After a small amount of work, we have the SVG Newsblog all set up.  If you are using the old newsfeed, switch it over in the next week or so. The old feed will shortly disappear into the ether.

New Feed:

http://www.silvervinegames.com/blog/feed/

What You Can Expect From The New Newsblog

• News Updates
• Developer Diaries in one concise place
• Sneak previews of new projects
• Silvervine insights direct from the developers
• Gaming advice
• Information about new contests like the Player Picture Project
• Links to new downloads, free game aids, and new products we put out

So switch over from the old feed to the new one and check back here often. Feel free to leave a comment and connect with SVG developers. 

In a lot of the playtest games we’ve run, one thing that people have commented on is the ability to easily make a flight capable character within the Silvervine system. The ability to fly can really change the balance of some game systems and thus it is often limited or held until later levels.

Flight can definitely unbalance a game, but it doesn’t have to. In a system like Silvervine, where there are many other options for movement that balance flight out, flight becomes just one more way to move your character. Focuses like Minor Levitation and Jumping can put non-flying characters right on par with the winged ones. Many of the ranged attack and magic options force characters into range if they want to attack.

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Still working on some behind the scenes stuff with the look and feel of the new blog, but here is some news for you. We’ve just submitted our events for ANCON – Another Game Convention.

Ancon is a game convention held in Hudson Ohio and caters to a lot of gamers local to Silvervine’s home base. We’ve got some special things planned, including a 16 player tournament on Sunday. If you are in Ohio or the surrounding environs, go check it out!

We’ll post more updates and our schedule as soon as it gets approved!

Due to multiple issues encountered with our old way of generating an RSS feed, as well as our desire to post more meaningful information than just news updates, we’ve started setting up a wordpress blog. The new blog will feature news and project updates as well as articles by developers and answers to player questions.

Find the new newsblog here:

http://www.silvervinegames.com/blog/

Subscribe to the new RSS feed here:

http://www.silvervinegames.com/blog/?feed=rss2

We are still working on the blog format and style, so things will be changing over the next week or so. We will be porting over the archives in some format, but that may not occur for a while.