"Ultima" series parents are raising funds for the creation of new fantasy RPGs, and the titles are given to high-value investors as well

Richard Garriott, a game creator known as a developer, such as "Ultima", the original computer RPG, and longevity MMORPG "Ultima Online", which is still in service now, is pleased to announce that the cloud funding site Kickstarter 96 million yen) to create a new game and move.

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues by Portalarium, Inc. Kickstarter
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/portalarium/shroud-of-the-avatar-forsaken-virtues-0

The promotion image in Kickstartar looks like this.


About 40 years ago, Table Talk RPG "Dungeons & Dragons" was born.


At that time, it is unknown whether it really was typing like this note, but it was certainly the analog era.
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Not yet "TeletypeIt was used.


In 1980 the first "Ultima (Ultima)" was released.


In 1982 the sequel "Ultima 2" appeared.


"Ultima 3" where party system was introduced for the first time


It took 5 years for 8 to 9, but in 1997 we released "Ultima Online". By the way, Garriott was developing the Ultima series at Origin Systems Inc. which he founded, but in 1992 the company was integrated into electronic arts and became a development department, and this "Ultima 9" was last I decided to leave EA.


In the past games where the plane was mainstream ......


3D realistic expression became possible by 3D.


Battle scene is also 3D.


Image sketch of the cemetery.


An eerie atmosphere is drifting.


A crystal ball is floating in the center of a regularly arranged stone.


Something seems to come out of the crystal.


The title of the game is "Lord British's Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues"


In the second half of the movie Garriott talks about the new work.


Ultima of the past was like this ... ...


Shroud of the Avatar is going to be such a powerful game.


Richard describes three differences in this game.


The first point is that I made a world that reacts to details. For example, it feels like you can play if the piano comes out during the game.


The second point is that I made a game that reflects the reality of the world.


The third point is a logically constructed consistent, socially significant story.


At the time of posting the article has reached the target amount of about $ 100,000 (about 9.6 million yen).
"The investment amount is over 10 dollars (about 960 yen) or more," Even people who have played the Ultima series pirated for so far, even those who fell into other players due to cheating on UO, thanks to Lord British If you are over $ 25 (about 2400 yen) you will be given the right to download the game and the right to participate in the alpha test beta test to be done in the future. Beyond that, you will receive goods such as art books (PDF), and if you are over $ 1,500 (about 140,000 yen) you can earn the title of "Lord" in the game and you can earn $ 10,000 ( About 96 ten thousand yen) or more, you can participate in "Britannian territory tour guided by Richard Garriott".

The contribution deadline is April 7th in Japan time.