Updates

Update of the Avatar #49 – 11/22/13: Spoony Interview, Benefactor Knight Home, Story Sneak Peek, Cloaks, Gifting, and More!

November 22, 2013

Greetings Fellow Avatars!

This week’s edition of Update of the Avatar includes:

Britannia Burns! The Long Awaited Spoony Interview/Roast!
Benefactor Knight Village Home
Founder Knight Home Improvements
Story Sneak Peek #7 & Map Reveal
Founder’s Cloak
Lord British Cloak
Axe of Prosperity
Hearth of Britannia Lords of the Hearth Event
Gifts of the Avatar!

Britannia Burns! The Long Awaited Spoony Interview/Roast!

You wanted it! You earned it in our Kickstarter Stretch Goals! You waited for it! Well, wait no longer! Presenting… Spoony meets Lord British, Part 1!

The unvirtuous force meets the inscrutable object!

Hangout of the Avatar ~ Community Panel ~ Ultima Dragons

November 21, 2013

Please join Richard “Lord British” Garriott and FireLotus as they host the first of a new kind of hangout… the Community Hangout of the Avatar! Today at 5 pm CST, a panel from the Ultima Dragons will sit down with Richard and chat about Shroud of the Avatar’s development.

Pen of the Avatar ~ 11.19.13 ~ Splash Image Amphitheatre

November 19, 2013

Update of the Avatar #48 – 11/15/13: Scene Jam & Recruit-A-Friend Winners, Skills Design, Windmill Home, Basements, Taming Turkey Call, and More!

November 15, 2013

Greetings Fellow Avatars!

We have another fun-filled edition of Update of the Avatar:

Unity Scene Jam Grand Prize Winners
Recruit-A-Friend Winners
Story Sneak Peek #6 & Map Reveal
Magic, Combat, and Crafting Skills Design
Thanksgiving Specials: Taming Turkey Call & Cornucopia
Windmill Village Home
Village Mine Basements
Movember: Shroud of the Mustache

Unity Scene Jam Grand Prize Winners!

[Chris Spears narrates a walk-thru of the Scene Jam Grand Prize Winner]

Pen of the Avatar ~ 11.12.13 ~ Splash Image Amphitheatre

November 12, 2013

Update of the Avatar #47 – 11/08/13: Scene Jam IV Winners, Story Sneak Peek & Map Reveal, Early Access Release Schedule, and the Baron Home!

November 8, 2013

Greetings Fellow Avatars!

This week’s edition of Update of the Avatar is filled with more cool stuff:

Unity Scene Jam IV Winners
Story Sneak Peek & Map Reveal
Early Access Release Schedule
Founder Baron City Home

Unity Scene Jam IV Winners!

[Chris Spears narrates a walk-thru of the Scene Jam IV Winners]

Pen of the Avatar ~ 11.05.13 ~ Splash Images

November 5, 2013

Update of the Avatar #46 – 11/01/13: Six Month Progress Video, Story Sneak Peek, Founder Starter Shield, Fishing Pole of Prosperity and More!

November 1, 2013

Greetings Fellow Avatars!

We have some great stuff for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:

Six Month Progress Video
Story Sneak Peeks
Founder Adventurer Starter Shield
Fishing Pole of Prosperity
Our Final Unity Scene Jam (#4)
Recruit-A-Friend Promotion

Six Month Progress Video!

[Lord British Narrates the Six Month Progress Video]

It’s been a little over three months since we released our 3 Month progress video, and we’re excited to share the progress we’ve made since then. We encourage you to set your playback quality to HD, switch to full-screen, and enjoy our six month progress video, narrated by Richard “Lord British” Garriott!

Scene Jam IV

November 1, 2013

The story for this final Scene Jam is…up to you!

For this Scene Jam, you’ll pick any piece of Stephen’s concept art, create it in Unity, and tell the rest of the story. Show us what lies beyond that mouth to the cave, what is behind those ruined castle walls, or what lies deeper into that forest. Scoring will be based 1/3rd on how well are able to capture the essence of the original concept and 2/3rds on scene you create beyond the concept.

The first three Scene Jams have prepared you and now the reins are off. While there are some guide lines and rules below, remember to have fun and be creative! Go forth and create awesomeness! Here are the 10 concepts you have to choose from: