Greetings Fellow Avatars!
Release 118 goes live September 28th at 10:30 AM CDT.
Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of Shroud of the Avatar with new content and improvements. For Release 118 (R118), we offer an improved shopping experience, but not in Jotungrund.
For those wishing to participate in any community activities, upcoming one-time and recurring community events have been announced! Be sure to also review the Player Guide and Known Issues for additional information on recent changes and upcoming fixes.
News Announcements
- Support Breast Cancer Research with New Make a Difference Items
- Improvements to the Vendor Listings in Zone Window
- A New Helm in the Jotungrund Ice Crevasse
- Release 118 Patch Notes
- Latest News and Q&A September Livestream (the Second)
- Release 118 Subscriber Login Rewards
- October Login Rewards
- Crown Store Updates
- Bug Brigade & Testing Directives
- Streaming Program
- Upcoming Release Dates
Community Updates
- Community Events & Resources
- Project to Support: Avatar Relics
- Project to Support: Shard RPG
- Project to Support: Embers Adrift
- Project to Support: Avatar Express
- Resources: Players Helping Players
Support Breast Cancer Research with New Make a Difference Items
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and, going live October 1st, our Make a Difference Store is having a few items added to its breast cancer charity section. Catnip Games donates 20% of the net purchase price of items in this section to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Starting on the first of the month, a Pink Fireflies 3-Pack will be added!
October 1st also heralds the return of the Pink Katana, which was removed from the in-game store when the Make a Difference store relaunched; a new Pink Katana Pattern 6-Pack has been created to go with it.
Our own reminder, as the month is about awareness, not just donations: despite all the pink, breast cancer is not ONLY a woman’s disease. Men have vestigial breast tissue and can develop cancer as well. It’s rare, but they tend to have worse outcomes because it’s not something they are routinely screened for and so it’s generally caught later in the disease process. If you’re a man who’s noticed any odd changes to your chest, please don’t ignore them!
Improvements to the Vendor Listings in Zone Window
The Vendor Listings in Zone window has seen some performance and usage improvements from DevilCult this month:
The window will no longer be destroyed when closing it; it will now just be hidden. A message will appear in chat upon opening the list informing you that you may close the window and let it load in background. While the list continues loading, it might still affect the game a little depending on how many vendors and items are being loaded. Once the list finishes loading, another chat message will appear showing the number of items loaded and the number of vendors in the town, letting you know that it’s ready for use.
Data caching for the vendors (though not the listed items) has been added: when leaving a town and then returning within an hour, that list will still be downloaded but will need to repopulate the items, which can still take some time.
The scroll bar will now resize correctly with the window. Finally, the dark ‘loading’ overlay has been enlarged so players can’t click the columns to sort or the refresh button until the whole list is loaded, which was delaying its completion.
We hope these changes help you search for that rare conversation piece or deadly dagger!
A New Helm in the Jotungrund Ice Crevasse
Some far-ranging members of the Ice Bear clan that inhabit the ice crevasse in Jotungrund have noticed the fierce giant occassionally found far to their south and have decided that he’s a stylish dude. They’ve been making helms to mimic his iconic headgear and you can get one too! They even have patterns, should you have the skill for it. As these barbarians refuse to put their wares for sale on vendors despite the recent UI improvements, may we suggest violence?
Release 118 Patch Notes
Below are a list of the updates that are live as of Release 118 in the game of Shroud of the Avatar! R118 is a polish month. Polish, additional improvements, and bug fixes are inbound for R119 next month. We hope you enjoy the changes that are live today as of Release 118!
Crafting, Decoration, Gear, & Inventory Item Changes:
- Slightly enhanced the effects “glow” that the bronze, silver, and gold Courage Club commemorative coins have. SOTA-71682
- Linked a new open book icon to the existing books that display as open. SOTA-71662
- The Heavy Halberd now has the correct deco appearance and a new icon that matches. SOTA-71554
- Sound effects from the Arx Draconis Dragon Statue should no longer play when entering the scene from distant locations. SOTA-70317
- Floating Barrels now always give alcohol items and also have a chance for a single copy of a random wax cylinder. SOTA-70403
- Allowed placement of (small!) items on the three pledge plaques.
- Fixed several item icons with distorted proportions. SOTA-71685
- Garbage Bin: Another try to stop the question marks in the mouseover name.
Combat & Skill Changes:
- Frog Goliaths will now give experience when skinned. SOTA-71598
User Interface, Store Information, Inky, & Lua Changes:
- In Options > Controls, renamed Deco Flip to Mirror Flip Decoration (which has default key N.)
- Many minor store description fixes. SOTA-70170, SOTA-70172
World and Quest Changes:
- Plains Encounter: Moved a floating garlic node to the ground. SOTA-71698
- Aerie, Ardoris, Central Brittany, Etceter, Resolute, and Soltown: Adjusted or removed schedules from some NPCs (primarily merchants). If there are still quests blocked by a town NPC’s day/night schedule, please report them! SOTA-71690
- Aerie and Xenos: Corrected misspellings of Boreas and other typos in multiple conversations. SOTA-71606
- Spindelskog, Ulfheim, and Vikland: Corrected a typo in the negative-Courage monolith message. SOTA-71696
- Aerie: Fixed a logic issue in Albert Lock’s keywords.
- Ardoris: Improved logic in Khasi’s responses to help archive the “Speak with Khasi” task.
- Blood River Forest: The west entrance now has the proper display name when entering from Novia. SOTA-71684
- Blood River Outskirts: Added extra safeguard logic to reduce how often the vigilante gate guards draw avatars into their conversations. SOTA-71312
- Brittany Alleys: Changed compass discovery label from “Wreck of the Dracherz” to “Wreck of the Drachherz.” SOTA-71695
- Brittany Estates: Corrected a sign display name from “Equipment” to “General Store.” Added construction barricades in some buildings. SOTA-71683
- The Fall: Moved a pile of floating bones to the ground. SOTA-71699
- Graff Island: The wells and fountains should no longer be protected by the anti-theft system. No guards should claim their personal name as “Guard.” Fixed typos in several NPC responses. SOTA-71675, SOTA-71676, SOTA-71677
- Jotungrund: Removed unused conversational responses from Frost Giant (but barks and death remarks remain.)
- Jotungrund: Moved some interactables from within ice to where players can get to them.
- Jotungrund: Updated some world collision. Regenerated path grid. SOTA-71672
- Owl’s Head: Added a signpost teleporter next to the Town Crier. Removed the nearby “Lower Merchant Row” signpost. SOTA-71524
- Port Harmony: Fixed the scale of a coil of rope that had became dramatically oversized.
- Solace Bridge Outskirts: Some NPCs now advise avatars to sell their extra gear and that a bank exists in the next town.
- South Varisalla Foothills: The large hanging braziers are now interactable and have improved fire and smoke effects.
- This month the members of the Great New Britannian Mapping Expedition ventured into North Paladis and the surrounding area, completing maps for the following locations: Desert Encounter, Hills Siege, Grannus Colossus, Hallowed Plains, Kas Ruins, Libris Ruins, Mysterious Swamp, Paladis Shardfall, Serpent’s Spine Foothills, West Sanctus Forest, the Brave Coast, Estercove, Grumridge, Port Mirren, and Smaragar.
- Discovered that the Red Sash Bandits were at it again and somehow messed with the compass of anyone who dared to try to find the entrance to the Owl’s Nest Mine. Placed an arcane dampening field which caused the map to snap back into position. SOTA-71519
Player-Owned Town Changes:
- Magnolia: Added new village to Novia north of Brittany.
Latest News and Q&A September Livestream (the Second)
The post-release Community Livestream is Friday, September 29th at 4PM CT on Twitch! Join Stephen “Ravalox” Reinen and other members of the development team for a 1-hour community livestream!
To enter the prize drawings, type “pink is for everyone” into any in-game chat channel OR make a purchase on the website Add-On Store.
Please submit questions using in-game universal chat by typing “askadev” before your question. We’ll do our best to answer these questions live on the stream. Watch on Twitch, Friday at 4PM CT!
Members of the Shroud of the Avatar development team stream on twitch.tv/shroudoftheavatar — be sure to get the channel on follow for notifications so you can join us right as we go live! Also, if you’ve missed our latest streams, check out our archive of content at our YouTube Channel. Like! Follow! Subscribe! Prizes!!!
Don’t forget to also join the Shroud of the Avatar team and community over on
Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/shroudoftheavatarofficial and on Discord at https://discord.gg/shroudoftheavatar.
Release 118 Subscriber Login Rewards
Invite a visitor over for checkers and then scare the stuffing out of them! The Rewards Program login items for Release 118 are a Dark Gothic Dining Table and two Dark Gothic Dining Chairs, a Pale Tiki Demon Mask, and a Baby Green & Yellow Spider Pet. Don’t let the spider move the checkers.
Subscribers to the Rewards Program must log in during Release 118 to receive these special login items.
The Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program lets you earn the best rate on purchasing Crowns, AND receive monthly reward items! For the low price of $9 USD per month you will receive the following:
- 900 Crowns of the Obsidians every month
- Monthly Login Reward Items (about 3 per month)
- Exclusive Title every 3 months
- 3 Months: Keeper of the Faith
- 6 Months: Keeper of the Word
- 9 Months: Keeper of the Vow
- 12 Months: Keeper of the Flame
- 15 Months: Keeper of the Oath
- 18 Months: Keeper of the Pledge
- 21 Months: Keeper of the Bond
- 24 Months: Keeper of the Promise
- 27 Months: Keeper of the Covenant
- 30 Months: Keeper of Countless Devotions
- 33 Months: Keeper of Thirty-Three Corpions
- 36 Months: Keeper of Thirty-Six Serpents
- 39 Months: Keeper of Thirty-Nine Tulips
- 42 Months: Keeper of Forty-Two Roses
- 45 Months: Keeper of Forty-Five Lilies
- 48 Months: Keeper of Forty-Eight Daisies
- 51 Months: Keeper of Fifty-One Staves
- 54 Months: Keeper of Fifty-Four Daggers
- 57 Months: Keeper of Fifty-Seven Arrows
- 60 Months: Keeper of Sixty Swords
- 63 Months: Keeper of Sixty-Three Coins
- 66 Months: Keeper of Sixty-Six Gems
- 69 Months: Keeper of Sixty-Nine Jewels
- 72 Months: Keeper of Seventy-Two Goblets
- 75 Months: Keeper of Seventy-Five Rings
- 78 Months: Keeper of Seventy-Eight Amulets
- Pick any Dye 12-Pack every 6 months
- Pick any three of these 7 Obsidian Potions every month:
- Potion of Capacity: Increases carrying capacity
- Potion of Conservation: Reduces reagent use chance
- Potion of Expedience: Swift gathering on all gathering skills
- Potion of Precision: Increases Meticulous Collection to all gathering skills
- Potion of Preservation: Reduces armor and weapon damage
- Potion of Reclamation: Increases Salvage and Repair to all production skills
- Potion of Stamina: Decreases focus use from sprinting
- While subscribed to the rewards program, players also receive these special bonuses:
- Obsidian Potions are significantly more powerful!
- 24 Additional Deck Slots!
October Login Reward
As the nights grow longer, there may be things about that you’ll need to deter. Each account that logs in during the month of October will receive a one-time gift of a Tiki Demon Mask!
Crown Store Updates
New in the crown store for today’s release:
…and for October 13th:
- Dark Gothic Dining Table
- Dark Gothic Dining Chair 6-Pack
- Dark Gothic Dining Chair 2-Pack
- Pale Tiki Demon Mask
- Baby Green & Yellow Spider Pet
- Pirate’s Booty Accessory (Fish Tank)
- Blue Faerie Circle
- Red Faerie Circle
- Yellow Faerie Circle
- Green Faerie Circle
- Orange Faerie Circle
- Purple Faerie Circle
- Pearlescent Faerie Circle
The Spooky Seasonal store items are available from Friday September 29th until Monday November 6th:
List of Spooky Seasonal items:
- Day of the Dead Mask
- Day of the Dead Mask with Top Hat
- Day of the Dead Mask with Veil
- Day of the Dead Colorful Mask
- Day of the Dead Colorful Mask with Top Hat
- Day of the Dead Colorful Mask with Veil
- Day of the Dead Mask 6-Pack
- Jack O’ Lantern Mask 2015
- Jack O’ Lantern Glowing Mask 2015
- Jack O’ Lantern 6-Pack 2015
- Jack O’ Lantern Mask 2016
- Jack O’ Lantern Glowing Mask 2016
- Jack O’ Lantern 6-Pack 2016
- Jack O’ Lantern Mask 2017
- Jack O’ Lantern Glowing Mask 2017
- Jack O’ Lantern 6-Pack 2017
- Jack O’ Lantern Mask 2018
- Jack O’ Lantern Glowing Mask 2018
- Jack O’ Lantern 6-Pack 2018
- Rotten Jack O’ Lantern Mask
- Pale Scarecrown Mask
- Blood Spurting Headless Mask
- Ornate Scythe
- Ornate Scythe Pattern Pack
- Ornate Spider Legs Cloak
- Spider Web Cloak
- Woven Spider Web Cloak
- Breathe Spiders Emote
- Juggle Jack O’ Lanterns Emote
- Juggle Severed Arms Emote
- Juggle Severed Heads Emote
- Juggle Zombie Arms Emote
- Juggle Zombie Heads Emote
- Puke Blood Emote
- Rain Spiders Emote
- Dead Tree with Spider Webs 6-Pack
- Giant Grim Reaper Statue with Magic Portal Dungeon Entrance
- Giant Lich Statue with Magic Portal Dungeon Entrance
- Ornate Giant Grim Reaper Statue with Magic Portal Dungeon Entrance
- Undead Specimen Vats Set
- Zombie Cat
- Zombie Dog
- Zombie Raven
Bug Brigade & Testing Directives!
The Bug Brigade was established to improve how the community and the development team work together to improve the game. Since the Brigade’s inception, the program has gone through a number of changes and was eventually placed on hold. The stability of the game is as important to the development team as it is to the players, therefore the program was revamped and was relaunched.
The Brigade has been up and running and the volunteers (Alley Oop, Echondas, Flair Minamoto, and Justyn) are in a good rhythm for verifying and submitting bugs to the developers. If you have reported a bug that has not yet been addressed, please be patient while the backlog is being worked. The Brigade is working diligently to clean up the backlog of bug reports posted by players on the forums.
Every month, a considerable amount of development time will be spent working many of the verified bugs which have been submitted to the team by the Bug Brigade. This focused effort on bug fixes would not be possible without the recent efforts of the Bug Brigade. Please take the time to thank these bug hunting aficionados when you encounter them in your travels!
In turn, the development team would like to express a big thank you to the Bug Hunters! These community members are doing a fantastic job bringing so many bug reports to the team, and they’re doing it in a way which makes the process smooth and efficient. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Much improvement has been noticed by the development team and we’re so very excited to see the program’s continued success!
The development team would also like to thank all of those who take time to participate in QA Testing Directives. Thanks to your hard work and dedication, many issues and bugs can be identified and fixed prior to content going to the Live Server! Keep up the great work! For those that wish to participate in future bug hunting endeavors, please check the forums regularly for upcoming QA Testing Directives.
Don’t forget, the Bug Brigade is open to all players in good standing and bug rewards are SWEET! They will be awarded on a monthly progression basis with only minimal requirements to qualify. The available rewards to receive in progression via qualifying participation are as follows:
- Antennae Head Gear and Forum Title 1: “Bug Hunter”
- Single Ant Cloak
- Lady Bug Backpack
- Bug Painting A and In-Game Title 2: “Associate of Aphids”
- Ant Farm
- Insect Leg Table
- Many Ants Cloak and In-Game Title 3: “Bachelor of Beetles”
- Bug Painting B
- Bug Sprayer and /bugspray Emote
- Bug Painting C and In-Game Title 4: “Master of Moths”
- Butterfly Chair
- Corpion Chair (Pictured Below)
- Yellow Fireflies VFX and In-Game Title 5: “Doctor of Dragonflies”
- Hacked Oracle Flyer
- Giant Butterfly Pet (Blue)
- Butterfly Mask
- Dragonfly pet
- Fairy Wings
- Monarch Butterfly Pet
- Dragonfly Wings
- Hacked Oracle Crawler
- Blue Butterfly VFX
- Orange Fireflies VFX
- Orange Butterfly VFX
- Autumn Fairy Wings
- Green Fireflies VFX
- Landing Flies 3-pack
- Blue Fireflies
- Mounted Ladybug Specimen
- Mounted Rhinoceros Beetle Specimen
- Mounted Firebug Specimen
- Mounted Diving Bug Specimen
- Mounted Asian Ladybug Specimen
- Swallowtail Butterfly Pet
- Mounted Potato Beetle
- Silver Bug Sprayer
- Mounted Dung Beetle Specimen
- Mounted Hissing Cockroach Specimen
- Mounted Maybug Specimen
- Mounted Stag Beetle Specimen
- Mounted Flower Beetle Specimen
If you’ve come to think of Shroud of the Avatar as your home, sign up and help make New Britannia a better place to live! To learn more about joining the Bug Brigade, please read the announcement thread by Ravalox in the main Bug/Feedback forums.
Streaming Program
Streamers of Shroud of the Avatar can participate in a program to showcase the game and be rewarded for their efforts. Any Streamer who wishes to be included in the Streaming Program can contact Laney via in-game mail with their Character Name and Twitch Channel information. If you have already signed up for the program in the past, fear not: you’re on the list and you don’t need to reapply.
Streaming Rewards Program participants must adhere to our Terms of Service (TOS) and Community Rules while Streaming Shroud of the Avatar.
Streaming Rewards Program participants must stream at least 10 hours of Shroud of the Avatar ACTIVE game play to remain in the program with reward accrual.
Streamers will receive a one-time digital reward of in-game items after meeting the program’s requirements: Streamer’s Cloak, Streamer’s Camera, and the LIVESTREAMING title.
Rules:
- To qualify for Streaming Rewards, each streamer must continue to meet the minimum requirements for 60 days after application.
- To accrue additional rewards, Streamers must stream SotA a minimum of 10 hours per month, tallied on the 1st day of each month, to remain in the program.
Monthly Streaming Bundles:
On the 1st of each month, qualifying streamers will be eligible to receive 50 Streaming Bundles. Bundles will be sent out to Streamers via in-game mail.
A few things you need to know:
- Streaming Bundles are intended to be given away to stream viewers, not consumed by the streamer.
- Streamers are not allowed to put paywalls in place for the Streaming Bundles. (For example, giving away Streaming Bundles once the stream reaches a certain number of bits, subscriptions, or donations).
Other Items of Note:
- Streamers in the program will be included in the SotAbot StreamPop function, appearing in the player-streaming channel in Discord.
- An optional fan graphics kit is available to the participating streamers as well as all players of Shroud of the Avatar, which includes graphics, overlays and other material.
- Streamers must be actively playing the game during their streams. Being away from the keyboard (AFK) for short periods is acceptable. If Twitch indicates the streamer is playing SotA but they are streaming other content or a timeout/login screen, they risk being removed from the program.
Upcoming Release Dates
Be sure to check out the Upcoming Events page for spotlighted events plus links to various areas to post or find events on our forums. The upcoming 2023 Release Schedule is as follows:
- This Release 118 – September 28 (Polish)
- Release 119 – October 26 (Content)
- Release 120 – November 16 (Polish)
- Release 121 – December 14 (Polish)
Community Events & Resources
Greetings event holders and event attendees! So many fun and exciting events are available in the upcoming weeks. Be sure to get out there and participate, make some new friends, perhaps make some great emote, recipe, or gear trades, or get some adventuring and role-playing into your mix! Here are spotlighted events or updated community resources that we’ve noticed popping up lately on the official forums.
Recurring Events:
- Lightbringer Isle Auction: This newly-resumed auction will be held by Hemnu Lightbringer every Wednesday at 2000 EST / 1900 CST / 0100 BST / 2400 UTC.
- The Nebula Time Trials are intended as a fun competition amongst players, but also a way for players to compare builds, playstyles, learn from one another and just generally have fun together. Each trial will consist of a challenge along the lines of “kill this mob” or “complete this quest” and while prizes will be awarded based on completion time, everyone who enters will receive something. Check this main post for links to the individual trials as they occur.
- Monthly Release Fishing Contests: This will be a rotating, multi-location contest sponsored and organised by Rajazel, The Town Museum and its Governor Diablotine.
- Trash to Treasure Dropped Items Turn-In: Introducing Trash to Treasure 2.0! Some unscrupulous fella has been flooding all of New Britannia with junk: Headdresses, Wings, Backpacks, assorted miscellany of every sort. It’s time to clean this trash up and so a bounty has been placed on all gear crafted by Coswald Dirthmire that is turned in each contest period!
- Mad Splatter Tea Party: One Sunday of each month, Lily Byrd hosts a tea party in her back garden at her home in Jade Valley. There are drinks and eats, there is sometimes music, there are often party games with prizes, and sometimes they just sit and talk about life in Novia. All are welcome to join but this is a role playing event tea party: please come as your avatar!
Community Calendars:
- Avatars-Virtue Radio Calendar: Just when are all those talented DJ’s and streamers broadcasting? Don’t just guess, check out there very helpful calendar! Never again will you wonder when’s the best time to tune in!
- NBNN Calendar: This calendar provides a great schedule for NBNN and WRFB programing as well as many other community events. If you’re a fan of the Laz & Jack show or even if you’re hoping to catch them in action for the first time, this is the calendar for you!
Community Event Resources: Here are some fantastic resources for tracking down community events or posting your own events. Become involved! Create! Explore! Make friends! But most of all, have fun!
- One-Time Community Events Forum: Sometimes events happen only a single time, so you’ll not want to miss out on these events as they occur. Check out the forums routinely to spot these!
- Recurring Community Events Forum: Some events occur on weekly or monthly schedules which are a great way to routinely meet up with friends and to make new ones. Be sure to check this forum frequently for new events or time changes to existing ones.
- Player Event Trophies and Special Item Requests: Would you like to request a special trophy or renamed item for a player event you’ve created? Head on over to this thread to see what’s available and to obtain more information about request procedures.
- Player Radio Station Forum: If you want to check out the latest and greatest from our in-game radio stations, go to the radio stations forum! If you’re a DJ, be sure to advertise your time slot and venue in this forum.
- Player Livestreams & Videos Forum: If you’re searching for a Shroud Streamer to watch, head on over to the streamer forum! If you are a live streamer for Shroud of the Avatar, be sure to advertise your Shroud stream by posting in this forum.
- Town Directory Forum: Want to find a town to live in or get your town listed in the directory, head over to the forums and check it out!
- Guild Directory Forum: Looking for a guild or want to get yours posted in the guild directory? Head on over to the forums and check it out!
- Fire Lotus Tavern: This wondrous role-playing and story writing forum is the spot to be if you love fan fiction and role-play.
- Community Resources: Looking for links to community and official resources for Shroud of the Avatar? Well look no further. On this page you’ll find links to a plethora of helpful resources created by the dev team or the community.
So many options to stay tuned-in with fellow community members. Please take advantage of all these wonderful options. Happy adventures, Avatars!
Project to Support: Avatar Relics
Community member Shawn Butts has opened a Shroud of the Avatar merchandise store with Catnip Games’ approval. Visit for pins, mugs, shirts, posters, and more here.
Project to Support: Shard RPG
Shard Studios invites you to enter the fantastic world Dárdünah, the vast shard of a shattered realm, as presented in the colorful pages of the SHARD RPG! Many years in the making, this system allows players to choose from a wide variety of animal people who are the main cast of the many adventures this otherworldly setting offers. Skyships glide through shimmering clouds past majestic crystal peaks. Giant insects prowl alien jungles or lurk in the sparkling emerald seas. Warriors with blades of diamond and amber duel across crimson sands. And mystics chant in shadowy chambers as their spirits wander abroad.
- Intro Sheet: For a quick glimpse into the world of Dárdünah, be sure to download the intro pdf! It’s packed with great information and features beautiful artwork, not unlike the artwork found throughout the many pages of this gaming system’s gorgeously designed manuals.
- Core System Manuals: It’s easier than ever to delve into Dárdünah, World of the False Dawn, with the Basic Compendium and the Magic and Martial Arts books! They contain everything you need to begin your adventures, and include instructions for the ritual magic and martial arts combat systems. These manuals also include 90 new Animal Templates upon which to base your character!
- Other Shard RPG Products: So many more manuals and gaming materials are available! Everything an avid tabletop role-player and game master needs to delve into the world of Dárdünah!
So if you’re ready to experience a gaming world like no other, check out what Shard Studios has created for tabletop role-players on the Shard RPG official website! You’ll most certainly be immersed and amazed by the offerings of the Shard RPG!
Project to Support: Embers Adrift!
Help support one of our team members’ other projects, Embers Adrift! Check out their official trailer here.
Project to Support: Avatar Express
[Forum post by Vladamir Begemot]
I’m pleased to report that The Avatar Express is clacking away furiously. News is being delivered and we have established systems to deliver it directly to your brain. You can use one of those systems by following us on Twitter at @avatar_express. Even more reliable due to its fully automated nature is joining us on the Discord server. News items are posted there via RSS. Or you can subscribe to RSS directly on the site.
If you run an event, quests, etc, please consider helping out by self reporting. The Shroud community is big, and many things are happening that are never seen by others. With 10k monthly users, we would need a full time staff to track down everything that is happening.
You can fill out the contributor form, message @that_shawn_guy here or post in the Discord server that you would like to help. There is no commitment once signed up, you can post as much or little as you like.
Writing up your own events has several benefits beyond the immediate exposure. It serves as a record for others to see the history of New Britannia as we create it, in an attractive format. Publishing in the Express also has a higher chance than the forums of being seen by search engines and random readers, thus bringing more eyeballs and new players to the game.
It will even make posting in the forums easier! You can upload images to your news item, and then link to those images in your forum post. No more need for 3rd party image hosts!
So if you have something going on in your guild or town, or want to be a Reporter, Cartographer or Historian, please join us!
Resources: Players Helping Players
The official SotA New Player Welcome Forum and the Player Created Resources Forum have the best player created resources for Shroud of the Avatar, whether it’s a Player Written Guide, a Video Walk-through, or a Wiki-type Website.
Visit the official Community Resources page for a complete listing of all things community.
……and still producing, moving forward!! Great job folks!
Good looking release.