Welcome back, friends! This is probably now the final (or penultimate) update before release, which I am tentatively going to schedule for the first week of February. A slightly slower couple of weeks this time as there has been a lot of start of term work to get sorted (and my only family member is … Read More
Welcome back everyone! I think barring catastrophes this should release in around a fortnight, so this will either be the final update, or the penultimate update, before getting 0.10 out. I’m determined to stick to my schedule of putting out a new release every year – even if this is a relatively small release, albeit … Read More
Welcome to 2022’s edition of “Some Games I Played in [Year] and What I Thought Of Them”! This year I’ve played relatively few games compared to recent years, but that’s in part because the ones I have played have been unusually time-consuming; also in part because of Covid becoming more manageable and therefore being able to … Read More
Hello! Since the last update I’ve made some major progress on a large number of major optimizations and improvements to the code and speed of the game, and in also in the development of new features, for URR 0.10. So, let’s have a look: Field of view / map drawing optimizations The first place I … Read More
Lots more has been coded in the past couple of weeks, so let’s get to it! Supply consumption and use I have now implemented an initial working draft of supply consumption use as you walk around the game world. So first off, here I am after a few days of walking around in a city … Read More
Welcome back everyone! Lots of new developments again, so let’s take a look: Buying supplies When you enter or leave cities you can now stock up on supplies. These take four forms – canteens, food, water, and equipment. Canteens, food ration bags and equipment have generated images while water is a slightly more abstract image. … Read More
Welcome to the second URRpdate for the 0.10 release coming at the end of December! Quite a bit has been added in the last few weeks, so let’s get started: Banking To begin with, you are now able to deposit any amount of your money into the bank in a given civilization, which will then … Read More
My first plan for 0.10 was procedural book generation. We already had the books generating as items and – if you’ll allow me – they’re one of the things I was proudest of in the 0.9 release: This was always intended to be a central part of the game – I want to get the … Read More
Welcome all to 2021’s (six months delayed) edition of “Some Games I Played in [Year] and What I Thought Of Them”! What a year it was. Much to my surprise (and I’m sure the surprise of everyone else) I released Ultima Ratio Regum 0.9 and I’m now actually beginning work on URR 0.10 (!) with … Read More
Hi everyone – thank you so much for the messages of support both on the blog and by email / Twitter, I really do appreciate them. I am pleased to say that I seem to be feeling stronger now, and I’m hoping to resume URR’ing in the coming month. I also have no more teaching now … Read More