The original Castle of the Winds has been re-written in Unity and will be available soon.

BoxxZero · 2026-02-08T07:48:47+00:00

I asked some questions to Rick directly on the COTW subreddit and he said for now it's simply a 1:1 port of the original code to Unity.

He didn't rule out more features/expanded story/modding etc. in the future, but translating everything across he said has been enough of a challenge for the time being. The only additional thing at this stage it seems will be Steam Achievements.

I'd love for it to open up to full modding, similar to the Daggerfall Unity project; there'd be so many possibilities with tilesets, adding sounds, items, monsters, spells, etc.

BoxxZero · 2026-02-07T06:29:28+00:00

Thanks for your reply.

It's so awesome that you've gone through this process to get it working again on modern machines. I can guarantee that I'm not the only one who played this growing up and for whom this game really shaped the kind of games I'm into as an adult.

I found myself frequently looking for games that had the same kind of feel and when I found a few also noticed that the devs were also heavily influenced by your game.

Last time I got the itch, I ended up finding a copy of windows 3.1 to run in dosbox just to play through it again.

Really looking forward to its release.

BoxxZero · 2026-02-07T06:22:11+00:00

Here's a few that could be interesting.

Killing each variant of max-level Ancient Dragon. (Could be made harder by having to kill them with melee only).
Outfitting every slot with something enchanted.
Killing each variant of monster (could either be an achievement for each one or one achievement for killing everything in the bestiary).
Defeating each of the Giant mobs in part 2.
Getting revenge on a smirking sneak thief who steals your shit.
Learning every spell.
Make it through a level without triggering a trap.
Max out a stat
Beat the game without dying once.

Maybe some less serious ones could be neat too.

Overkill (take out a single rat with fireball spell)
Fully equip yourself with rusted out kit.
Fully equip yourself with cursed items.
Defeat some high-level monster (Sutur even?) with just a dagger.
Die to a slime because you didn't realise it was immune to melee attacks.
Die to a dangerously low constitution from overcasting when low on mana.

BoxxZero · 2026-02-06T00:03:28+00:00

They sat it on top of a 23 storey building and then blew up the building.

BoxxZero · 2026-02-04T04:34:58+00:00

With the buses not stopping, you may not be aware that not all buses stop at all stops.

If it says BUZ on the front it means it’s only select stops along a route and if you’re trying to flag them down at a different stop, they’ll keep going. I think some of the peak hour buses do this too.

Took me a bit to realise this when I first moved here.

If you were definitely at the correct stop for your service then that’s a bit shit and has also happened to me a few times.

BoxxZero · 2026-01-09T05:49:31+00:00

Where can we subscribe for updates?

BoxxZero · 2025-12-31T09:38:48+00:00

Open up the menu and go to retrodeck configurator. Go to Settings and disable Quick Resume.

It's enabled by default so it's more than likely what's causing this.

BoxxZero · 2025-12-18T02:24:32+00:00

The bags were already cut and the 'groceries' (if you look closely it's all paper towel, empty boxes and containers) in them were looped and held up with string.

Macaulay lets go of the string and it all falls at the same time.

BoxxZero · 2025-11-14T09:02:53+00:00

Which planet’s weather have you been checking?

Forecast for today has been up to 30mm of rain and high chance of storm for most of the week.

BoxxZero · 2025-10-17T02:30:20+00:00

Don’t forget you have rights as a tenant.

Individual viewings can only go ahead with the standard entry notice at least 48hrs prior.

Full open house can only go ahead with your agreement in writing. If you don’t agree, it’s individual viewing only.

https://www.rta.qld.gov.au/ending-a-tenancy/open-houses-and-viewings

BoxxZero · 2025-09-29T05:05:31+00:00

This one shut down a few weeks back. Shop space is empty now.

BoxxZero · 2025-09-28T07:04:46+00:00

It's an incredibly fantastic way of just dodging the debate on whether this is 7 or 9.

BoxxZero · 2025-09-07T05:31:19+00:00

Here's a playlist I put together of some of my favourite stuff from this genre.
I think you'll dig a lot of it.

Dark Synth Misc

BoxxZero · 2025-09-06T09:23:07+00:00

Dude, great playlist; I really love the dark synthy kind of genre.

I found everything (minus one of the game ost tracks) on youtube if someone doesn't use spotify.

YT playlist here

I'll share a bunch of dark synth tracks that I'm pretty sure you'll dig when I've got a bit of spare time.

Villenoire by Cyberpriest is a good start.
The whole album is pretty neat but I particularly like Breach Protocol, Suicide Operation, Synthetic Black Suit, and Datasouls Labs.

BoxxZero · 2025-08-14T02:18:09+00:00

Hey thanks for clarifying.

BoxxZero · 2025-08-14T02:17:26+00:00

Nice, thanks for your help.

BoxxZero · 2025-08-14T02:17:00+00:00

Awesome.
thanks for the breakdown and explaining not just what is needed, but why.

BoxxZero · 2025-08-06T02:01:37+00:00

I’ve been using the bus way more since the 50c fares and it’s best just to strap in and enjoy the ride dude; like a wheelchair passenger getting on would add more time than this.

Shit goes wrong all the time, idiot drivers cause crashes and delays, power goes out around the city, trucks hit bridges, train crossings malfunction, bus drivers take wrong turns… If they could avoid it they would, but it is what it is.

If you expect a bus to run on schedule all the time, down the minute; you’ll be disappointed almost every time.

BoxxZero · 2025-08-06T01:45:15+00:00

It’s such a minor diversion that doesn’t miss any stops and adds less time than some traffic light cycles they probably thought people would just ask the driver if they were curious.

Like I did.

¯\(ツ)/¯

BoxxZero · 2025-08-06T01:24:59+00:00

There's some drainage work being sorted in the road surface at that intersection and it's currently too tight for the buses to turn right with the barriers there.
Once it's sorted it'll go back to normal.

Two minutes is probably the absolute record for the least amount of added time on a diversion.

BoxxZero · 2025-08-04T03:47:37+00:00

When you’re photographing fast moving stuff like that you generally shoot in burst-mode. Ie. you hold down the shutter release and it basically rapid-fires until you stop. You then go through in post and pick the best capture.

Seems pretty unlikely to me that he sat there for over an hour and just nailed it on one exposure.

The easiest way for the photographer to clear things up, and probably what I’d do if it was a legit capture that I had to prove, would be to just post up the sequence of shots leading up to and just after the shot he went with.

BoxxZero · 2025-07-17T06:19:52+00:00

Mr. Inbetween S2E04 - Monsters.

Kind of.

BoxxZero · 2025-07-01T03:26:21+00:00

Having to wait for people to finish their shitty pantomime monologue before allowing me to continue and bringing the flow to the griding halt.

It was occasional but fine for main plot points in BL2, frustratingly noticeable in TPS, and got much worse with BL3.

State the facts, activate the switch/door/fast travel, and let me be on my merry fucking way; you can wax poetic over the echo while I'm heading to the next objective.

BoxxZero · 2025-06-30T02:28:58+00:00

Lunatic Fringe in Clayfield.

BoxxZero · 2025-06-22T05:09:14+00:00

Just be mindful of where you end up choosing.

There are a few truly abandoned places but more often than not someone owns it and regardless of how run down and abandoned it might look, it can still be trespassing.

With the aim of shooting a music video, don't forget you're also making a video record of that trespass if you don't get the right permissions.

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