During yesterday’s Summer Telethon of the Avatar (Part 2), Portalarium were able to raise over $200,000 in pledge and add-on purchases, which actually carried the game’s crowdfunding total over the $10 million mark. Funding statistics, as of this writing, are as follows:

Of course, in the wake of the Telethon, all pledges have been expired (joining the Player-Owned Towns, which were expired at the end of July). It is no longer possible, in other words, to obtain a tax-free lot and home in an NPC town or city in Shroud of the Avatar; other bonuses (such as boxed copies of the game) are similarly off the table.

This doesn’t, however, mean that all crowdfunding for Shroud of the Avatar has come to a halt; Game Services vouchers are still available, and the Make a Difference store is still open. Game Add-Ons can also still be purchased, and a number of Bundles are also still available.

And, notably, it is still possible to purchase lot deeds and homes — tax free, even! — through the Bundle Store. The catch to these is that they are exclusive to Player-Owned Towns; the deeds cannot be used elsewhere in Novia.

At any rate, many congratulations to Portalarium on reaching this milestone…for two reasons. The first, obviously, is that it’s always good to see more development money flow into Shroud of the Avatar, and the second is that I (for one) take this as indicative that the game is finally getting into the end stages of its development. Or, at least, of development on its first episode.