Underworld 1

[Brian]

Depictionsof the underworld, in ancient Greek and Roman textual and visual sources, differ significantly from source to source, but they all draw on a common pool of traditional mythic motifs. These motifs, such as the realm of Hades and its denizens, the rivers of the underworld, the paradise of the blessed dead, and the places of punishment for the wicked, are developed and transformed through all their uses throughout the ages, depending upon the aims of the author or artist depicting the underworld. Some sources explore the relation of the world of the living to that of the dead through descriptions of the location of the underworld and the difficulties of entering it. By contrast, discussions of the regions within the underworld and existence therein often relate to ideas of afterlife as a continuation of or compensation for life in the world above. All of these depictions made use of the same basic set of elements, adapting them in their own ways to describe the location of, the entering into, and the regions within the underworld.

In 1992 a game was released that set the bar for me in quality, gameplay and just pure immersion. It was a time when the PC was on the rise as a gaming platform and the other computers at the time were fading out. The Amiga which most of my friends owned and the Atari ST. My dad had just bought a 486 DX2 66mhz powered PC with, I think, a massive 4mb RAM and a 60mb hard drive. How times have changed. I remember spending a lot of time editing autoexec.bat and config.sys files to squeeze as much memory out of it as possible to run games.

Because game is a very old DOS game you can only really play it today on a DOS emulator. But you are still limited to the same old graphics and same old sound and music. Over the years several people have started projects to remake Ultima Underworld but none of them were ever finished.

Ultima underworld is a rather big game for someone to attempt on their own so I decided to set myself a more realistic first target. Origin first released a demo of the game which included the entire first level of the Stygian Abyss which is pretty much what you can see on the map in the picture above. I set myself the goal of completing the first level of the Stygian Abyss and effectively remaking the free demo. If that went well then I could think about doing the rest of the game. I started looking for a game engine as the base for my project and found a few contenders in Unity3D, Torque 3D and shiVa 3D. I had settled on Unity3D when epic went and released the UDK. gave people like me access to the best game engine around without any up front costs which was great. So I began where my skill set was strongest and started building assets.

Fast forward to 2013 and the Oculus Rift was in the wild. I immediately ordered one and in July it arrived. It was breath takingly good for a first VR experience and it rekindled the passion for my Ultima underworld project. What if you could really be in the Stygian Abyss? How cool would that be!

So I first decided to see what I could do with the Oculus and also purchased a Razor Hydra.

Over the last few days I have been trying to get the Avatar features I had working in Unity, working in Unreal Engine 4. Here is a video of my first test with Avatar hands and arms being controlled with the .

I have been playing with lighting for the first person character and wanted to start with a hand held torch. The flames need to be much more dynamic when the torch is moved but it is a good start. Also the hand and arm IK is still a bit dodgy (may also have been too close to my hydra base station when recording this).

@n00854180t

Sounds like you are working on a good project too. Will be good too see some of the stuff you have done. Have you got a forum thread anywhere or a blog? If you have any questions about stuff I have done I will do my best to answer.

Edit: Update - inventory system is working for food related stuff now - you can pick up various foods, with different hunger restore values, and they will properly restore food. Now to hook up death and respawn, and I have a basic game loop (I like to make gameplay work as early as possible).

The reluctant Orpheus can rescue Eurydice from the underworld, on the condition he does not turn to look back at her. On their way out, however, Jupiter (who has since fallen in love with Eurydice) scares him into turning back. Eurydice vanishes back into the underworld and everyone is thrilled with the result.

Orpheus and Eurydice fall in love, marry, and are soon expecting their first child. Disaster strikes, and the young couple cannot comprehend the tragedy that has befallen them. Public Opinion arrives in a black cab and offers Eurydice a sympathetic ear and a shoulder to cry on.

Eurydice begs Public Opinion to drive her off to the countryside. There she meets Aristaeus, a handsome shepherd and beekeeper (who is actually Pluto, the god of Hades, in disguise). Eurydice is instantly attracted to him.

Cupid announces the arrival of Orpheus and Public Opinion at Mount Olympus. When Orpheus sings of his longing for Eurydice, the gods are moved. Orpheus confirms it was indeed Pluto who abducted Eurydice. Jupiter resolves to descend to Hell in order to ensure justice is done, and all the other gods decide to follow him there.

Distraught, Eurydice lashes out at Pluto and rejects the advances of drunken Styx. Styx boasts to her of his status when alive, and, admits that he now has to drink himself into oblivion in order to take orders from Pluto. When Jupiter and Pluto arrive, Styx hastily hides Eurydice. Jupiter searches the cell for Eurydice in vain, until he notices something peeping out from under the bed. He says nothing but intends to return alone later to investigate. Pluto leads Jupiter off to the party he is throwing for the gods.

A riotous Bacchanal is in full swing. All the gods are drunk. Dressed as a Baccante, Eurydice is persuaded to perform the Song of Bacchus. Jupiter forces the gods to dance a stately minuet until Eurydice leads them all in a wild can-can.

As per Trafalgar Law's account, the Underworld could be compared to a crime syndicate of tremendous scale,[2] essentially gathering the most influential figures of the world (such as the Four Emperors,[3] Seven Warlords of the Sea,[4] World Nobles,[5] and Super Rookies[6]), though any individual partaking in its activities usually acts autonomously and for their own benefit. Although it is mainly active in the New World, it may also exist in other regions, like North Blue and West Blue.[7][8]

Above all, the Underworld is based on a principle of absolute secrecy, and all connections are shrouded in mystery.[2] Ironically, this is mostly so as to avoid to catch the Marines' attention, since some agreements are sometimes common knowledge around the Underworld.[9][10] Furthermore, to ensure the anonimity of the different participants, it is customary to take an alias on.[11][12]

Due to the Underworld being highly secretive, it allows the existence of illegal, or morally reprehensible activities, such as slave trading, weapons smuggling and goods dealing. It is also very active regarding mercenaryism and hitmen for hire.

The most influential man in the Underworld was previously said to be Donquixote Doflamingo under the alias Joker.[2] However, with the dismantling of his criminal enterprises by Monkey D. Luffy and Trafalgar D. Water Law and his arrest by the Marines, his connections to the Underworld have been permanently severed.[17] Other important figures are the Emperors of the Underworld (裏社会の帝王達, Urashakai no Teiō-tachi?), who are often the leaders in their specific activities.[18][19]

CP0 is shown to have a history in the Underworld, having been previously involved in deals with child traffickers such as Mother Carmel in the past. She provided strong children to the World Government and even planned to sell Charlotte Linlin with CP0 acting as a go between before her disappearance and death.[12] Additionally, Stussy, one of the Underworld Emperors known as the Queen of the Pleasure District, is actually a deep cover CP0 agent which presumably allows CP0 to both monitor and give it some control over it as Stussy was able to convince fellow Emperor and media tycoon Morgans to publicly frame Lu Feld for the theft of the Tamatebako with a falsified story so she could obtain it.[20] Another CP0 agent known to be involved in broker affairs, at least as an observer, is Rob Lucci.

Over a century ago, Carmel, otherwise known as the "Mountain Witch", started an orphan trading business. Every two years, she would sell her best "products" to the World Government, who would enter the ranks of either of the Marines or of the Cipher Pol groups.[12] 100 years ago, she made up an act with the World Government in order to be regarded as a Holy Mother, win the Giants' trust and enter Elbaf. This was all done in order to trade John Giant over to the Marines. Then, 63 years ago, as she was still living in Elbaf and running the Sheep's House, she encountered a young Charlotte Linlin and wanted to sell her as well to the Marines, considering her as her "best product ever" and contacted the CP0 in this objective.[21][12].

At some point in the past, West Blue fell under the control of the Five Families of the West, one of which was led by Capone Bege. Bege had the habit of targeting the leaders of rival families in order to leave their organizations in disarray due to power struggles, as a way of amusing himself. Once Bege got bored of the gangster lifestyle, he set out to sea and started employing similar tactics to rival pirate captains, becoming infamous enough to earn a place in the Worst Generation.

The Sabaody Archipelago also had a tradition of slave trading, notably in the Human Auction House situated on Grove 1 and owned by the previous most influential man in the Underworld, Joker. Several years ago, Doflamingo was acknowledged as the principal figure of the Underworld, and made use of his country, Dressrosa, as a smuggling platform for his purchasers. 4 years ago, Caesar Clown became his subordinate after escaping from the World Government's grasp. Joker had Caesar Clown produce SAD, that would be used in a factory on Dressrosa to cultivate artificial Devil Fruits, which would in turn be sold to the Emperor Kaidou.

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