Shroud of the Avatar Articles
Shroud of the Avatar backers are eagerly awaiting the game's Release 3 iteration. Set to release on February 20th, Release 3 will feature multiplayer, something the developers call a "giant leap forward in technological complexity". The client is available for download to give devs a head start by testing the servers on Friday, February 14th from 2-3 pm CST (3-4 pm EST / 12-1 pm PST).
Shroud of the Avatar backers and fans will want to help the team achieve the $3.25 million dollar mark in order to witness a fencing duel, complete with puffy shirts, between none other than Lord British and Darkstarr themselves. The details of the challenge were posted recently on the official SotA site.
Backers who have been trying out Shroud of the Avatar Release 2 will want to take advantage of the extra day's game play opportunity. According to the latest blog post, the game has been extended due to several key updates since Thursday's start of the event.
Backers of Richard Garriott's Shroud of the Avatar will want to pay close attention to a new forum post on the official site. The SotA team is ready to unleash Release 2 on the world and, as such, have a few words of wisdom to impart to testers.
The Shroud of the Avatar juggernaut continues its meteoric fundraising campaign and the team has announced the passing of the $3M mark. To celebrate, Richard "Lord British" Garriott will be hosting a video hangout on Thursday, January 23rd.
The latest Shroud of the Avatar newsletter has been sent out packed with information about the past month, work the team has been engaged in, a portion of the map revealed and more.
The Portalarium team has posted a news update about Release 1 of Shroud of the Avatar and players' reactions to it. During Release 1, players were able to download and interact with a small portion of the game in order to provide feedback to the development team.
Portalarium has announced that Release 1 for Shroud of the Avatar is now available for backers to download and try out. Release 1 is a single-player only look at SotA and gives players the opportunity to check out the Owl's Head, take possession of a home, interact with NPCs, equip armor and costumes and much more.
A new thread has been created on the Shroud of the Avatar forums that discusses three topics of keen interest to people: Magic, Combat and Crafting and how they will function within the game. The dev team has laid out the basic framework for each of these systems and how they feel they will best be deployed when SotA goes live.
Portalarium's Starr Long took to the official Shroud of the Avatar forums today to unveil the game's Early Access release schedule.
Shroud of the Avatar's Richard Garriott hosts a video retrospective of the last six months of development for the independently developed game. The video starts off in Kingsport Village and Garriott spends time talking about housing and more. The video is an informative half-hour in length. Let us know what you think!
The latest developer blog on the Shroud of the Avatar site has been published. This time, the team takes a look at the design and lore behind the Crafting Sigil and what each of the rings contained within it means.
Lord British himself discusses the art of making games and what he and Portalarium have in store for Shroud of the Avatar.
Join us Monday, 10/14 at 7PM ET in our Shroud of the Avatar subforum for a live Q&A with Portalarium's Starr Long.
The Shroud of the Avatar site has been updated with a massive post detailing the recently announced winner of the "Unity Scene Jam" contest. In addition, fans can learn more about the Sigil of Magic, how to score a Founder's Coin, crafting tables and much more.