Shroud of the Avatar
| Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues |
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| Developer(s) | Portalarium |
| Publisher(s) | Portalarium |
| Director(s) | Richard Garriott |
| Producer(s) | Starr Long |
| Programmer(s) | Chris Spears |
| Writer(s) | Tracy Hickman |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Release | 2017 |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer, MMORPG |
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues (abbreviated SotA) is a fantasy role-playing video game. Described as being a spiritual successor to the Ultima series,Shroud of the Avatar is primarily developed by Richard Garriott as creative director, Starr Long as executive producer, Chris Spears as lead technical designer, and Tracy Hickman as lead story designer.
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues will have a dual-scale overview world map, player housing, crafting, an active virtue system, and "selective multiplayer", which allows players to choose whether to play online or offline. The entire game can be played offline. Additional funding allowed for stretch goals to be met, such as pets, seasonal weather, interactive music instruments, new locations, and guild-based combat. As of December 2016[update], the game's features are still under development and may change.
In addition to being playable as a single player offline game, Shroud of the Avatar is expected to have three unique network play styles: Single Player Online, Friend Party Online, and Open Play Online. This will allow players to choose how much interaction they wish to have online. Offline play will be DRM-free. Players may play from any computer if they elect an online mode of play. Offline single player modes will not have this feature, nor will offline characters be allowed to switch to online modes of play. Single Player Online will be playable offline for brief periods of time.Instance dungeons will be locally hosted on client PCs. Players will have the ability to purchase persistent housing, but availability will be extremely limited and diminish as the size of the settlement increases. Homes will also have upkeep costs, the specifics of which have not yet been publicly released. However, Kickstarter-purchased homes will not have a maintenance requirement of this type. Additionally, each house will have the potential to host vendors that can sell goods for players. In-game player titles based on achievements will be available, as well as special titles for high-level backers.
Characters within Shroud of the Avatar will not have specific classes; players will be able to try out various skills and decide which ones they wish to pursue. Characters will have a limited ability to change their skills. In combat, skills will be randomly presented, and the number of skills that a character learns will decrease the chance that a specific skill will be presented.Shroud of the Avatar is expected to have several crafting trades and be divided into two major components: recipes and processes. Crafting skills will be split between gathering and refining, and there will be five crafting categories: mining, hunting, foraging, woodsman, and fishing. Players will gather resources, which are then converted into items. Items will be usable, and characters will be able to fully interact with them, such as sitting in chairs that the character creates.
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