Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement

Aspiring indie dev obsessing over old-school RPGs.
Building a lost prototype of Ultima IX from the mid 90s
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[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

#ScreenshotSaturday New release of Open Sosaria!
v0.6.0 is out now with audio across the whole game.

Check it out on itch and give it a ⭐ on GitHub:
Itch: https://t.co/9RVRl7mKJN
Github: https://t.co/Uw4F2lWyAh

Right now the focus is on bugfixing and making sure the game is fully playable from start to end. Thinking of turning that gameplay into a YouTube series too!

#indiedev #gamedev #ultima

[The Ultima Codex @UltimaCodex]

Inspired by the old isometric screenshots of "Ultima 9," @camiloDelCodigo is attempting to build a complete version of Britannia in that style.

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

@UltimaCodex Hey! thank you for featuring my project @UltimaCodex :D

[Anthony Salter @ViridianGames]

Ultima VII Revisited contributor @gabefx made some new 3D models for musical instruments in Ultima VII and decided to make a little video showing them off!

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

@arturius_mx @ultimadragons Yeah, yours looks more heavy... how are you approaching it?

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

More world blocking today. I’m still learning how to approach maps at this scale, how to fill all that space with meaningful terrain, landmarks and routes without turning it into noise.

I’m also trying to come up with a more consistent workflow for building the world so I’m not reinventing the process for every region.

#indiedev #gamedev #Ultima

[Slashie @slashie_]

My #gamedev blog is pretty cool - subscribe to get #indiedev and #roguelike news delivered to your email! https://t.co/jJe0xWAW8f

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

@Stretchedwiener I 100% do not mind, in fact, the more you can tell me, the better :) I’m genuinely fascinated by how the world was approached and built.

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

Today on: turns out making games is hard.

I’m currently building the world map of Britannia, aiming for roughly 4× the size of Ultima VII as described in interviews.

I haven’t even properly started painting the terrain yet, and I’m already dreading it.

#indiedev #gamedev #Ultima

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

@ViridianGames Got it, thanks a lot!

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

Then I guess I did my calculations wrong haha. My map is currently 3072×3072 cells.

I’d read that U7’s map renders at 24,576×24,576 pixels, and I divided that by 16×16 per tile. So I’m guessing the actual map tiles are 8×8 pixels?

You’re way deeper into U7’s internals than I am, so you can probably set me straight on that 😅

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

@samtechcoded Interesting, here the map works as a tilemap with heights basically

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

@gregariouswolf I'm feeling that, I've done some mapping before, but this is the first time I attempt a whole open world like this

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

@_TouchGrassCat Yeah, pretty much, blocking out, sculpting the terrain and painting every single part of the map 🙃

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

@samtechcoded I'll take up on that, I would be nice to receive help in the design, considering its a lost prototype and all

[Anthony Salter @ViridianGames]

@APiasecki77 We've already implemented a lot of quality of life improvements, including sortable inventories, more readable fonts for conversations, and alternative combat modes. We're currently working towards release 0.4.0 and you can see the full roadmap here:
https://t.co/jKHcux4AJc

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

@slashie_ It'll definitively fix the scaling issue, that's for sure

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

A brief fly through Britannia, as seen in #Ultima IX: Ascension.

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

@slashie_ Why do we keep putting our hopes in this avatar that always come to Britannia to bake 1000 breads for money?

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

#screeshotsaturday Ultima IX: Quest of the Nudist
There’s something deeply unsettling about the Avatar running around Britannia in nothing but boots and gloves while casually carrying a sword.
#indiedev #gamedev #Ultima

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

@electrolyse4 Kind of. I'm categorizing them, found 47K textures in it, I haven't used any directly, mostly because I'm still in engine work, but I have used them as reference

[Camilo DelCódigo | Working on Ultima IX: Atonement @camiloDelCodigo]

@slashie_ Oh nice, I remember when you did those maps... for the overworld, I like them, but I'm not sure if they'll fit this type of project