Developers of a $28.5 million apartment complex project in downtown San Marcos may receive a one-year extension on an economic development agreement with the city, and thereby remain eligible to receive up to $610,000 in forgiven property tax.
Called the Vistas at San Marcos, the multi-family housing project would redevelop nearly a whole block between Comanche and Fredericksburg streets north of Pat Garrison street as a 200,000-square-foot building to include 257 living units and 593 beds. The six-floor building would replace the aging Balcones, Carlyle and Pat Garrison apartments and a rental house at 418 Comanche Street.
San Marcos Mayor Daniel Guerrero, council member Ryan Thomason and Hays County Pct. 1 Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe — all members of the city's economic development board — at a recent meeting. PHOTO by SEAN BATURA.
Stephen Haug, president of the holding company that owns the properties, says his development arm has secured financing to get the project going but that it can't meet an August 2012 deadline for the building to completed. Haug requests a new deadline of July 2013.
On Sept. 15, the City of San Marcos Economic Development Board voted 11-1 to advise city council members of the extension's merit. However, the board recommended conditions designed to ensure the existing 1960s-era structures are demolished and the land re-planted, even if the project does not make a new deadline. City council members are expected to consider an extension at a future meeting.
Two out of three council members who voted against the 380 agreement in March 2010 no longer sit on the council. Three out of four council members who voted for the agreement still sit on the council. San Marcos City Council Place 5 member Ryan Thomason, the remaining opponent of the agreement on the council, also sits on the economic development board. Thomason cast the sole vote on Sept. 15 against recommending an extension of the 380 agreement.
Thomason, repeating his previous arguments against the agreement, said the Vistas at San Marcos is too large a project to hinge on a $610,000 tax rebate.
Thomason said Austin developer Peel's $24 million Purgatory Creek Apartments had no help from the City of San Marcos, which agreed to rezone 22.5 acres for the project only if Peel could secure the timely permission from the Texas Department of a curb cut to the property and finalize construction plans for a turn lane and deceleration late on Hunter Road.
"And then (Peel) had to buy five acres to connect to our nature trail at probably, who knows, over $500,000," Thomason said.
Economic Development board members Ed Bolten and Bruce Tifft were among the strongest supporters of the 380 agreement's deadline extension. Bolton, expressing optimism about the project, said he thinks construction costs will decrease from the estimated amount. Bolten said Peel is "loaded" and did not need to ask for an incentive for Purgatory Creek Apartments.
According to Madison, the Vista's developers requested the 380 agreement rebates because market conditions were such that lenders and equity investors saw the project as not viable without additional cost savings to offset high capitalization rates and high construction costs.
Tifft said the 380 agreement is ideal because it would enable more housing closer to the university. Additionally, Tifft said the agreement presents a good opportunity to remedy the "ugly looking spot" proposed for redevelopment. The Balcones Apartments now stand on the block proposed for the Vistas. Madison said the apartments on the block proposed for demolition are empty of tenants.
San Marcos City Manager Jim Nuse, who sits on the economic development board, originated the idea of securing a guarantee from Haug that the old structures will be demolished and the area re-vegetated as a condition of granting the extension request.
Pursuant to the 380 agreement, Haug's LLC will be eligible to apply for grant payments from the city of no more than $122,000 per year during a five-year period — after the project is completed. The payments would be calculated from the increased property taxes to the city resulting from land improvements.
According to the 380 agreement, if the actual gross revenues of Haug's LLC exceed the projected gross revenues for the same year, then the maximum grant payment will be reduced by the same percentage that actual gross revenues exceed the projected gross revenues.
According to Madison, the Vistas project is expected to create 10 jobs with a total payroll of $251,000, and to generate annual property tax revenue of $151,107. The property currently generates about $12,194 in property taxes, according to Madison.
The Vistas is proposed to include the area bounded by Comanche Street, Pat Garrison Street, North Fredericksburg Street and Lindsey Street.
Sure, give it to them council. I don't mind living in a town with a outdated, dilapidated infrastructure so out-of-town developers can continue to receive more and more property tax breaks.
I live across the street from this project and they have trashed my neighborhood. The pollution is unbearable. Everything I own is covered in the dust from quarrying the hill. You can't breath when you go outside and you better have eye protection. I tried to mow the lawn and it was like a dust storm. My cars are covered with dust everyday. They wake up my family at 6am everyday, even on weekends.
How is this legal and I'm supposed to take ANOTHER year of this?
Is COSM inspecting the site for Indian artifacts? Does anyone know? San Marcos is the location of the OLDEST CIVILIZATION IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. One would think our city leaders would protect our history.
I write this on behalf of myself only as I muze about the latest development issues. Sure we need more student housing. DO we rteally need to give these free market mavens an incentive? If we gas a City give then we should get. As I watch other cities use their tax incentive programs to attract investors and developers I also noticed that they attach strings such as a set aside for low income housing and Section 8 housing. Many of those displaced by the removal of the old apartments were low income students and perhaps even section 8 housing voucher beneficiaries seems to me that if this does become a reality that we should in ensure that 20% of the units be set aside for low income housing and section 8 housing to alleviate the housing shortage we have for these segments of our community. Just a thought.
And Lisa.. please stop stirring the pot with sound bites that while the sound good simply have no basis in fact. The folks that should be raising these issues are folks like Garber and Loese. They have credibility when they speak.They appear to be of the opinion that there simly is nothing there.
Let's develop an economy in San Marcos that brings good jobs and quality projects and let's use our tax dollars for projects that benefit the people paying those taxes.
It is a question Mr. Sergi and it is a relevant one. Wasn't there recently a t-shirt fundraiser for The Voice that expressed this sentiment?
My daughter just recently moved into a new apartment called the Vistas at San Marcos. She is a student at Texas State University and is sharing an apartment with three other girls. I am extremely disappointed with the condition of the apartment upon move-in. The complex was ridiculously crowded making the move horrendous. It seemed as if everyone was assigned the same move in date. The apartment itself was not completed. It was dirty and there was even a hole visible in the wall. I have asked to have my daughter moved as the apartment is a disgrace. Also, I find it unfair that she is living in the loft (with no door even though she was promised a door) and is being charged the same amount of rent as the other girls who have private rooms. The apartments were being inspected the same day students were moving in. The organization was lacking, and if the apartments were not completed I do not see how it would be logical to allow students to move in. If moving my daughter into a decent room as she was promised is not possible, I would at least think the only other fair thing to do would be to allow her to break the lease without penalty. I do not see how she can be forced to stay in something that is not what was promised upon signing. I would like to hear back from you as soon as possible in regards to this issue please.


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Bujurga is a medium size village located in Mariahu Tehsil of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 246 families residing. The Bujurga village has population of 1574 of which 809 are males while 765 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Bujurga village population of children with age 0-6 is 249 which makes up 15.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bujurga village is 946 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Bujurga as per census is 872, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.
Bujurga village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Bujurga village was 70.87 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Bujurga Male literacy stands at 80.92 % while female literacy rate was 60.40 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Bujurga village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Bujurga village.
Bujurga Data
Population 1,574 809 765
Child (0-6) 249 133 116
Schedule Caste 224 124 100
Schedule Tribe 3 2 1
Marginal Worker 188 61 127
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.23 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.19 % of total population in Bujurga village.
In Bujurga village out of total population, 508 were engaged in work activities. 62.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 508 workers engaged in Main Work, 132 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 45 were Agricultural labourer.


Ben McGuinness, Digital Manager at NHS Blood and Transplant, talks about his recent experience in running a user testing session to help redevelop the online organ donation registration form.
User research. It's one of those things that we all know we should make more time for but rarely manage to. It takes time to arrange sessions and participants and labs cost money. So it's no surprise that in recent years, analytics has grabbed all the attention when it comes to user insight. But analytics is only telling us half the story. It tells us what users are doing, but not why they do it. Having recently spent the day in the Government Digital Service (GDS) lab with some users, I got a useful reminder of just how important the why is.
Being mid way through the discovery phase of rebuilding the organ donation registration process, we entered the lab with lots of user data fresh in our minds and as I later realised, lots of assumptions about our users. These assumptions simply weren't echoed by our test participants. We knew that 30% of our visitors did not even attempt to complete the registration form. We assumed it was too long, too complicated or there were questions that people were just not comfortable answering.
All 5 participants interviewed generally felt the form was fine, simple to use and as they would expect. A younger participant was actually surprised at how little information we asked for, given how important they felt joining the register was. What seemed to be missing was the content around the form. What becoming a donor meant for them? What would happen next? Interestingly, most participants were not encouraged to sign-up by some of the stats and case studies found on the site.
We also assumed that users would want to share their decision via social media after registering. In fact all participants would have chosen to have a face to face conversation with their loved ones, rather than post this online. They were however generally happy to help raise awareness via social channels. I also learnt a very valuable lesson about older users and the common belief that they are not as digitally capable as younger users. This view quickly disappeared when a woman in her fifties proceeded to simultaneously complete the registration form on both her iPad and computer!
Observing the user testing session.
Try and learn the questions you want to ask, so you don't have to keep referring to your notes. The more you can make the conversation flow, the more relaxed users become and that is when they really start to open up.
Be prepared to adapt or add to your questions as the day progresses. After our first interview the observation room was buzzing with ideas and additional questions. The same applies when in the room interviewing. Don't be afraid to let the conversation deviate from your questions. This was where we gained a lot of our most useful insight.
Have someone in the observation room capturing notes and useful insights. You will leave with a wealth of ideas for potential A/B tests and further research sessions.
If your insight is missing the why, get in the lab and start testing!
Great to see user testing literally working to improve the organ donation registration form. It's really valuable to have user testing results aligned with analytics data to optimise UX and complete discovery. The results will underpin future development and user engagement. If you can get access to user labs then it's well worth doing some testing first hand.
The NHS BT team extended the invitation for me to observe this particular session and I found it fascinating. I particularly like Ben's insight about analytics being the "what" and user testing being the "why". Looking forward to hearing how the organ donation registration form develops post discovery phase. Thanks to Ben and team for letting me come along!
Very interesting blog Ben, would be nice to use the testing labs to explore user journeys through the whole Organ Donation site and gain some insight into what content is most influential in leading visitors to the registration form.
Great blog post Ben ! Looks like this process is invaluable. As Michael mentions I would like to be able to use this to learn as much as we can for our test and learn approach to content; both with the website and any additional digital resources we're looking to develop. In particular I think understanding the user requirements of hard to reach communities would be a really useful piece of learning.


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Chinese consumers are hankering after the good things in life—and there is a marked shift in consumption from the mass to premium segments in several categories.
How much time, effort and money would you spend on choosing and buying a dustbin? Chances are, not a lot.
But for Patrick Li, a 29-year-old civil servant in Beijing, buying a dustbin for his kitchen was a huge project. For days on end, he read up on various kinds of dustbins online. He endlessly researched the pros and cons of plastic bins versus metal ones, those with a lid versus those without, etc.
Then he found one with a "motion-control whisper lid"—in simple words, a lid that did not clang when shut. It didn't come cheap: the German-made Brabantia Retro sported a neat price tag of RMB 1,200. Li loved it, but thought it was a tad too expensive.
And so two weeks later, Li turned once again to Taobao, the e-commerce site where Chinese netizens love to do their shopping. He found an RMB 850 bin similar to the Brabantia Retro model he liked—by now he had already lost interest in dustbins under RMB 100. Without thinking twice, Li clicked on the "buy" button.
Li is part of a phenomenon that is sweeping across large swathes of China: people are increasingly shifting their consumption of even routine everyday things to more premium categories. "Once people learn about good things, they can't get over them easily," says Xu Ke, 27, founder and CEO of Eqingdan.com (literally translated as "the list"), a Beijing-based start-up that offers shopping guides that end up showing the likes of Li more sophisticated offerings for things that they are looking to buy.
What also helps is that Chinese consumers are upbeat about spending despite the slowing economy. According to a 2016 McKinsey China consumer report, despite slower-than-expected GDP growth, over 55% of people think their household income will grow significantly. They have no qualms splurging.
"The days of broad-based market growth are coming to an end as consumers become more selective about where they spend their money. Spending is shifting from products to services, and from mass to premium segments," the report says.
Social media is a huge influence on the buying decisions of Chinese consumers. China has 413 million online buyers and according to McKinsey, 55% of them use social media to do product research and get recommendations.
Besides social media, there are a host of services geared towards exposing Chinese people to newer things—and making them buy.
Some like Eqingdan and Caixin Enjoy are essentially shopping guides. Others like Xiaohongshu and Meilishuo fall into a category that can be best described as "social commerce", essentially the combination of social media and e-commerce.
By telling people what products are worth purchasing and explaining why, Xu's Eqingdan has garnered over 350,000 followers since its founding in 2015, most of the followers being female between the ages of 23 and 35 from first-tier cities in China.
Eqingdan's major platforms are its app and public account on WeChat. They are updated every day with new product recommendations. There are also household utility-related articles on themes like "how to choose a good juicer", "what you need to do to take care of your leather furniture" and "comparison of different rice cookers".
Xu's team sets strict standards for products that qualify to feature on Eqingdan: sleek looks, precision, durability, stability and safety. "In China, an oven meets the national standard if its temperature deviation can be controlled within 20 degrees, but there is the German-made Miele oven (price ranges from $2,000 to $13,000) in which the deviation can be controlled within one degree. That's precision," he says.
He says Eqingdan provides content aimed at eliminating information asymmetry, telling people what they should know to make the right choice as well as how and where to buy, mostly by giving links to Taobao or other e-commerce sites.
While Eqingdan provides detailed analysis to help people choose quality goods, Caixin Enjoy, a tech company providing shopping tips, is trying to push people to the next frontier of vanity consumption.
For consumers to desire a product, good quality is the basic criteria, says Zhao Ji, CEO of Caixin Enjoy. According to Zhao, people today need something intangible—like distinct brand values—to help the buyer stand apart from the rest and even appear to be high-class.
With over 75% male users, from not only tier-1 cities, but also small towns, Caixin Enjoy provides a variety of content: shopping tips, brand knowledge, etiquette and stories that make a product appear more premium.
The pressure of buying more premium products exists for sure, says Zhao, adding that there is no way an individual can resist the constant streaming of catchy advertisements everywhere online. Around 4% of Caixin Enjoy's users end up buying the products it recommends.
Another factor driving people to upgrade their consumption is social commerce. Xiaohongshu, one of the largest social-commerce platforms where people read each other's recommendations, is a community where people, mostly female ranging from 18 to 35, read about the good things owned by others.
With over 15 million users and a valuation of RMB 1 billion, it links the community with e-commerce. It mainly sells foreign products and has a conversion rate of between 8% and 20%—considered pretty good in this industry—and its sales revenue in the second half of 2015 stood at RMB 700 million.
She followed a popular netizen Liu Shishi, who has over 38,000 followers on Xiaohongshu. One of Liu's posts (with 3,000 likes) is a photo of all the 15 pairs of shoes she has, price ranging from RMB 1,000 to RMB 8,000. In the post she explains where and why she bought each of them and which one was more comfortable. She also encouraged others to get them to "match the clothes" in their closet.
Zhai Fang, founder of Xiaohongshu, told the 21st Century Business Herald that her goal is to let every user become someone who can stimulate other people's shopping desires. As if on cue, Ricky herself has started posting photos of things she buys–she now peppers her recommendations with phrases like "you deserve better".
Lucile Yang, a senior investor at Bertelsmann Asia Investments, which has invested in many shopping guide start-ups, says that these shopping guide companies as well as individuals are successful because they provide content in sync with current social values.
But then these sites can also encourage consumers to behave irrationally. After reading the recommendations, they may discover things they had never heard of or desired before, but the desire is stoked, unnecessarily burdening their shopping lists and their wallets.
Now that the dustbin is taken care of, maybe Li should invest in the InSinkErator next.


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Teams included: Brackenridge, Burbank, Edison, Harlandale, Holy Cross, Jefferson, Sam Houston, South San, Young Women's Leadership Academy.
Holy Cross' volleyball team has relied on its senior leadership this season, but the Knights discovered Friday that – even without two of their key veterans – the same foundation for success is in place.
The Knights (19-5, 1-0) defeated a tough South San team 25-23, 25-22, 25-19 last Friday in a non-district match at Holy Cross. They played without seniors Julia Ibarra at setter and Mallory Ozuna at outside hitter, but still notched their third victory of the week.
"I think what we got out of it was that it was a pretty defining match for our season," third-year Holy Cross coach Ruben Calderon said. "To play without Julia, who's injured right now, and Mallory, it was a good reflection on us.
Victoria Gonzalez and Henrianna Ibarra each finished with eight kills for the Knights. Ibarra also made 14 digs. Setter Stella Ramirez dealt 26 assists. Anna Zuniga collected two blocks.
For the Bobcats (10-7), Brittany Martinez and Rebekah Rodriguez each contributed eight kills. Rodriguez also served two aces, as did Erica Jimenez and Giselle Mata. Senior Kim Tobias made 15 digs and Jaclyn Ozuna distributed 12 assists. Kaitlyn Serna chipped in with two blocks.
Holy Cross freshman Daisy Flores served eight aces against South San, displaying the aggressive serving Calderon has set as a point of emphasis for the team. Last Thursday, in a 25-19, 23-25, 25-10, 25-10 TAPPS District 3-4A win over San Antonio Christian, Mallory Ozuna served a mind-boggling 22 aces to go with 13 kills and 15 digs. The 5-foot-4 outside hitter-setter has recorded more than 100 aces this year.
Third-year starter Julia Ibarra had an outstanding first district match with 38 assists. Outside hitter Ariel Alvarado also is a senior starter.
"Julia has confidence and experience, knowing the system," Calderon said. "Our senior class is a huge reason we're doing so well. They have a strong commitment to the team and where we want to go. Mallory has previous (state) championship experience under her belt. That's been a huge asset.
The Knights stomped Hawkins 25-9, 25-10, 25-6 Sept. 3 at Holy Cross.
Ramirez supplied 15 assists and nine aces. Gonzalez also served nine aces and added six digs. Ozuna also collected six digs. Megan Hernandez made two blocks.
South San recorded a 25-19, 25-19, 25-17 win over Southside (4-14) Tuesday behind 15 assists from Jimenez and nine kills from Angel Salazar at South San.
The Bobcats had defeated Holy Cross Aug. 24 to place third in the South San Tournament.
Calderon said the Knights began working toward this season after losing their final match in 2012.
"They were disappointed with their last district match," he said. "We knew what we had coming back, even though we're still young. We have two freshmen in the rotation and two sophomores starting. We had a pretty good offseason and our summer league was pretty good as well.
Holy Cross hopes to battle for first in a highly competitive District 3-4A.
"I think we have a pretty fair chance at making a run," Calderon said. "Victoria St. Joseph is the team to beat. They made it to the state championship last year. Right now, I think they're 22-4, if I'm not mistaken.
Harlandale (13-7) claimed two victories last week, defeating Brackenridge 27-25, 25-18, 25-18 last Friday and blasting Wagner (12-10) 26-24, 25-17, 25-19 Sept. 3 to continue the momentum they gained two weeks ago at the SAISD Tournament over the weekend.
The Indians, who finished second in the tournament, extended their winning streak to three matchs by defeating Brackenridge in the non-district contest at Harlandale. Senior Katie Neira led her team to victory with 12 kills, seven digs and four assists.
Sabrina Esparza contirbuted 13 digs and eight kills. Catherine Silva had 14 assists and eight digs. Alicia Garcia added 13 assists and five digs. Sierra Sandoval made 11 digs, after contributing 16 against Wagner.
Brackenridge was led by 19 assists from Renee Osife, 17 digs from Kathy Sifuentes and nine kills from Darlene Jackson.
Harlandale defeated Wagner for the second time in three days. Senior Cera Cerda led the Indians with 15 kills. Freshman Kianna Sandoval contributed 8 assists and eight digs. Madeline Mendez made five kills. Erika Arredondo led the Indians with three blocks.
Jefferson (14-6, 2-0) remained undefeated in District 28-4A last week with a 24-26, 25-20, 25-18, 25-21 win over a very determined Burbank team (5-14, 0-3). Sam Houston also pulled together for an impressive 25-18, 25-12, 25-16 win over tough SAISD rival Sam Houston (14-8) Sept. 3.
Against Burbank, Jefferson senior Gabby Vasquez authored 22 digs, 17 kills and five aces. Courtney Garcia distributed 17 assists. Defensively, Melanie Sheppard stood out with five blocks.
The Bulldogs were led by 14 kills and four digs from Jenna Villanueva. Leticia Gomez had 20 assists. Audrianna Martinez collected 28 digs and served two aces.
Vasquez turned in another outstanding match for Jefferson versus Sam Houston with 11 kills and 18 digs. Marissa Vargas made five blocks. Selena Garcia had 11 assists and served two aces.
Dionna Camino made 11 digs for Sam Houston. Tiaria Mackey smacked six kills. Rita Davis distributed seven assists. Tashonna Williams finished with two blocks and two aces. Tia Logan also made two blocks.
Edison (6-18, 2-0) kept pace with Jefferson in 28-4A with a 25-17, 25-11, 25-13 home win over Young Women's Leadership Academy (2-19, 0-3) last Friday.
The Golden Bears received 11 kills from Karen Guerrero and 19 assists from Marissa Cortinas. Juanita Gomez made eight digs.
For YWLA, Karease Williams had team highs of seven assists and two aces. Tatianna Sorwell put down five kills.
Edison edged Brackenridge Sept. 3 in its district opener 25-21, 20-25, 25-21, 25-19 at Edison.
Guerrero made 22 digs and blasted 12 kills for the Golden Bears. Cortinas had 14 assists and Gomez finished with 13 digs. For the Eagles, Osife was credited with 20 assists, eight digs and five kills. Jolicia Shelton-Brown had a match-best 13 kills and made seven digs. Sifuentes finished with 19 digs.
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Q: Searching for UN regions/sub-regions shapefile for a visualisation project I need the boundaries of the UN regions as defined here : http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm
That's 21 polygons for the sub-regions.
I have been looking around on the usual places but couldn't find anything that also includes the oceans. The 21 polygons should cover the whole world so that any point over the world can be associated to one of the regions.
Does someone knows where I could find such file ? Or should I build it... Basically is there an official boundary in the middle of the atlantic ocean that separates the "Western Africa" region form the "South America" region ?
My assumption is that the sub-region contains more than just the countries (for example the "Caribbean" region also contains the ocean between the islands.
To clarify, I know how to identify if a point is in a polygon, that's not the point of this question. I'm looking for a shapefile (or geojson, or anything I can work with) with 21 polygons corresponding to the UN definition and covering the whole world to know if a point located somewhere in the atlantic belongs to west Africa, or to south America, or the Caribbean, etc.

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Sabre Wulf is an action-adventure game released by British video game developer Ultimate Play the Game for the ZX Spectrum home computer in 1984. The player navigates the pith-helmeted Sabreman through a 2D jungle maze while collecting amulet pieces to bypass the guardian at its exit. The player does not receive explicit guidance on how to play and is left to decipher the game's objectives through trial and error. Sabreman moves between the maze's 256 connected screens by touching the border where one screen ends and another begins. Each screen is filled with colourful flora, enemies that spawn at random, and occasional collectibles.

Ultimate released the game for the ZX Spectrum at an above-average price to combat piracy. Its premium product packaging became a company standard. The developers had finished Sabre Wulf sequels in advance of its release but—in keeping with their penchant for secrecy—chose to withhold them for marketing purposes. The sequels were swiftly released later that year. Ultimate hired outside developers to port Sabre Wulf to other computing platforms: the BBC Micro, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC. The game was later featured in compilations including the 2015 retrospective of games by Ultimate and its successor, Rare.

Several gaming publications recommended the game, and Crash magazine readers named it the "Best Maze Game" of 1984. Sabre Wulf was a bestseller and a financial success. Though its labyrinthine gameplay was similar to that of Ultimate's previous release, reviewers preferred Sabre Wulf. They further noted its difficult gameplay and lauded its graphics. Game journalists remember Sabre Wulf among the Spectrum's best releases, and for starting the Sabreman series.

Gameplay

In Sabre Wulf, the player guides the pith-helmeted adventurer Sabreman through a two-dimensional maze. The player must reconstruct an amulet from its four pieces scattered throughout the maze to bypass the guardian at its exit, a cave that leads to the game's sequel, Underwurlde. The maze is presented in flip-screens such that the player views one static tile of the maze's grid at a time. For example, when Sabreman reaches the left edge of one screen, he continues the maze at the right edge of the next screen.

The game opens to music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Its tiled maze contains 256 screens and is drawn in a 16 by 16 grid. The maze's paths are bordered by tropical flora, populated with attacking enemies and, on its outskirts, surrounded by mountains. Apart from the jungle, the game's maze also includes several lakes. The player swings Sabreman's sabre with the push of the joystick's fire button to defeat enemies that spawn in random on-screen locations. When the player idles too long in the same screen, an indestructible bushfire appears to pursue Sabreman. Enemies include spiders, scorpions, snakes, bats, indigenous people, sleeping hippos, and a fast wolf (the titular Sabre Wulf). Some enemies are killed, others flee when hit, while the wolf, cave guardian, and bushfire are unaffected by the sabre.

The player does not receive any explicit guidance on how to play and is left to decipher the game's objectives through trial and error. Sabre Wulf graphics fill the screen with a minimal user interface consisting of the current game score, number of lives left and a high score meter on the top row. Sabreman can eat orchid power-ups, which bloom for only a few seconds, to turn the colour of the orchid and receive a temporary character effect. Some effects empower (e.g. invulnerability, increased speed) while others impair (e.g. reversing the player's controls). Sabreman can also collect treasure and extra lives scattered throughout the maze. The Spectrum and Commodore 64 releases include a two-player mode in which players take turns controlling their own Sabreman.

Development

The developer of Sabre Wulf, Ultimate Play the Game, had a reputation for secrecy. The company rarely gave interviews or revealed details about their internal practices or upcoming games. Little is known about their development process apart from using Sage IV computers, preferring to develop for the ZX Spectrum's Z80 microprocessor, and often outsourcing development for other platforms, such as those that ran 6502 microprocessors. After releasing Atic Atac at the end of 1983, Ultimate went silent until it ran teaser advertisements for Sabre Wulf in April 1984. The company rarely depicted actual gameplay in their advertisements. They had already prepared Knight Lore, the third game in the Sabreman series, in advance of the character's introduction in Sabre Wulf. Ultimate withheld Knight Lore for about a year because they felt Sabre Wulf would not have sold as well once players saw the former's graphical advancements. Knight Lore subsequently became known as a seminal work in British gaming history and an iconic game of the 1980s for its popularization of the isometric platformer format.

Ultimate released Sabre Wulf for the ZX Spectrum in 1984 and the other Sabreman titles that were released later that year. Sabre Wulf was Ultimate's first game to use what would become the company's standard price and mysterious, unadorned packaging. Retailing at £9.95, Ultimate nearly doubled its usual price in what they saw as a "bold step" to combat piracy. They expected legal owners to be more protective over letting friends copy their more expensive games. Ultimate had seen competitor prices slowly increasing and felt that the price was fair for their time invested. The game retailed in a large, high-quality cardboard box with a glossy instruction manual, both upgrades over typical game packaging. It became Ultimate's standard packaging for new games. The company's game packaging was nondescript and showed no screenshots of the in-game world. Ultimate's games also did not display internal credits. The company hired outside developers to complete Sabre Wulf ports for other computers. Paul Proctor wrote the BBC Micro conversion, and in 1985, Greg Duddle wrote the Commodore 64 conversion, which was licensed under Firebird. Sabre Wulf later appeared in the 1985 compilation They Sold a Million, a collection of Spectrum games that had together sold a million units. When the compilation was released for the Amstrad CPC, Sabre Wulf was converted for the platform and eventually released in a standalone edition. Sabre Wulf also appeared alongside Underwurlde, its sequel, in a Commodore 64 pack, and in the August 2015 Xbox One compilation of 30 Ultimate and Rare titles, Rare Replay.

Reception

Reviewers appreciated the game's graphics and found its gameplay similar to Ultimate's previous game, Atic Atac—particularly in its opening sequence and maze format—but preferred Sabre Wulf. Critics also noted the game's difficulty and above-average pricing. Sabre Wulf was a selected recommendation in Crash (July 1984), Personal Computer Games (August 1984), and Popular Computing Weekly (June 1984). The game was named "Best Maze Game" in the 1984 Crash Readers Awards. Ultimate's new pricing strategy was a success and Sabre Wulf topped the sales chart in the video game format. While Retro Gamer reported that Sabre Wulf broke the company's sales records, Computer and Video Games (CVG) said that the release underperformed prior games, with only 30,000 copies sold by December 1984. Eurogamer later reported that 350,000 units were sold in total.

Crash confirmed rumours that the game was similar to Atic Atac, but declared Sabre Wulf the better and predicted that they would have similar legacies. The magazine wrote that their inability to intuit Sabreman's current inventory or resistance to damage added to the game's mystique, and that Ultimate was particularly skilled at not giving hints but leaving sufficient clues through the game's design. Personal Computer Games found one such tip: that the indigenous enemies make a sound when aligned with an amulet piece. In a similar experience, Popular Computing Weekly slowly learned to use rather than avoid the orchids. CVG described the game's instructions as "cryptic". Crash later reflected that comparisons to Atic Atac at its launch were unfair, similar to calling any two text adventures identical.

Critics had high praise for the colourful and detailed graphics and animations. In the opinion of CVG reviewers, Sabre Wulf carried Ultimate's momentum from Jetpac and Atic Atac, and had the best graphics of any ZX Spectrum game, with graphical detail that surpassed what previous reviewers had considered the computer's limits. Sinclair User particularly liked how the hippo enemies force the player to vary their hack-and-slash gameplay style. A Crash reviewer called the game "a Software Masterpiece". The magazine received more mail in praise of Sabre Wulf in 1984 than for any other game and, a year later, repeated that Sabre Wulf was among the top games available for the Spectrum, adding that the game did not feel antiquated. CVG Commodore 64 review, two years after the original release, approved of the port and said that the game remained a classic.

Reviewers complained of the game's high price, which was nearly double the average. Crash wondered if the cost might lead to more piracy. Critics also noted a bug in two-player mode, repeat screens from elsewhere in the maze, and the frustratingly narrow window in which sabre swings register as enemy hits. CVG recommended drawing a map of the maze, without which it was easy to get lost. While Sabre Wulf had some flicker issues, said Sinclair User, the game altogether met Ultimate's high quality benchmarks.

A retrospective review from Retro Gamer reduced Sabre Wulf to "an interactive maze" packed with colour and hack-and-slash gameplay. The magazine likened the game's colour choice and setting to what the magazine considered Ultimate's best arcade game, Dingo (1983), and lamented Sabreman's inability to hit enemies above or below him. Eurogamer Peter Parrish retrospectively found the game's collision detection imprecise as well. In The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies, Simon Niedenthal used Sabre Wulf as an example of games that maximised the limited colour palette of 8-bit computers. He described its colours as "glow(ing) like stained glass, and the effects of color purity are enhanced by contrast with the black background."

Legacy

Players and game journalists consider the game among the Spectrum's best. Sabre Wulf was the first of four titles in the Sabreman series for the ZX Spectrum. Retro Gamer credited the character's name and character traits for its lasting memorability. As an ordinary human with a hat and exaggerated nose, Sabreman fit the video game 8-bit era's character archetype. The last, unreleased game in the Spectrum Sabreman series, Mire Mare, was planned to have been similar to Sabre Wulf in gameplay. Rare, the successor to Ultimate, later released a side-scrolling platformer in 2004 for the Game Boy Advance handheld console—also titled Sabre Wulf—in which Sabreman enlists jungle animals to solve the Sabre Wulf's puzzles. It was not received well by fans. Elements from the original Sabre Wulf appear in other games, including Rare's Jet Force Gemini. Star Fox Adventures had at one point in development a main character called Sabre the wolf. Retro Gamer considered Sabreman's recurring appearance to be proof of Rare's interest in the character and series.

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BorgWarner Highlights New AirWerks Upgrade Turbocharger At SEMA
The AirWerks upgrade turbocharger for the 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine in Ford F-150 trucks is designed as a bolt-on solution that requires minimal changes.
BorgWarner's upgrade turbocharger for the 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine in Ford F-150 trucks.
BorgWarner announces the production of its AirWerks upgrade turbocharger for the 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine in Ford F-150 trucks. Designed as a bolt-on solution that requires minimal changes, this application delivers enough power to satisfy the most avid performance enthusiast. The new turbocharger offering will be showcased at this year's SEMA Show in Las Vegas from Nov. 5-8.
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