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With the upcoming Hearth of Britannia: Lifeblood of the Hearth event, attendees may design their own quest. To aid them in creating an authentic experience, the following fonts can be useful: The traditional Ultima...
Richard “Lord British” Garriott has issued a challenge to our developer community: port his Dungeons & Dragons precursor to Akalabeth and Ultima from its hand-typed, 37-year old paper tape spools into a modern usable...
Ultima I Like the other Age of Darkness trilogy titles, Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness (or, as it was released, just Ultima) is in its simplest form a simple quest to beat...
Interpretation How can everything be true? Here is my stance on Canon, and I’m sure it will disappoint everyone at once (but hopefully interest you as well). Everything is true Yep, everything. Ultima is...
Canon What is is. Why we care. And why we shouldn’t. Definition “Canon” is the material accepted as “official” in the fictional universe, at least by it’s fan base. The word canon is used...
Electronic Arts has allowed numerous fan games to release, free of charge, including remakes of their existing games. However, they have never GRANTED permission for these games, as that would imply some legal relationship...
There is more to being a game developer than the tools you use to build the game. To be a successful game designer, you have to be willing to work on yourself, as your...
Hardware and Software Requirements for Game Development Part Two I’m not a professional developer, but this is what I’ve found will work for independent game studios. We can’t say, “I want this to run...
If you get into development, what should you have before you begin? How can you improve your process? A lot depends on what you do. If you are a programmer, your needs are different...
One of the fundamental systems in any RPG is the conversation system, which allows players to converse with the people of your world. Ultima has always featured some form of conversation, although in the...
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