志摩リンApr 6, 2024
#retrogaming #Ultima_Online
Sue StoneFeb 17, 2023

Welcome to the oldest part of the metaverse | MIT Technology Review
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/17/1068027/ultima-online-oldest-metaverse/

#ultima_online #metaverse #virtual_worlds #tech #technology

Welcome to the oldest part of the metaverse

Ultima Online, which just turned 25, offers a lesson in the challenges of building virtual worlds.

MIT Technology Review
nopeNov 13, 2022
UO's Resource System Part 3
(2006) : Raph Koster
url: https://www.raphkoster.com/2006/06/05/uos-resource-system-part-3/
#complex_systems #game_design #resource_management #ultima_online
#my_bibtex
UO’s resource system, part 3

I’ve now written two posts that were far lengthier than I anticipated, about the way that UO’s resource system was originally intended to work. The first dealt with underlying data stru…

Raph's Website
nopeOct 3, 2022
UO's Resource System Part 2
(2006) : Raph Koster
url: https://www.raphkoster.com/2006/06/04/uos-resource-system-part-2/
#complex_systems #game_design #resource_management #ultima_online
#my_bibtex
UO’s resource system, part 2

Last time I wrote about the basic structure of how the resource data worked in the original design for Ultima Online. Now I’ll talk a bit more about applications of that data.

Raph's Website
nopeSep 14, 2022
UO's Resource System
(2006) : Raph Koster
url: https://www.raphkoster.com/2006/06/03/uos-resource-system/
#complex_systems #game_design #resource_management #ultima_online
#my_bibtex
UO’s resource system

Recently, some readers asked for posts that were more game-design centered. Since there was talk recently of the virtual ecological modeling that a Second Life user created, I thought I might talk …

Raph's Website