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Yes, you read the title right, the first public release of The Feudal Lands is available. It’s available in a few formats on our project downloads page - a NSIS installed, a PPMd self-extracting archive, and a RAR archive. More formats will be forthcoming - I’ll add a .tar.gz file when cygwin decides to cooperate with me :-)

So what’s in the Alpha Release?
The list is fairly long, even for an alpha - A Completely New Realm: The Feudal Land’s namesake is fully mapped in the chunk form, the broadest form in Ultima VII mapping. Even without all the items added, it offers an interesting new realm to explore. A redesigned Spellcasting System: allowing NPC spellcasting and also new spells in the future. Currently only Jaana works in the spellcasting system, but Mariah and other companions will work in the future, when certain conditions are met. Karma: the defining aspect of the Avatar has always been the Virtues, and you can always check the quality of your Virtue, or lack thereof, with the seer Chahiero at Castle Britannia. The classical ultima Gypsy intro: The Feudal Lands re-implements the classical Ultima gypsy intro. Properly Functioning Inns: inns will now require room keys to be returned and will clean rooms after the Avatar and his/her party have left. Implemented Lock Lake Cleanup: once the Avatar has gotten the bill for the cleaning signed, Lock Lake willslowly get cleaned up by the townspeople of Cove. Several New Item Interactions: the Quests & Interactions patch by Alun Bestor is included in the Feudal Lands and allows several new interactions with the world - forging swords, baking food, churning butter, and many more. A Black Gate Keyring: the Keyring Mod by Marzo Sette Torres, Jr. is also included in the Feudal Lands and adds a quest to receive a keyring in Black Gate, as well as a new party member.