008 – Moving to new Site

This devblog is moving to the new site: http://neopangaia.com/devblog/

The new site for the game itself will be http://neopangaia.com/

Currently under construction. Adult content.

This blog will remain and be updated with streamlined (non adult) content as well, and serve as an archive of the middle stage of post production.

007 – First Test Renders and Game Model

first game character test render. this the LOD “level 0″ model for very close up and certain (still in game) action scenes .

example of (still in progress) in game lighting target and first character

006 – Installing Windows 7/8 From USB to any Netbook

Have to install a new OS on the “dev machine”. Going to try the free preview of Windows 8. Have no DVD drive on the Macbook Air “art machine” so going to pick up a USB drive and an .ISO of Windows 8 and hope for the best. See link for instructions.

http://gizmodo.com/5257386/how-to-install-windows-7-on-almost-any-netbook

005 – UDK Layout Starter Kit

Prototyping and app/game production/design goes MUCH faster when the modular pieces are devoid of the detail of emotional identity (to the user/viewer). Hence The “Layout Starter Kit” (by Chris Newman) for a few months..

http://forums.epicgames.com/threads/735711-LayOut-Starter-Kit/page2

004 – Limerence: What does it mean?

Learned a new word today: Limerence. It is a peculiar type of affection, of perhaps LOVE and infatuation. As the emotional bonds between people are important elements of the game, this is an important word.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerence

003 – One Bad Bitch – and a Queen among actors

Despite my stereotypical love of Pam Greer, my favorite actress is probably Nichelle Nichols. Whether playing the perfectly professional Uhura or the baddest Pimp seen on film (see “truck Turner”). The small article below will teach even the biggest Trekkie something about her.

http://my-retrospace.blogspot.com/2009/09/foxy-ladies-5-nichelle-nichols.html

002-UDK does Street Fighter II

The following is a scene from Street Fighter II being rendered using the UDK engine. A great showcase of its potential. http://udk.com/showcase-jordansf2.html

001 – September 2011 UDK released

September 2011 UDK released. Among the many improvements is the ability for games to run on Mac OSX http://udk.com/news-beta-sep2011 (also improvements to the foliage editor)

000 – The Why, The How, The When, The What

it seemed silly to have a post apocalyptic virtual world and not have any sort of “who, what, when, where, why” for the game world. i conveniently used terrance mckenna and hp lovecraft to tie together the beginning and end of the virtual worlds together.

Neopangaia.com Site Active

I apologize for the inconvenience. The site is back up now. Please join up, make comments everywhere and ask questions. http://neopangaia.com

2.8 UMMO Concept Site

This was the original UMMO concept site (2005-2008). I recommend it to learn a bit more about the mature version of our virtual world. There is also an all ages version (free download) to be funded by the mature version of the neopangaia (virtual planet earth). Manhattan is the first city we will release. Please forgive the popup to the nonexistent community page (which is now to be hosted at neopangaia.com)

http://neopangaia.com/about/
for a project overview, visit http://neopangaia.com/concept

2.7 Attack The Block

I first heard about this film when doing some research on fight choreography and action scenes. But since then it has gained more and more and MORE attention. Here is a link to the red-band trailer. I hope you are in a city that hosted the limited release on July 29th. I’m addicted to sushi, Star Wars and Simon Pegg.. so sue me.

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/attack-the-block/red-band-trailer

2.6 July UDK Released

The July UDK Beta has been released with plenty of usability and performance updates. For those unfamiliar with the game engine, you should check it out.

2.5 Toshio Maeda following on Twitter ;)

I was amazed and happy today to notice that the artist who (in some ways) had the biggest influence on the creation of this project (Toshio Maeda, creator of “Urotsukidoji” and “La Blue Girl“) is following our twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/neopangaia).

Please visit his official website at http://www.urotsukidoji.jp/

2.4 – UDK RPG/Conversation Tuts

please visit neopangaia.com - the adult mmorpg/virtual planet earth

There are many amazing tutorial sites for UDK.  Among my favorites was a set written by Joris Olde Bijvank that covered conversations other RPG related subjects. Unfortunately they were taken down. Luckily he recently posted a comment at http://underworldmmo.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/022-3d-assets-page-up-udk-essential-tuts-for-mmorpg/ about replacing and updating those tutorials. GREAT NEWS!!

His comment, with updated information about the tutorials is listed below. P.S. – I will be cleaning up this blog to make information easier to find pretty soon. Sorry for the mess.

2.3 Necropost (Adult MMORPGs?)

An old post thread about the viability of a true adult mmorpg keeps me going. http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/276826/

2.2 MMO Gaming Dictionary

This series of articles is a great technical introduction to MMOs

• 1. MMO Gaming Dictionary – Combat Terminology
• 2. MMO Gaming Dictionary – Character Terminology
• 3. MMO Gaming Dictionary – General Terminology

From http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/mmo/articles/

2.1 MMO Subscription Data

MMO Subscription Data is necessary for marketing and investment/funding purposes. It is hard to come by since most websites that collect it cease operations after a few years.

Current as of 2011 http://mmodata.net
Ended circa 2008 http://mmogchart.com
Ended circa late 2007 http://mmogdata.voig.com

MMO Data Article http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/mmo/articles/35992.aspx

2.0 Adult MMOG Content: Marketing

A great resource for adult mmog art and products. Eventually we would love to be listed here:
http://feature.mmosite.com/adultmmog/  http://news.mmosite.com/specials/adult/

Article about Adult MMORPGs
http://news.mmosite.com/content/2010-05-21/5_recent_18_mmos_really_adult_only,1.shtml

Massive Multiplayer Online Erotic Gaming Site
http://www.mmoeg.net/

Article about Adult Content in “Second Life”
http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/05/25/free-for-all-why-you-shouldnt-be-worried-while-playing-second

1.9 Game Development Site Back

Please sign up and comment lots: http://neopangaia.com/

1.8 Misc Inspiring Media

Misc Media Inspiring or suggested

1.7 UDK Menu Scaleform Tutorials

http://forecourse.com/2010/06/making-a-menu-scaleform-tutorial-series/

1.6 Product 1 : MORBIUS

MORBIUS – Multiplayer Online Role Based Infinite Universe Shooter

1.5 Open Development (my definition) – Transmission One

What is Open Development? Imagine every single fan sitting in on the making of the DVD extras, asked for comments and ideas, BEFORE the film is even made. For the five years of preproduction and testing, we have invited fans from all over the world to contribute on our social networking website (which is being remade at http://neopangaia.com).

1.4 Release/Production Roadmap

Finally able to start production. Thanks to the assistance of our main researcher (manchucat/technarch), we have a new computer/hardware to complete this first product. This post will cover our current production details and timeline.

1.3 Our Favorite Real World Model

When we have a chance to start using real world models (not just volunteers), we plan on using this one. She likes the project and is available for work.

http://www.facebook.com/Olamide0907

1.2 other adult interactive 3d

our primary researcher has set up a website at http://neverend.wikia.com, where he posts research related to the project. He sent me a link today about an interactive 3d sex game.

1.1 udk profit cap increased tenfold

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/02/23/epic-increase-udk-royalty-cap-tenfold/

http://www.develop-online.net/news/37234/UDK-devs-making-75k-only-give-1-to-Epic

no royalty fees until $50,000in revenue makes an already impossible to pass up engine even better (not to mention the already complete atlas mmorpg framework, when you make the big bucks)

“the power of nothingness” (無の拳, Mu no Ken)

“the power of nothingness” (無の拳, Mu no Ken)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Five_Rings

0062 – How I Learned to Love… Why UDK?

With the changes released with the April 2011 version of the UDK. I can no longer ignore it as a viable platform for a single or less than massive multiplayer game on iOS or PC (Android available if needed). Esenthel still my indie mmorpg favorite engine.

0060 – music moving and blind fury

i can check off “mini mansion in the suburbs” after the last six months. it was exceptionally boring compared to manhattan..

0055 – UDK Project (APEX Physics)

While we are still working on the large scale MMORPG using the Esenthel engine (and the Colussus MMO Framework by Blackhornet), there have been new developments in the integration of the Nvidia APEX physics tehnology and the Unreal Engine 3/UDK.

Link

charlie sheen rocks so hard

one day i will come back here and write a sonnet.. make a street in the virtual world called charlie sheen street.. no really..

0054 – Engine Update (Esenthel)

0053 – CMF Update

client updater http://nopaste.info/16ec392b20.html

0052 – fight choreography : “Art of Action: Martial Arts”

note.. will prototype in udk most likely.. waiting on apex

m001 – music

music drives me.. places and holds in place my consciousness.. creating tension, drama, urgency, drive, fear, or curiosity as the the project needs.

0050 – Colossus MMO Framework Update

Blackhornet80′s work progresses well on the “Colossus MMO Framework”.

0049 – eye r codin da metavurs/maytrics

well not exactly.. the metaverse is a 100m wide urban environment circling an otherwise featureless black sphere .. our project is a planet sized replica of our world with a unified interactive environment.

0048 – WTF Oscars (and Rocsi is da TRUF)

Christopher Nolan not nominated Best Director for Memento, Dark Knight.. and now Inception.. me no watchie Oscars again! On a side note.. Damn Rocsi from 106 and Park is the TRUF, son!

0047 – Free DAZ Fits Alizea3d.com

Custom fits for GND2, GND4, Alice, and Millennium Cat
Clothing fits for Aery Soul and Blackhearted products Girl Next Door 2 and Girl Next Door 4
http://www.alizea3d.com/

0046 – Colossus MMO Framework (working title)

Things are going very well in the collaboration with BH80. The tentative working title for the MMO Framework is “Colossus MMO Framework” and the first engine it is targeting is the Esenthel Engine (free noncommercial). UDK is also in line for side projects and prototyping.

0045 – mmo engine choice sucks

the awesome news that im working with blackhornet80 on an mmo framework carries with it the news of a change to esenthel engine to collaborate on that framework for our future projects. (still using UDK for prototype)

0044 – AMD Horus

My favorite technology that never materialized (in a retail purchasable form at least).

0043 – CSQL DB

source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSQL

0042 – UDK TCPLink: Talking to an Online/Shared Database

The following article is really a good source for information about using a database such as MySQL with UDK via TCPLink
http://www.alexander-fisher.com/?p=159
Another alternative would be to create another DLL to use in place of TCPLink.

0041 – Future iOS to include Ray-Trac

Future iOS devices will include graphics hardware with ray-tracing capability.
http://touchreviews.net/imagination-apple-mobile-gpu-partner-buys-ray-tracing-company/
http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2010/01/12/future-devices-from-apple-could-have-powervr-sgx545-mobile-gpu/

0040 – UT3 Script Source + UDK Classes

please visit http://neopangaia.com – adult mmorpg/virtual planet earth

The only way to learn UDK is to study the existing scripts.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/Begining_UnrealScript.aspx
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitFirstScriptProject.html
These links are great technical introductions. For additional references (and script), see below.

0039 – melee combat – location damage effects -wip

dev ref: capabilities within existing unrealscript – reference alpha

tutorial unspecific codebase

0038 – Chosen Melee System Base

This UDK forums entry discusses the specific framework we will adapt for our melee combat and why.

0037 – It’s the Final Countdown

On this day in two years (December 22, 2012), our final release version will be complete. Today… we are moving along slowly but surely and have a definitive roadmap.. indie devs.. yayy

0036 – nFringe + UDK + Visual Studio 2010

please visit neopangaia.com – the adult mmorpg/virtual planet earth

Easiest guide to date for nFringe and Visual Studio 2010 installation
http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=738518

0035 – Blender (FBX) -> UDK

http://www.sinsoft.com/2010/07/blender-25-animation-to-udk.html

0034 – Sex in Gaming 2010

Saw this useful article today at IGN about
Sex In Gaming 2010
http://pc.ign.com/articles/113/1139755p1.html

0033 – December UDK

as we enter production, good news in that the December 2010 UDK release allows publishing to iOS (Apple iPhone). We desperately need funds, so a scaled back content smaller release featuring iOS/PC gameplay is essential.

http://www.udk.com/news-beta-dec2010.html

REPOST – Calamari Love: the curious tradition of Japanese ‘tentacle erotica.’ (via Lady Lazarus: dying is an art)

i love learning something new. and this post definitely added to my awareness/knowledge of tentacle erotica (japanese style). on a side note.. i need a new numbering system for the blog,m we are moving into full production soon. whaddya think? 0001 format?

Tentacle…what? Yes, indeed. In the realm of sexual fantasy, any and all things that can be imagined are possible. Like, for instance, receiving cunnilingus from an obliging octopus, as depicted in the above image by renowned artist Katsushika Hokusai. Known in the West by the title The … Read More

via Lady Lazarus: dying is an art

032 – Scott Pilgrim Audio Production Notes

“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” Sound for Film Profile from Michael Coleman on Vimeo.
Video Article about “Scott Pilgrim VS The World” Audio Production.
http://filmmakeriq.com/2010/09/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-sound-for-film-profile/
VIA: Michael Coleman

031 – Buy “Scott Pilgrim VS The World”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jMruFHTwrY
Metric – Black Sheep – Brie Larson cover “Scott Pilgrim VS The World”
Buy “Scott Pilgrim VS The World” Right Now!! Support great filmaking!

30 – “Be My Animal”- Good Natured (Get People Remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0OPxyI5iJc&playnext=1&list=PL0FC4536F2EF38F46&index=32

29 – UDK November release Out

www.udk.com/download
http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?p=27784109#post27784109

.028 – neopangaia.com – over the shoulder cam

go over.. sign up, post stuff..help me test the system.. ill be building the site and eventually tossing up an official game site over there. please support us with questions comment and such, even negative ones.

http://twitter.com/neopangaia
http://facebook.com/neopangaia
http://www.neopangaia.com (our new under construction community site)

go over.. sign up, post stuff..help me test the system.. ill be building the site and eventually tossing up an official game site over there.

 

OVER THE SHOULDER 3D person CAM tutorial

http://www.disturbedprogrammer.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54:third-person-camera-and-gow-camera&catid=43:geek-tutorials&Itemid=63

027 – MUST SEE: Scott Pilgrim VS The World

(before we start.. Brad Allan is my favorite fight choreographer ever). I suppose, from the point of view of expressing pretty much exactly what a student of heavy metal, street fighter 2, japanese flicks and clint eastwood westerns and hong kong action films (and more even their comic books) would idealize.. Scott Pilgrim VS The World is a pretty awesome film.

026 – Please Support Blackhearted

GND2

This project would not be possible (at the level acceptable to me) without DAZ Studio and the Artist known as Blackhearted.

025 – basic udk conversation, free 3d vehicles, and seamless worlds…

basic udk conversation, free 3d vehicle models and more..

024 – Britney Spears – Break The Ice

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_the_Ice_%28Britney_Spears_song%29

.023 – Niggling Doubts – Or Which Market to Target First?

which engine first is still a dilemma. posts targeting the two releases are still tentative and represent only an idea. why?

022 – Favored available 3D Assets – UDK Essential Tuts for (MMO/RPG)

please visit http://neopangaia.com – adult mmorpg/virtual planet earth

021 – UDK tutorials, SQLite (database) and an XP System

One of the main things you need to properly do an mmorpg is persistent data and a place (database) to store an editable type and number of variables that cover everything from player power levels to skill and class.

020 – official project description and target launch dates

This article explains some of the scope of this project

019 – Installing Windows 7 From USB

Installing Windows 7 from a USB Stick

http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7vista-from-usb-drive-detailed-100-working-guide/

018 – MMO Engine Notes to self (History of Hardware Tesselation)

Article about History of Hardware Tesselation

http://rastergrid.com/blog/2010/09/history-of-hardware-tessellation/

OpenGL now has Hardware Tesselation (in addition to DirectX 11 compatible hardware)

017 – Notes – Open Source MMORPG Engine

http://ryzomcn.5d6d.com/thread-19-1-1.html Ryzom – Chinese

Google Translation

http://dev.ryzom.com/wiki/7/EverythingWindows – Original Ryzom Windows build Site

Rmember,no matter where you go, there you are – Buckaroo Bonzai (and the Pig Killer fr Mad Max 3?)

The original version of the Buckaroo Bonzai quote (so far) – Confucious

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/no_matter_where_you_go-there_you/185303.html

016 – misc & engine dev stuffage

will write more later.. taking break to work on other stuffage

015 – planning break

sorting out some real world issues for a spell.. should be resolved in the next few weeks, will resume production at that time

013 – living archetypes – Tanit Phoenix

this project is all about archetypes.. living them.. manifesting them.. and virtually exploring them. as the developer of the game i myself am exploring an archetype (nyarlathotep to be specific) my background previously can be found at http://www.myspace.com/baphomeh

but who inspires ME not the personal sort of inspiration i get from random folks.. but simply.. what sort fit into strange un specified archetypes..

like woody allen? What people represent the complex and difficult to describe archetypes we all have in our subconscious? Tanit Phoenix is our first recipient of the “Living Archetype” award why after the break. No it’s not for anything more than an active interest in quantum physics and humanitarian work.. really.

now i need to find a smoking hot nuclear physicist like in the movies.. jk

012 – production beginning soon.. patience

as this project literally has taken over my whole life, i dont mind taking my time at certain points. really thinking it through. i have this one chance to get it right and i pay all the dimes (minus the few thousand we have had in fan contributions over the last few years)

011 – jumping flying swimming in ryzom

misc rambling and updates

010 – progress finally

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11245057
article about finalized cast of the 2012 film “The Avengers”

009 – Saga of Ryzom released Open Source

While the core technology (known as Nevrax) was open source for some time, it did not have sufficient code to actually MAKE a real MMORPG. The actual child game (Saga of RYzom) has now become Open Source, although the engine technology is now many years old. Nevertheless, this announcement makes that choice the only viable one for an indie developer looking to make an MMORPG. Will ponder for a bit but still likely to move forward with an UE3 based project as a starter. possibility of doing both.. will see. will keep posted.

http://forums.ryzom.com/showthread.php?t=34929

status

taking time to set up the proper business machinery to allow me to work on the game fulltime. during this time really hammering down my philosophies about different elements of the game and exploring the traditional endgame/raid environment for ideas more about what i DONT want to do than what i want to do.. will keep you posted..

wow01 – recruit a friend

new recruit a friend mount in warcraft is a two seater rocket (apt since right now our dev team is two people)

http://www.wow.com/2010/04/26/refer-a-friend-rocket-available-starting-tomorrow-tuesday-april/

008 – Graphic Targets

an image of what our target is .. despite it being 3d graphics, the amount of detail provided by tessellation, mixed with the models we have chosen and a decent cel shader should allow us to get close.
NOTE http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=607176
Above link to Google Maps Unreal Engine Tutorial (for reference only)

007 – GTX 470 & 480 Review

While the latest ATI cards will definitely also play UMMO fine, I will be targeting the GTX 470 and 480 as a baseline (in order to achieve maximum 3d modeling fidelity thanks to tessellation while achieving high polygon count/object number).

006 – GTX 480 details

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/nvidia-gtx-480-makes-benchmarking-debut-matches-ati-hd-5870-per/

Seems they have excellent tessellation performance, even better that ATI, so I was worried for nothing at all. I will definitely be taking full advantage of that feature, going overboard in act, it’s one f the few ways I can differentiate myself from the Majors.

Apologies for the confusion around our most recent GF100 update. To clarify, launch date for GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 is March 26, 2010

005 – UDK March Release

originally posted at http://nysius.com/ummo

New version of UDK released (March), featuring some interesting additions (including full Autodesk FBX support, making the model/animation import process much smoother)

http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitBuildUpgradeNotes.html#March%202010:%20UDKInstall-2010-03-BETA

003 – working on the UMMO forums

Forums are the heart of the sort of gamesite I had before and want to have again during development. I am really happy with the out of the box appearance of the rest of the system, the functionality and style fits well with what I am doing at present. Forums still working on.

001 – New UMMO site underway

This site is moving to it’s new home at http://nysius.com/ummo it is being built on a foundation of WordPress MU, Buddypress and a bunch of other plugins (list will be made when site done). Basically it is two many years waiting projects in one.

000 – New Site http://nysius.com/ummo

We’ve created a new community site to host the Devblog for UMMO. Under construction.

The site is http://nysius.com/ummo

123 – The Website – Free Social Networking Tools

In the spirit of Open Development, this post will discuss the status of the design choices (code related mostly) that have been made in regards to the official website/community, and a brief how to for anybody else looking to make a quality community site for cheap.

122 – Huge List of Network Tools

Have small office running one one half of the apt and the game dev office on the other half. Latency issues are causing lag spikes in our MagicJacks, so I have decided to see how to analyze every tiny spec of performance from our slow as molasses Verizon connection. Searching for a free tool that will help out, came across this treasure trove of a list of network tools (listed chronologically)

http://www.slac.stanford.edu/xorg/nmtf/nmtf-tools.html

0037(formerly121) – UDK Open Source MMO Integration Kit

please visit http://neopangaia.com – adult mmo/virtual planet earth

UDK – DLLBind: Embedded database (SQLite) v2.0.1.3

http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=726137

120 – February UDK, Dungeon Defense – RPG Source Code, and nFringe Tips

please visit http://neopangaia.com - adult mmorpg/virtual planet earth

http://www.udk.com/showcase-dungeon-defense.html

119 – Blender UDK/Unreal Format Exporter

Great link to Blender Unreal/UDK exporter (under development)
http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=602953

118 – UDK Tutorials – Blender UT3 Export Script

http://www.moddb.com/members/raven67854/tutorials

http://www.fileplanet.com/187667/180000/fileinfo/Unreal-Tournament-3—Blender-Export-Script-.PSK-.PSA

http://www.makesomethingunreal.com/phase1.aspx

http://www.moddb.com/engines/unreal-engine-3/tutorials/static-meshs-from-blender-to-the-unreal-development-kit

blender is an open source high end modeling animation tool

117 – XSI Mod Tool Tutorials (Torque)

For those who have limited budgets to work on their indie game projects (non-commercial of course) betas or demos (this project is currently and legally just a demonstration one) may not have the budget to learn modeling and game animation using fullblown packages like Maya or 3D Studio Max.

116 – Awesome Indie UDK/UT3 Work

http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?p=27113858#post27113858
From hydzior at UDK Forums

115 – Making Machinima with Matinee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_BkA1up2dc&feature=PlayList&p=BEDB63ACD56AE2A4&index=0&playnext=1

114 – Cel Shading in UT3/UDK

please visit http://neopangaia.com – adult mmog / virtual planet earth

EDIT: Link to Dungeon Defense Blog Post about their Cel Shading “style” in UDK.
http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=714490

TF2 Style (in Unreal Tournament 3/UE3/UDK) Cel Tut.

http://www.moddb.com/games/unreal-tournament-3/tutorials/tf2-shading-in-ut3

General Material Tutorial
http://www.hourences.com/book/tutorialsue3mated3.htm

UDK Cel Shading Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYKSBIuQnVo

113 – Nvidia Physx UT3 Modkit Tutorials / SoftBody and UDK

Nvidia released a PhysX Mod kit for Unreal Tournament 3, along with maps that utilize a lot of the PhysX capabilities exposed in Unreal Engine 3. Over in UDK forums today somebody posted link to a set of tutorials for Physx in UT3.
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/physx_modkit.html

SoftBody and UDK http://okita.com/alex/?p=494

112 – Top Ten Changes to the Audio System from UT3 to UDK

Originally posted http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=716782

By Chris@EngineAudio Very cool. And Game Audio Production studios are also very cool.

111 – Awesome Free Next Gen Textures

http://game-textures.blogspot.com/

http://texturez.com/

(random UDK/UE3 tut)
http://sites.google.com/site/ut40kmod/UT40k_mod/ut3-video-tutorials

Song Listening To
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_Is_My_Mind%3F

110 – Detailed Windows 7 Control Panel

Referred to as “God Mode” by tutorial writer. Link below
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-7/add-the-god-mode-control-panel-to-windows-7/

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/category/windows-7/
More Windows 7 Tips

109 – Ad Free Live Messenger

http://leidegren.blogspot.com/2007/06/ad-free-windows-live-messenger.html

108 – Peragro Still Going Strong – Open Source MMORPG Engine

For those who haven’t slogged through every post on here for nuggets of helpful information.. There are two Open Source MMORPG engines in the works. goto http://peragro.org.

107 – World Machine and UDK

Great post about using the free terrain generation tool World Machine with the UDK. Links to converters in post. Interesting to note that our original plan involved using World Machine 2 to create detailed heightmaps (now in favor of using DEMS and possible World Machine 2 exported geometry as static meshes on top of terrain).

http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=716788

106 – new decent sexbot

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/02/01/sex.robot/

104 – Avatar and World of Warcraft

Perhaps when I actually have some content posted (geez besides pics from 2005 and writing from 1999, all my web based content has been deleted and the computers that hosted my 3d work have long since vanished into the seas of time (along with their hard drives).

103 – Arches National Park

wiki below… and brief intro.. a very decent challenge of a place to start with in regards to large swatches of terrain.. we shall see…

102 – NeuroHard – Masamune Shirow

http://www.motorballer.org/shirow/neuro.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masamune_Shirow
http://www.motorballer.org/shirow/shirow.html
http://www.shirowledge.com/neurohard.html

while not an official open source foundation, a definite framework to tie together disparate ideas and a technological detail level for the creation of a fictional world (as opposed to “hey you just bit that from GiTS”!).

101 – Ute – Myth and Language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uto-Aztecan_languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaic_Southwest
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_Numic_language

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100 – Utah – Terrain & Modern World

Utah Wiki below. DEM resolution 5M

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99 – new posts

i needed a new beginning.. a fresh start.. if you will.. im in freefall mode.. but as usual the project neednt even notice a hickup. solidifying the essentials now that engine and hardware are fixed amounts (and im satisfied the gf100 will have adequate hardware tessellation support)

072 – Free DAZ Base Figures (limited time)

http://www.microfilmmaker.com/tipstrick/Issue21/Posing_3.html

DAZ 3d is having a limited time giveaway offer (and related sale) of a wide range of their Base Models. Do what we have done for years, take advantage of the offer while it lasts.
http://www.daz3d.com//newsletter/2010/redirects/10290__freebase.php

071 – UDK Cel Shading – Terrain – January UDK Update/Release

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EDIT: also see  114 – Cel Shading in UT3/UDK

UDK Cel Shading Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYKSBIuQnVo
http://www.moddb.com/games/unreal-tournament-3/tutorials/tf2-shading-in-ut3 – Cel Shading ala TF2 in UT3
http://www.hourences.com/book/tutorialsue3mated3.htm
– General Material Tutorial
With the new January release of UDK comes updated documentation, which means better production planning. This article will cover some of those decisions and resources as they relate to terrain.

070 – ZBrush 4

If unfamiliar with ZBrush (and unfortunately my various articles about it over the years are deleted (even from wayback machine)) then this video (and a good wikipedia/google day) will have to do for you. Appears ZBrush 4 is adding lots of features that might speed up workflow a bit. http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthread.php?t=071829

069 – Maya 2010 Suite Review

Due to many reasons (not small among them the muscle jiggle deformer), next year when we have the resources to get an actual 3d package, it will most likely be Maya (the same one I learned on). Here is a great article for new folks.

http://designorati.com/articles/t1/graphic-design/2319/review-maya-entertainment-creation-suite-2010-is-a-wonderful-package.php

http://www.awn.com/articles/technology/maya-entertainment-creation-suite-2010-review-new-flexibility/page/3,1

068 – Getting Started With UDK

Best tutorial I have seen so far that will get you up and running quickest with UDK
http://udk-tuts.blogspot.com/

Another great site is http://www.okita.com http://okita.com/alex/?p=671

067 – Development Box Arrives Work Commences

For folks that have been around this project since the beginning, they know we operate under the philosophy of “Open Development”. I only practice it in full during production periods (of which the last was 2005-2007). Since we are beginning that again, we are starting the engines up again.

066 – Scope of this year’s version

Our development box finally came in (details next post) so it’s really time to define the “Scope” of the product to be released Q4:2011 -Q2:2012 (either way we will be releasing a playable version Dec 22, 2011 and clips and screens beforehand as well as STILL carrying out what we call “Open Development”).

065 – physx and combat

as im frustrated and occasionally bored to tears adapting the character models to the engine, i will be thinking about and working on interesting ways to use PhysX for combat. When i say combat, that means paranormal creatures, ranged weapons, and melee.

063 – Misc News Post December 2009

One post to rule them all.. just a place to put a few odds and ends. For those that don’t know, this site is my often checked notebook. I put little links and things here while I work on game design in miscellaneous paper notebooks. Works better than the other way around, and allows me a lot more flexibility in implementation and less flexibility in design themes.

062 – PhysX for Developers

You can go to the sites http://www.physxinfo.com and http://www.gamephys.com for info about specific engines, news, and events related to PhysX. if you, like me, have already done that and are ready to start implementing PhysX in your own engine or someone else’s read on.

061 – How to get WoW gold

finally in the last bits of wow (death knight and endgame) few days every few months is what i do.. in game money will help whoever does the playing (not me)

http://www.skeletonjack.com/2009/12/07/how-to-make-gold-in-wow/

060 – Andy Kaufman

I find myself sort of boring when it comes to art. My favorite lens tells volumes about me.. The Canon 50mm 1.0 (no longer manufactured). But really I prefer the 1.4. Why? It approximates the human eye. but more importantly, with the right temperature settings.. I can make it approximate my mind’s eye..

059 – Developing an MMO Economy and other Articles

One of many articles that (like the articles at gamasutra) i found useful when i first started learning about video game development.

Developing an MMO Economyhttp://www.devmaster.net/articles/mmo-economy/part1.php

058 – Geforce GF100 360 380 Q1 2010

UPDATE: The latest guesstimate is arrival in March 2010 for the Nvidia DX11 GPUs
I remember like it was yesterday.. the year i imagined what we now call “Cyberspace”.. a virtual world more inspired by “Flatland” than “Matrix”.. And i watched over the years carefully as technology evolved. i was an early fan of Nvidia.. always telling any millionaires i knew to invest in it as a wise short OR long term investment (depending on current trends)

057 – PhysX Plugin for 3ds Max v2.01 now available!

Pretty self explanatory. If you use PhysX in your games and you also can (or do) use 3d Studio Max, then this new version of the plugin is a must.

From link http://developer.nvidia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3990

056 – WordPress Featured Blog – Realtime Rendering and UDK

Just a quick note to say thanks to whoever helped make this blog a “Featured Blog” over at WordPress.com for the subject “Realtime Rendering” (http://en.wordpress.com/tag/realtime-rendering/) and “UDK” (http://en.wordpress.com/tag/udk/) . We have been featured a lot of places for “adult mmo” or “adult mmorpg” but it was a lovely turn to be featured for what is (secretly) one of our real aims: “realtime rendering”

I hope that we will actually contribute something to the area one day soon instead of just news and links.

055 – Web Site

Still deciding on what the game name and website name will be. I was using a site for testing and that worked out great. I expect to be getting a new site online in the next two weeks.

I came across this today

http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/email-geolocation/

054 – More UDK Tutorials

More UDK Tutorials

053 – nFringe – UnrealScript Visual Studio module

In order to assist development of UnrealScript (used in UDK/Unreal Engine 3), there is a free module available for Microsoft Visual Studio (even the Express Editions) called nFringe (wiki.pixelminegames.com/index.php?title=Tools:nFringe)

052 – UDK December Update

http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=712263

planet shader
http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=712643

release notes
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitBuildUpgradeNotes.html#December%202009:%20UDKInstall-2009-12-BETA

051 – UT3/UDK Battle RPG Mod and some RPG Tutorials

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The first link here is to an RPG mod available for Unreal Tournament 3 (which includes persistent server and stats). They also have the source code available.
http://bigbattleservers.com/battlerpg.php

(former home of) A bunch of useful Unreal Engine 3 tutorials: quest creation, NPC conversation, and more.
http://www.olde-bijvank.nl/

If you are a UDK developer without UT3, you can get it (and any patches or the Nvidia PhysX Mod Pack)
http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_ut3_downloads.html (will investigate)

http://developer.nvidia.com/unreal-development-kit

050 – New features in ZBrush 3.5

http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=5299

ZBrush.. an essential part of High Polygon modelling these days. Tons of articles, reviews, and communities on the net. I like this one.

049 – UTK40 Mod Team / UE3 Tutorials List

Forum Page with a great list of Unreal Engine Tutorials covering vehicles, characters, and weapons creation and importing into the engine (and more)

EDIT: also has great set of Unreal Engine 3 Tutorials
http://www.olde-bijvank.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=72

048 – Studio Max Building Generator v0.7

Tools that can help create detailed worlds for virtual reality are always welcomed needed. In the midst of doing research to decide what our production pipeline will consist of, with the move to UDK/Unreal Engine 3 for the Demo/Beta, I came across this really awesome building generator (with interiors) for 3D Studio Max (v9.1 or better)

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=6216815&postcount=482

047 – Development System Specs

More details about this year’s development hardware below
http://www.max3dmodels.com/softimage-xsi-realtime-simulation-version-2-honda-s2000.html

EDIT: Comparison tests between Quadro and Geforce on Max 2010

046 – Hybrid PhysX Guide and Benchmarks

Hybrid PhysX is the use of an Nvidia GPU for Physics (PhysX) processing and an ATI GPU for main graphics processing (because of the fact that it runs DirectX 11).
A great article can be found here at www.gamephys.com
http://www.gamephys.com/2009/12/27/how-to-set-up-hybrid-physx-radeon-hd5870-geforce-gtx275-physx/

045 – (FAKE) Geforce 300 series Benchmarks

Found this article over at Guru3d.com that talks about the benchmarks for GTX 360 and GTX 380 Nvidia Geforce cards (expected to drop soon). UPDATE these benchmarks are fakes… But still something to think about..

Discussion thread here

044 – Level Ten Case

Cool site Digitalism has a link to the article from MaximumPC.. a review of this amazing case. Lowest recent price on the net $700

043 – Office 2010 (Beta) 32 or 64 Bit?

As preparation for the major amount of day to day work I will be undergoing for UMMO, I am currently working as a Database Admin. I work with Excel a lot (even at my usual project management job) and like to stay up to date with application technology.

042 – new Studio Max PhysX plugin

http://physxinfo.com/news/791/physx-3ds-max-2-0-beta-plug-in-available-for-testing/
Available via request only. Details available following the link
http://www.evga.com/articles/00484/ – Nvidia PhysX Q&A

041 – PhysX with ATI as GPU, Nvidia as PPU

PhysX is awesome. Totally changes the play experience, while allowing a much more cinematic feel. Unfortunately, to get the most from DirectX 11, you need to get an ATI card (with built in Hardware Tessellation) and PhysX only runs on Nvidia GPUs.

From http://physxinfo.com/ solution below

040 – More Unreal Engine 3 Details

This post is a link to the engine details as listed at several locations (except wikipedia, which is linked in earlier posts.)

039 – PhysX in action

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/nvidia-physx-mirrors-edge/43551?type=flv
http://www.gamephys.com/2009/12/08/the-next-big-thing-nvidia-on-real-time-physics-video/
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x87zer_crysis-full-physx_videogames

Crysis full physx
by Albo1989

038 – Virtual World Design

Link to another (much better written since I burnt out a year ago) blog about the effort to build an MMO using low cost, open source, or free components.

http://rock-vacirca.blogspot.com/
very detailed and highly recommended

http://www.vterrain.org The BEST VR Resource. Specializing in research related to creating a Virtual Earth

037 – UDK tutorials and more PhysX bits

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http://www.gamephys.com/ (info site)
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/physx_features.html – Main site for PhysX
http://www.hourences.com/book/tutorialsindex.htm – Unreal Engine Tuts (offsite)
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitBuildUpgradeNotes.html – Development Notes for Latest Version of UDK
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/VideoTutorials.html – UDK Video Tutorials
http://udk-tuts.blogspot.com/ – UDK Tut Blog
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/batman_arkham_asylum_physx_performance/page2.asp – Video and detail about the use of PhysX in Batman: Arkham Asylum
http://www.hourences.com/book/tutorialsindex.htm – UE3/UDK Tutorials

036 – Unreal Engine – Atlas MMO Framework – Project Darkstar

Unreal Engine entry from Wikipedia. Of interest: Has DirectX 10 64 Bit version (easy transition to DX11). Version 4 info available. Reminded of how comprehensive their Editor/Toolset is.

035 – Unreal Engine/Developer’s Kit now FREE

http://news.developer.nvidia.com/2009/11/unreal-developer-kit-now-available.html
Main page – http://www.udk.com Commercial Licensing terms – http://www.udk.com/licensing

Unreal Engine 3 now available free for educational or non-commercial use. 25% for games with over $5,000 profit. Full text and more after the break.

034 – random graphics

http://blogs.amd.com/how-to/2009/09/28/top-11-reasons-for-directx-11/
blogs and other links below

033 – DirectX 11 – Hardware Tessellation

please visit http://neopangaia.com – adult mmorpg/virtual planet earth

The advent of DirectX 11 means that PCs have definitively leap-frogged the home consoles (such as Playstation 3 and XBox 360) by a large margin (again). Why? How? And what does this mean to not only game developers, but UMMO specifically?

032 – Microfilmaking and Poser/DAZ

http://www.microfilmmaker.com/tipstrick/Issue21/Posing_3.html

031 – GND2 and Irina 2.0 – Our Favorite Female 3D Models

please visit neopangaia.com - the adult mmorpg/virtual planet earth

Doing all the pieces of a game yourself means having to go to outside sources for specific components. In the case of a large company, that means hiring personnel. In our case that means free or low cost assets (programming, 3d models, audio, video, 2d textures).

We use low cost 3d models as a base and apply photorealistic textures from living human models and volunteers (editing slightly to get a more surreal instead of photoreal look). 3d model info below.

030 – Level Grind Online (open source mmorpg)

http://levelgrindonline.com/post/Welcome-to-Level-Grind-Online.aspx

Level-Grind online is a 3D open-source, “Sword & Sorcery” style MMORPG being developed in combination with the book Programming an MMORPG in C# with XNA. It has been in development for approximately 6 months, and aims to accommodate many of the same features present in modern MMORPG’s. This is being done in an attempt to demonstrate the process of developing a complete MMO using contemporary languages and tools.

029 – Video of Visual3d.NET 0.9.6.3 (Beta 6.3)

Lizard Rock Island (powered by Visual3D Game Engine v0.9.6) from Visual3D Game Engine on Vimeo.

http://danmaltes.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/visual3dnet-xna-for-the-masses-part-i/

028 – Visual Studio 2010

We’ll start off after the break talking about hardware and then moving onto the headlining subject.

misc 017 – win 7 on macbook pro

used to use a macbook pro way back.. used to use windows 7 when it was still in beta guide here http://ourcoffeestops.com/2009/01/guide-windows-7-x64-build-7000-on-a-macbook-pro/

027-New Release of Visual3d.NET

Version 0.9.6.2 (newest as of 11/13/2009)
article
download link http://game-engine.visual3d.net/download

026 – a perfect mmo engine (if you have funds)

UPDATE: DX11 and adoption rate would HAVE to put Unigine at the top. Although I can’t say I know any MMO specific frameworks that (if i had the money) I would toss onto Unigine for integration.. meaning still a version of roll your own already in the marketplace.

On the other hand. Unreal Engine 3 has the Atlas MMO Framework already for integration. Their licensing cost is very strong, although I am fairly certain strong profits from any project in UDK that your team undertook would get you a lot of the way into the door of using UE3/Atlas (similar to what happened when the Source Engine did it’s thing the way of UDK).

025 – Nvidia Strikes Back

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GT300_(GPU)
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/09/nvidia_geforce_gt300_coming_this_year.html?src=rss

ATI already has DirectX11 parts in the IT jungle, as well as having a more open approach to technology. Nvidia (the “Other” graphics card company) has fired back.

They have announced a technology called ‘Fermi‘ which allows general purpose computing tasks (applications and other things that traditionally used the CPU before) to use the massive processing power of the GPU (aka CUDA).

They have now announced the targe of November 27th, 2009 as their launch date for their next generation DirectX 11 cards (and the CUDA technology they support)

List of games with DirectX 11 support (including three MMORPGS)

024 – Visual3d.net Beta 5.1 soon

http://game-engine.visual3d.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1264

dev 018 – economics

traders and banks

we have no singular “server wide per side” auction house. we use a system of traders that offer most goods, either npcs or actual human players. i went through a period where i actually played lots of different mmorpgs. i played on official servers and development ones.

misc 016 – in game footage

i wanted to take this time to apologize for the lack of in game footage, screenshots of bits and bobs and this and that.. i have made them over the years and i delete that sh@*

023 – audio

some bits and bobs about audio production and music

dev 015 – hardware (realtime cg) directx 11

this article discusses a bit of computer graphics, realtime graphics, effects, and hardware evolution. it also talks about our target hardware for the project (not a minimum spec)

totally unrelated.. according to Wow.com, Blizzard is tracking 180,000 bugs.

read http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/opengl-directx,2019.html (OpenGL3 & Directx11)

Ruby, a CG character developed by ATI also see Directx11 Features and ATI Releases new GPU/

022 – Visual3d.NET Version 5.0

Visual3d.net has released Beta version 0.9.5 (Beta 5.0) over at their site for test and review. The Visual3d engine is really nice (albeit not a full MMO game engine, of course) with a TON of really cool editors (the terrain Editor is cool and supports infinite sized seamless terrains)

021 – trailers

an artform all to themselves

020 – community site code freeze

ive decided the combination of systems we are using for the new official site is stable enough to leave alone and move to the next stage (layout and design). it is using a combination of wordpress mu, buddypress, and bbpress for forums

EDIT: Contemplating using our old site system (Joomla) will update later

019 – garbage collection

misc bits and bobs that dont go in other sections

misc 014 – preproduction takes long time

30 people several years preproduction.. versus just me.. at 5 years preproduction (unpaid self funded) im doing okay indeed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Unleashed

misc 013 – tv after 4 years

i havent played video games (except a run through of gears of war and occasional bouts of world of warcraft) in years.. i havent watched television (except when visiting others) since maybe 1999.. im catching up on what is reality for most.. a bit of everything and special little bits of.. wendy williams, family guy, lots of movies, pawn stars..

aint no future in yo frontin (one of my fav songs.. mc breed)

mmorpg suitable engines – commercial

just a note http://www.trinigy.net (lacking default mmorpg components but seems to be out of indie budget? http://www.trinigy.net

misc 012 – hot ass action

as production slowly stirs and preproduction comes to an end (does it ever end? no) the bar is ever raised higher.. not just because of the new action and effects set pieces that are released, but because of older pieces of interactive art that i may have missed before

misc 011 – Pantheistic Solipsism

to be edited later http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheistic_solipsism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_%28negative%29

misc 010 – MySQL 5.4 (Evolution of a DB)

MySQL intellectual property was snapped up by Sun Microsystems a few years ago. Sun Microsystems is currently being purchased by Oracle.. We love MySQL.. here’s why

misc 009 – mythology – japanese dark chaos

this seems to fit in with azathoth somehow.. even though there are seperate worlds of mythology, i try to have a unified cosmology that connects them in layers.. Mikaboshi (from wiki)

design 002 – vampires

i must admit, as a writer, my concept of vampires is very different from most depictions (with some similarities to those seen in “I am Legend”.. although unintentional as i detailed mine several years before that film (and seem to recall a similar description before))

the nature of vampires in the game affects and reflects (portions of) that game world in itself. what does that mean? read on

design 001 – natural selection

i have a heck of a time managing this site during the temporary period between now and when building begins (during which time we will be recreating the heavily structured “Neopangaia Nation” community site (and the final url will be posted here).

until then i have a loose system of numbering which basically serves a relational marker at best. i spent the previous two years developing the history and technology of the virtual world (itself set approximately a “few hundred” years after now, but in an alternate dimension with differing rules that govern reality, although an extremely similar history to our own Earth).. design001

misc 009 – misc research and errata

downtime while development box hunting and evaluating/planning next steps in development

misc008.1 – open source mmos (http://awakenedmmo.org/ and more)

just a quick link to another open source mmorpg early in development. dunno much about it and not planning to investigate more.. http://awakenedmmo.org/

misc 007 – IndieZen Open Source

it had always been my hope that by the time i released UMMO (underworld mmo), there would be sufficient technology available for $1000 or less (preferrably open source) that could be used by anybody to create a triple AAA mmorpg. and i could disseminate it. document it deploy it and manifest with it.. IF i didnt arrange other funding by then. i ont believe in copyright law but i obey it.

misc 006 – absolutes in design

the benefit of mythology and the curse, a list and description of combat mathematics in a format where characters strengths and attributes are relative only to one another, not to any set laws and definitions from the natural world. and yet THOSE must be given defined laws for a virtual world to function. not defined amounts, however.

misc 005 – design absolutes

this article will discuss some of the game specific methods of dealing with pre-release design issues, while allowing for evolution after release.

misc 004 – first release dec 22, 2010

after nine years of an internet presence (started in may of 2000 with an online book of poems called “Hunger” (http://www.postpoems.com/members/heru) and leading up to the set in stone initial design parameters of the game called UMMO (Underworld MMO). the original site (minus any release dates) is still perfectly valid, if not more valid now than it was when it was first published in may 2005. and the big day is finally here August 21, 2009. why now?

Misc 003 – Media

the latest stuffs list of art that has been thoroughly reviewed recently many times for detail and design.. construction and commentary.

018 – Flying in Ummo

Flying.. I was inspired to create this game very largely by a comment Terrance McKenna once made predicting virtual worlds capable of visualizing the psychedelic experience.

misc002 – news – blizzard adult mmo

The makers of “World of Warcraft” announced working on an adult mmo based on the film “Basic Instinct” some point in 2008.

Article here
http://news.mmosite.com/content/2008-03-31/20080331232810438,1.shtml

Misc001 – Excellent Article About Adult Content

Was doing research today and came across this excellent article about some of the connections between cultural development and adult art. It reprints some commentary by Alan Moore on the subject. Most relevant to Ummo is the idea that pornography needs to be transcended or supplemented with a more artistic for of erotica that can allow deeper appreciation and communication regarding sensuality.

http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2007/01/14/bog-venus-vs-nazi-cock-ring/

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=8851

016 – Mythology – Realms, Characters, Items, Skills & Spells

originally published in mar 2005

017 – Mythology – 9 Worlds – Norse Cosmology

originally published mar 2005

015 – Magic Part 2 – Schools & Scrolls

originally published mar 2005

014 – Magic Part 1 – Invocation & Weather

originally published in mar 2005

013 – Geography Part 2 – Realms & Mythology

originally published mar 2005

012 – Geography Part 1 – Realms

originally published mar 2005

011 – Familiars – The Ummo Pet System

originally published 2005

010 – miscellaneous game details

originally published in mar 2005

009 – mythological realm travel

also originally published in mar 2005

008 – what sets apart the underworld

originally published mar 2005

007 – intro to ummo philosophy

originally written june 2005 when i expected to have a beta done in a year and a product in 2008. as a single developer with limited funds, im more realistic now.