Minecraft Conversion
I joked, some time ago, about building a Minecraft-based model of Britannia. Now, I don’t know if the Rules of the Internet state, at any point, that any articulated idea will, after a set...
Tagged: 3D
Return to the Serpent Isle: Portraits!
As noted back in their August update, Team Return have welcomed into their fold Jolyn “Nytefall” Kitzer, who was the lead 2D artist for Ultima V: Lazarus. In the intervening months, she has produced...
Restored: A Legend is Reborn/ERA
This project began as an ambitious remake of Ultima 1. However, due to the fact that Peroxide couldn’t get formal permission from Electronic Arts to make an actual Ultima game (not that this should...
Return to the Serpent Isle: October Update
Team Return have posted their latest update, detailing the progress made this month on their ambitious new Ultima adventure. As has been the case in previous months, much of their news concerns “under the...
Ray-traced Ultima goodness
While doing some reading for his Masters programme, Dino stumbled upon a lecture on ray-tracing (a 3D rendering technique) that featured some Ultima-themed artwork as an example: Notable elements in the diagram include the...
Titans of Ether: September Update
Direhaggis has posted the latest update to the Redemption website. Therein, team member Spyder encourages everyone to register for the project’s forum, wherein they will find all manner of little bits of bonus content...
Game conveniences we take for granted
Apropos of this, this list of the “Top 10 Current-Gen Conveniences We Take For Granted” from GameFAQs seems relevant. For example: #6: Objective Markers Remember how in old RPGs, you would be told to...
Paul Barnett: "Why games are important"
One more interesting thing from Paul Barnett’s Twitter feed for today. Here, he draws attention to a video he did for AbleGamers, a gaming news & reviews blog with a focus on disabled persons...
Looking for a 3D artist and a quote for some work
This isn’t Ultima-related, specifically. However, a friend of a friend of mine is looking for a 3D modeler who would be willing to whip up about ten 3D models — just flat-colour models against...
Sanctimonia progress update
Kevin Fishburne writes to inform us of the latest progress made on Sanctimonia, his Ultima-inspired “faux 3D” online RPG: I’ve been working on it like I was going to hell if I didn’t, so...
