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Ironfell not working1/4/2023 "They had music, but they didn't have a music director so it wasn't cohesive."Ĭonsidering that Ultima V's " Stones," a song penned by bowyer and real-life bard David "Iolo" Watson and Kathleen "Gwenno" Jones, became the anthem for a generation of Ultima fans, Shroud of the Avatar's lack of musical direction was disappointing. As the months went by and that single room expanded to become New Britannia, one thing stuck out to James and his guild: the music kind of sucked. To that end, the first pre-alpha release was a single room with a chicken in it. If they failed, Garriott hoped that at least the journey would be an interesting one. That conviction led Garriott and Portalarium, Shroud of the Avatar's developer, to pull back the curtain on development and be as transparent as possible. You want to make sure that no one thinks you're wasting their money and you want to provide people as much entertainment along the way just in case it all falls apart." You then also realize that there's some chance that this won't work-there's lots of ways this could go wrong. "You feel this much deeper beholding to the backers. "It makes you really not want to screw it up," he said. Earlier this year, I spoke with Richard Garriott about the stress of designing what would become a massive MMO using his fans’ money.
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