Classic Game Postmortem: ‘Ultima Online’
When:
March 23, 2018 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
2018-03-23T10:00:00-07:00
2018-03-23T11:00:00-07:00
Where:
Game Developers Conference
747 Howard St
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
747 Howard St
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
Classic Game Postmortem: ‘Ultima Online’
Speakers:
- Raph Koster (Designer, Independent)
- Starr Long (Executive Producer, Portalarium)
- Richard Garriott de Cayeux (CEO / Creative Director, Portalarium)
- Rich Vogel (VP of Technology and Shared Services, Certain Affinity)
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Topics:
Design,
Production & Team Management
Format: Lecture
September 2017 marked the 20th anniversary of the launch on Origin’s ‘Ultima Online’, the pioneering massively multiplayer RPG that changed online gaming forever. Join three key members of the team as they talk about the things that went wrong and right: Richard Garriott de Cayeux, the legendary Lord British and producer on the game; Starr Long, the original director; and Raph Koster, the creative lead.
Takeaway
Attendees will learn about the complicated history of a groundbreaking game, and see how many contemporary challenges have very old roots.
Intended Audience
The talk is intended to cover an even split of design lessons, production lessons, and fun anecdotes, and will be broadly accessible.
