World Anvil News: August 2024

It’s the last month of summer! Let’s take a look at what’s coming in August and beyond.

⚙️ Major update incoming!

The devs have been working hard to update Plato, the WYSIWYG editor, and we’re now in the final testing phase! You can expect this update to be released this month.

Remember that, if you’re a Guild member, you can open a feature suggestion to tell us what you’d like to see on World Anvil! And if you’re a Grandmaster, you can join the Alchemists’ Council to help us test-drive new features.

Check out the Changelog page on World Anvil for the full changelog.

🗓️ Summer Camp Reading Challenge

Stand by for our August events!

🍦 Summer Camp Reading Challenge: this month, we challenge you to read other Anvilites’ work written during Summer Camp to learn from them and improve your own worldbuilding! Read all about it on the challenge page.
🙌 An Editor’s Eye: First Chapters & Opening Lines (Saturday 17th, 6pm UK/10am Pacific): In this month’s community stream, we’ll be chatting with Laura VanArendonk Baugh and E. Christopher Clark about how to open your story! Follow us on Twitch to know when we go live.
🎓 Living Online: security and safety in the modern age (with Emmanuel Large) (Saturday 24th, 5pm UK/9am Pacific): for Sages of the Guild, join this month’s seminar taught by Manu (aka GorkamWorka), our own systems administrator, about keeping yourself and your information safe online! Find the link in the Professional Portal.
☕ Inner Sanctum Coffee: if you’re a member of the Inner Sanctum, keep your eyes peeled for this month’s Coffee details on Discord!

🌟 Community highlight

This month’s highlight is Hoist The Colors, by Kummer Wolfe. In this setting, the world as we know it ended ten years ago—now, magic has risen and mythical creatures roam the earth. Hoist the Colors is a gorgeous fantasy alt-history RPG setting that was voted as the most beautiful world of the year! Check out Hoist The Colors.