Shroud of the Avatar – Update of the Avatar #267

by GolemDragon · Published February 19, 2018 · Updated February 26, 2018

Greetings Fellow Avatars! Not much for you this week but we do have some updates on upgrades and improvements for a few parts of SoTA. For this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar, we have:

Vendor Variations & Improvements (cont.)

This week devs added images for the new Male Shopkeepers, Female Vendor variations, and Male Vendor variations.

[From a Dev+ Forum Post by Starr “Darkstarr” Long]

Male Shopkeepers: These player vendor outfits are based on Victorian shopkeeper wear and early concept sketches Denis Loubet made. They come in several outfit colors and face options. In Release 52 we will get female shopkeepers as well based on similar concepts.

Female Player Vendors: These are female versions (including different faces and outfit color variations) of the original player vendor outfit with the fur collar.

Male Player Vendors: These are male versions (including different faces and outfit color variations) of the original player vendor outfit with the fur collar.

New Harvestable Trees

[From a Dev+ Forum Post by Starr “Darkstarr” Long]

We have replaced the placeholder harvestable trees that have been in the game since the very first prototypes with new trees that actually look like the two tree types: Pine and Maple. These trees have died or become diseased so are ideal for clearing. They can be identified by their slightly different coloration from the surrounding trees .

We also updated the tree chopping animation to better align with the trees.

New Pine:

New Maple:

Both New Trees:

The Making of South Fetid Swamp (cont.)

The South Fetid Swamp is a Tier 3 scene located on the western end of the Verdantis region. It is the site of an ancient siege and is now littered with the skeletons of soldiers, battered siege machines, and moss covered encampments. Rumors abound of treasures still hidden in the ruined keep, but the local swamp dwellers scoff at such silliness and laugh at the Outlanders who die trying to find it. Methane is known to rise from the bog on occasion, producing small fires on the surface of the water.

[From a Dev+ Forum Post by Esteben “SorcerousSteve” Zaldivar]

Hey guys! SorcerousSteve here to give you the latest on South Fetid Swamp!

Below we catch a glimpse of Irvine Castle long rumored to have a hidden treasure within its walls.

A raised village deep in the fetid swamp.

Alligator hunting is a big sport in the Fetid Swamp, alongside this the swamp locals are master fishermen who constantly tell tales of fish the size of a full grown man!