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
Ultima Ratio Regum 0.9 Released! MAJOR FEATURES: Procedural coin generation has been implemented, and the player now starts with a solid amount of money from their home civilization. Coins can be found in various locations and coinage can be acquired through trade (see below) and coins can be exchanged into other currencies via currency exchanges … Read More
Ultima Ratio Regum 0.9 is mostly about procedurally generating the game’s items: With the item generation itself complete (and with coins and currencies also generating), the next thing was to get items appearing in shops. This meant returning to the code that generates all possible items, and then integrating that with the code for generating … Read More
Ultima Ratio Regum 0.9 (release date: December 31st 2021) is generating the graphics and details and interactions for dozens upon dozens of different sorts of in-game items and currencies and trade goods and more, and one of these is TREASURE MAPS. I often get asked for more information about generating the various in-game visuals, and … Read More
Hello everyone! I am so pleased to say that the first major milestone for 0.9 has been accomplished: all new graphics for Ultima Ratio Regum 0.9 are now finished! Every possible item you can find in the new release is procedurally generated, with most generators have millions permutations; quite a few having billions; and a … Read More