Shroud of the Avatar – Update of the Avatar #278
Greetings Friends! Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:
The Making of Westend
The town of Westend is located in the Verdantis region on the western coast of Novia. The combination of Norgard architecture and wetlands creates a unique visual element to the town not seen anywhere else in Novia. Westend is the port that serves adventurers traveling to Verdantis Shardfall and while the town remains small it has grown prosperous from trade because of the resources brought back by those lucky enough to survive the Shardfall. Of course many say those resources came off the bodies of dead adventures…
[From a Dev+ Forum Post by Esteben “SorcerousSteve” Zaldivar]
Hey guys SorcerousSteve here to give you a sneak peek at the uncloning of Westend!
Westend is located on the western end of Verdantis in close proximity to the Verdantis Shardfall. Alongside this it is in close proximity to Norgard, so for this particular uncloning we decided to bring in our Viking style architecture and improve the theme of the area as a coastal swamp biome.
The NPC center and cluster of shops in the heart of town have now received a major makeover with multi-level platforms that rise above the swamp alongside the addition of bringing in viking themed architecture, furniture and additional propping.
The Westend docks.
Dragon heads and nicely manicured wooden walkways make up the central area of Westend.
Merchants put up shop in the alleyways leading to the docks.
Eastern town entrance. As part of the makeover to Westend a new foliage and texture palette as been brought in to make the area look more swamp like.
Stay tuned for more shots of Westend!
Esteben “SorcerousSteve” Zaldivar
Level Designer
Heraldry Items (cont.)
Devs continue to expand the number of items that you can use to show off your heraldry! This week they added a Heraldry Chest and Heraldry Brewing Casks! Players post pics of their heraldry on a forum thread they started a few weeks ago!
Devs also started a new thread to help players with heraldry creation.
Here are some of the latest player pictures:
[From a Dev+ Forum Post by Starr “Darkstarr” Long]
Heraldry Chest: Michael “Hutch” Hutchison created this beautiful chest out of “the finest in Novian elm burl, lavishly adorned with gold leaf hardware, proudly emblazoned with your own unique crest”.
Heraldry Brewing Casks: Brewing is coming in Q2 and Michael “Hutch” Hutchison has created a suite of casks for Beer, Wine, and Spirits including versions that you can apply Heraldry to!
Heraldry Beer Cask:
Heraldry Wine Cask:
Heraldry Spirits Cask:
