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Unity Scene Jam #2 Winners!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XR3usio65FU
Sorry for not getting these posted sooner but the machine we were using to build all the levels for viewing decided it was time to go to computer Heaven. New machine built, levels all downloaded and tested. The Scene Jam #2 challenge was to help us create the catacombs!
Tons of great ideas and some awesome execution on the part of the participants. There were a number of scenes that came in that were nearly to a quality bar that would let us just add creatures and drop them in the game which is truly amazing for a 48 hour jam. Next week we will do a hangout to go over some of the levels that weren’t in the top 3.
This was the first time we used the scoring system and it worked great. The top three scoring maps were 93, 90, and 88…all so very close! And the winners are:
Update of the Avatar #43 – 10/10/13: Combat Sigil, Story Sneak Peek, Basements, Druid Home, Bonus Rewards, & More!
Greetings Fellow Avatars!
We have some amazing stuff to share in this edition of Update of the Avatar! We’re revealing the awesome looking Combat Sigil, we’ve added player housing basements (and included them as bonus rewards in the Citizen level pledges and up), we have more to show on the Druid Home, as well as a long-awaited sneak peek at a snippet of the story that Tracy Hickman and Richard Garriott have been secretly crafting!
Combat Sigil
Followers of the martial path use this mighty combat sigil as their symbol. The sigil shows the eight schools of combat that a warrior can follow. There are four armor schools: Light Armor (Cloth & Leather), Medium Armor (Chain & Scale), Heavy Armor (Plate), and Shields. There are four weapon schools: Blades (Swords & Axes), Polearms (Halberds & Spears), Bludgeons (Hammers & Clubs), and Ranged (Bows & Crossbows).
Stephen Daniele (lead concept artist) provided these different treatments of the combat sigil:
We are determined to help Tracy and Laura get to the $55,00 Stretch goal where they will produce a set of three, linked Story Modules set in the world of Shroud of the Avatar, to be released exclusively to the backers of each project. To help reach this goal, Shroud of the Avatar and Sojourner Tales are excited to announce a very special offer to celebrate the final day of Tracy and Laura Hickman’s Sojourner Tales Kickstarter! We will award each and every Shroud of the Avatar Adventurer* who pledges to Sojourner Tales at the $20 and above level a UNIQUE Sojourner themed in-game item.
So jump on over to the Sojourner Tales Kickstarter campaign and make your pledge! Better hurry because today is the last day!
[*Adventure Tier is $40 for Founders, $45 for Benefactors.]
Sojourner Avatars: A Hangout with Richard Garriott (Lord British) and the Hickmans
Shroud of the Avatar is excited to announce a very special offer to celebrate the final 24 hours of Tracy and Laura Hickman’s Sojourner Tales Kickstarter (and to show how determined we are to get to the $55,00 Stretch goal)! We are going to award each and every Shroud of the Avatar Adventurer* backer who also pledges to Sojourner Tales at the $20 and above level a UNIQUE Sojourner themed in-game item.
*Adventurer Tier is $40 for Founders, $45 for Benefactors.
Have you already backed Tracy Hickman’s Kickstarter? If not, you only have a few more days to do so! Please help him reach the $55,000 stretch goal… a special trilogy of adventures penned by Tracy Hickman and Richard Garroitt! We all here at Shroud of the Avatar can’t wait to play it!
The Second 48 Hour Scene Jam is ON!
The second Challenge Of The Avatar: 48 Hour Scene Jam is going on right now!
You can get all the details here: https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?page_id=30078
Also, the very professional and totally free of shenanigans video of Starr and Chris announcing the ground rules can be found here:
Keep up with your fellow scene jammers in the Shroud of the Avatar Developer Depot here: https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/challenge-of-the-avatar-10-4-13.3500/
Go forth and create catacombs of wonder!
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:
Pen of the Avatar 10.1.13
Happy October First! 
Stephen Daniele and I are back for another episode of Pen of the Avatar today at 1 pm CST!