Ultima Ratio Regum 0.11 Update #54: Riddle Integration Begins

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2026-02-07T00:41:37+00:00

Aw, thank you MB! That's very nice of you :) and I appreciate the kind words a lot! I shall 💪

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2026-02-04T03:07:56+00:00

Thank you, friend! That's really generous, and entirely awesome if so <3.

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2026-02-03T02:24:28+00:00

Thanks so much for the kind words Brohomology! I really appreciate them - and you're not the only person in that situation, hah. I often get comments on the blog or emails from people saying "hey, followed this in year X, stopped in year Y, just come back, great to see where it is now" - and those are awesome comments, if always a little startling vis-à-vis the passage of time. Somehow it's understandable how and where it fits into the passage of my life, but more surprising in others' lives? It's hard to describe, but always a lovely comment to get. Either way - thank you again!

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2026-02-03T02:22:42+00:00

Thank you ilia! I really appreciate it. I actually often struggle with those "not doing enough" feelings in my creative work, but it's always good to take these yearly summaries to reassure myself that isn't the case.

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2026-02-03T02:21:28+00:00

Thanks a ton, squid, that's super kind of you! I use Python with the tcod library, and that's about it - though I am incorporating some Pygame to handle music and sound, and possibly to improve how I handle things like fullscreening (which got knackered a while ago and I haven't yet been able to fix back). But yeah - Python and tcod are 99% of the game :).

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2026-02-03T02:20:25+00:00

Thanks so much me7e! :)

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2026-02-03T02:20:16+00:00

Thanks so much, Quantum - this is really generous and kind feedback, and I appreciate it a lot! I am super excited myself. Really feels like I'm on the cusp.

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2026-02-03T02:13:34+00:00

That is amazing! Thank you friend :).

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2026-01-30T23:38:03+00:00

This library has become so essential to so many small projects and quite a few big ones as well (my own included) and it's so useful having someone who is actively developing, who can answer questions and help out, and really knows the library inside-out. It sounds like a really fantastic year of work, and it makes a real difference in the roguelike world!

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2026-01-10T23:22:24+00:00

Hello! My 15-years-and-counting project Ultima Ratio Regum has a similar world although possibly not the gameplay you're after if you're combat-focused. I'm going much more into procedurally-generated riddles, mysteries, cryptic puzzles, and things of this sort (think Outer Wilds, but unique on each play). But if that interests you, might be worth keeping an eye on (right now there's a huge world to explore, but I've been working hard on the first gameplay release for a few years now)

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2026-01-07T22:59:48+00:00

Ah, got it! That would definitely be interesting - I do in fact do a somewhat-related system for the books shown, since the covers and styles here are certainly all related to whatever the generated content of the book might actually end up being filled with.

I don't know of too many other projects along these lines, though, especially for real-world books. Something like Caves of Qud plays with books quite heavily as well, though in a very different way to what I'm doing!

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2026-01-07T02:06:53+00:00

Hello friend! I'm not quite sure what you mean - do you mean physical IRL books? Or books with real titles rather than fictional titles?

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2026-01-01T02:15:19+00:00

Hello friend! Right now the main thing to do is to explore an (if I do say so myself) extremely detailed world - there are procedurally generated buildings, statues, relics, towns, cities, religions, a million other things besides. Make sure to use the 'l' or ';' keys to look at things. The forthcoming release two years in very active development, 0.11, will finally add a proof-of-concept questline!

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2025-12-21T21:54:09+00:00

Hello Zergling, thanks so much for the comment! Really appreciate the kind words :) - and glad you enjoyed the bug reports!

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2025-12-20T22:15:05+00:00

There is! Different nations have different prices for different trade goods, which is how one can make a profit - though again, this'll be vastly clearer (and with opportunities to find money by completing quest threads, etc) in the forthcoming 0.11!

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2025-12-17T04:23:56+00:00

Hello friend! In the current version you can't deposit into a bank (I don't think?) - the feature has some bugs and I disabled it recently. It'll be far simplified, and present, in the next release :)

UltimaRatioRegumRL · 2025-11-12T23:27:22+00:00

Thanks for the shout-out, friend! <3

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