i just stumbled upon Sheri Graner Ray's old livejournal entries that document some of the days in which she worked at Origin Systems in the 90s. some of the anecdotes are gold... this one, from the
i just stumbled upon Sheri Graner Ray's old livejournal entries that document some of the days in which she worked at Origin Systems in the 90s. some of the anecdotes are gold... this one, from the Ultima VII development period:
“Spark... the little boy in Trinisic who follows you around in the beginning of Ultima VII was written by Raymond Benson and based on his son. The idea was cute, but the character got annoying really fast.. particularly for the testers. They would regularly dress him in a dress and then starve him to death until he became a ghost following you around."
and fwiw, here's the Ultima VIII: The Lost Vale plot. i had no idea it existed in any form:
http://sherigranerray.com/?p=13
"the premise behind Lost Vale was a group of people had been locked away from the rest of Pagan and were still following the “old gods.” These gods , the villagers believed, lived in a city at the top of a cloud shrouded mountain. It was forbidden to attempt to climb the mountains to see the gods. Two young boys, however, decided to see if they could do it, and attempted to climb the mountain. They fell to their deaths. At the same time, the Gods seemed to stop answering the prayers and withdraw their support for the people of the valley – taking away the seasons and causing crops to wither...."
edit: lost vale design documents in their entirety
https://gallery.ultimacodex.com/the-lost-vale-plot-documents/
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@[email protected] Ultima was a great series. I played Ultima Online for many years. Still have my login and check in every now and then lol.
@[email protected] amazing that they've maintained player accounts for this many years. my launch account is still there.