Sanctimonia: Player State Saves, Snow, Sand, and Object Interaction
Kevin Fishburne has made numerous improvements to his Ultima-inspired online RPG, Sanctimonia, including the implementation of object interactions and progress save states.
Tagged: online
Ultima Online Turns 14!
Ultima Online was released fourteen years ago…yesterday. Be sure to check out UOJournal for some interesting retrospectives about the game and its expansions.
Sanctimonia: Vegetation Trampling Works!
Kevin Fishburne has gotten one of the cooler features in his Ultima-inspired online RPG engine — vegetation trampling — partially implemented.
Sanctimonia: Bulletproof Networking
Sanctimonia, the Ultima-inspired multiplayer online game engine, now has “bulletproof” network transaction support, according to its developer.
Classic Ultima Online: August Update
Shattered Moon has posted an additional update to the Classic Ultima Online website, in which he explains that no major progress was made during August, and offers a gameplay video that shows off some of the new features in the upcoming client.
Classic Ultima Online: Summer Updates
In the few months since last his project was reported on, Shattered Moon has made several improvements to Classic Ultima Online, his multiplayer re-imagining of Ultima 4.
Sanctimonia Updates: July 18th – August 21st
Kevin Fishburne’s Ultima-inspired online RPG engine has seen many improvements, especially to atmospheric effects, since last we heard news of it. Oh, and he’s implemented OpenGL-accelerated graphics, as well.
Rather Infrequent Open Thread
The no longer anywhere near nightly open discussion thread at Ultima Aiera.
Richard Garriott at GDC: The Evolution of Games
Richard Garriott gave a version of his “three eras of gaming” keynote talk at GDC Europe this week, and focused a lot on Ultima and Ultima online in its text.
