Update of the Avatar #42 – 10/04/13: Founder Lord Home, Benefactor Edelmann Home, Avatar Outfits, & Scene Jam #2

Greetings Fellow Avatars!

This edition of Update of the Avatar continues our Parade of Homes, showcasing the Founder Lord Town Home and Benefactor Edelmann Village Home. Also have some new female avatar outfits to share, and news about this weekend’s 48-hour Unity Scene Jam #2!

Founder Lord Town Home

Artists Bob Cooksey and Michael Hutchison came up with a dignified design for our Founder Lord Town home!  Only available to Founders (included as a reward in the Lord level pledge). An extremely spacious two-story dwelling, with an open-air roof deck suitable for crafting or entertaining:

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Bob crafted an elegant interior finish-out, with stylish wood and stone trim. Here is a view of the entry-level floor, tastefully decorated by Rick Holtrop:

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Second-level floor:

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Roof-deck:

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Here is a side-by-side view of the Lord Town Home, Tower Town Home (available in the Add-On Store), and the Viking Village Home (also available in the Add-On Store):

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This is an overhead view showing how the Lord Town, Tower Town, and Viking Village homes fit within a town lot:

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We’ll showcase the Benefactor Lord Town Home in an future update. It will be similar in scale to the Founder Lord Town Home, with variations in layout and external appearance.

Benefactor Edelmann Village Home

Here is Bob’s finished design for the Benefactor Edelmann Village Home. This home is available to both Benefactors and Founders (included as a reward in the Edelmann level pledge). It is a single-story dwelling, similar in floor space to the Founder Edelmann Home:

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Here is a side-by-side view of the Benefactor Edelmann Village Home, Founder Edelmann Village Home, and the Shingle-Roof Village Home (included in Village Lot Properties):

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For a sample of Edelmann home interior view and overhead lot views, check out Update #40.

Female Avatar Leather and Plate Armor

Isaac Oster and Geoff Mellon have been working on new avatar outfits, and they’re looking pretty sweet! Here are a couple samples of the leather and plate armor female outfits:

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Several more male and female outfits are almost ready to show, so look for them in an upcoming update.

SceneJam

Get Ready for Unity Scene Jam #2

We had a great turnout for Unity Scene Jam #1, with 48 total submissions! If you missed the awesome scenes created by the winners, then check them out here!  We’re getting ready for Scene Jam #2, which starts today, Friday, October 4th at 6PM CST (UTC-6), so check here at that time for further instructions.

Viking Village Home Special Ends This Sunday October 6!

We extended the Viking Village Home 50% Off special thru October 6, 2013, so get yours while they’re still available at this price. With this house, we experimented with something that allowed for a larger variety of color, yet still appropriate for the time period and overall art style. The Viking Village home is a two-story dwelling, with a single large room downstairs and a wrap-around loft on the second floor:

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Here are in-game views of the Shingle-Roof Village, Founder Edelmann Village, and Viking Village homes,on side-by-side village lots:

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20 Comments







  6. Ser AlainSer Alain

    I *hope* that the female plate armour has some protection below the thorax and above the thighs? Like a chainmail skirt? Otherwise, nice designs.


  7. wadefree85

    Beautiful artwork I must say… when will we start to see some game content instead of just fancy houses that most of us can’t afford? Lately these “updates” seem more like ads than project updates.. that’s just me.

    1. Dame LoriDame Lori

      I’m thinking that it is important to do the fundraising early on. It wouldn’t help them much if they do it a few months before release. :) Housing is also a VERY hot topic among the community.. moreso than you’d expect. The last update showed off some magic info and crafting tables. Every week we get to see new game concepts on Pen of the Avatar. Lord B just gave a talk about virtues/story. If you are a founder tier backer, in the founder blog they post a “standup” report almost every day that shows what each team member is currently working on. :)

      1. wadefree85

        I agree completely! Fundraising should be done early on.. and it was. The immensely successful kickstarter campaign has long since concluded.

        We were promised beta access to this game in oh, about two months from now. I just don’t see an actual game to play yet.. hope they make their promised dates.

    2. DeliverenceDeliverence

      @Wadefree85 – I can’t afford this house either but don’t you think it’s fair that people that pledged this amount get to see what their property will look like?

      In addition does it not make sense to release this so anyone that has been contemplating upgrading or purchasing this property be given the opportunity to see what they will be getting to help make an educated decision before purchasing?

      You ask for game content maybe check out the 3 month demo, shows basic combat, crafting, resource gathering, dungeons, boss fights, questing, story interaction and so forth. Outside of that perhaps look into the updates section lots of content is being posted every week that doesn’t always make it into the newsletters.

      1. wadefree85

        Oh I absolutely understand and agree that it’s fair that this be previewed.. and I am aware that much more content has been shared than simply player housing.

        I was simply pointing out, and of course this is just my personal perception, that these updates lately seem extremely weighted toward donation/pledge perks rather than on the progress of the actual game.


  8. Darthan Haj MGT470Darthan Haj MGT470

    I love the look of my new home and I can’t wait to move in! :) I wish muy real home looked like the Lord Home.


  9. SmyrnoSmyrno

    It looks fantastic! I noticed that you guys put a lot of detail in the design I can’t wait to get in my Lords home. Didn’t we hit the stretch goal for a waterfront property? Is that going to be an either or thing? We either get to pick this home or some house boat?



  11. LuitpoldLuitpold

    I liked everything I saw. It’s all looking really great, but something doesn’t feel right about the armor. When I think plate armor, I’m think full-body armor with as little skin exposed as possible, it needs to be bulky to reflect the emphasis on protection. I like the basic pieces being used for the plate, especially the cuirass. That’s a quintessential body armor for medieval chest plate you used as a reference. The leather armor is looking good too, but I wouldn’t make it look like it has too many individual pieces. It should look tough and rigid like Mongolian armor.



  13. OakwindOakwind

    The armour armour
    is dysfunctional

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