Greetings Fellow Avatars!
Welcome to this week’s Edition of Update of the Avatar! We have a lot of great information to share about our successful launch of Release 1, plus much more!
- Release 1 Results
- Britannia Burns – Part 3, the Spoony Roast
- Blade of the Avatar Novel: Chapter 3
- Founder Duke Island Castle
- Founder Knight Home Renovations
- Founder’s Tunic
- Town and City Lots
- Oracle Statue Home Decoration
- Hoe of Prosperity
- The 6-Pack of Prosperity
Release 1 Postmortem!
Starr Long (Executive Producer) shared his perspective on the Release 1 results in a post on the public forums. Here’s an excerpt:
Greetings Avatars,
Release 1 lasted a short four days but it is having a very lasting impression on all of us. For us it was a chance to bring our loyal backers even closer to the product with hands on experience. For you it was a chance to see what you made happen through your generous pledges. At a more fundamental level Release 1 was a test of this new paradigm of crowd funded and crowd sourced development. That paradigm is about a much more transparent and tighter communication loop between the community and the developers. Nowhere is that more true than with an early test like Release 1. Yes of course it was a test of specific systems like patching, login, character customization, housing, and conversations. At a deeper level it was a test to see if we could give you something so very early in development and have you understand what to expect. We worked on that by being as clear as we could on what to expect, and what not to expect. It seemed to have worked as almost everyone who played understood what they were looking at. This understanding allowed all of you to give us really valuable and accurate feedback that we can act on…
