Hello NS community!
I just wanted to send you a quick note to let you know about a new game we just finished. I posted this as a news update on unknownworlds.com, but because we need all the help we can get, I thought I'd send you e-mail about this too.
The new game was created mostly by Cory "Squeal Like a Pig" Strader and myself, with help from David John and Scott Haraldsen, all of which have helped out with NS. I'm sure you will recognize Cory's wonderful and distinctive art-style as that which you see all throughout the models and level textures in NS. The game is called the Zen of Sudoku and is available now as a trial download and full purchase for $12.95.
Here are some screenshots of the game, showing Cory's handiwork:
If you're interested in directly supporting NS and Unknown Worlds, I know of no better way than to try and buy this game, and especially, to spread the word about it. Tell your friends. Post on forums. Tell your parents and their friends (they'll love it, seriously). There's even an in-game "Tell a Friend" feature! We keep the vast majority of the funds on each sale, and are attempting to stay off the big icky portals to do so. If this game does well, we will surely be able to begin real work on Natural Selection: Source. Hopefully that's incentive enough. :)
Finally, if you're interested in reading more about how and why the game was made, check here. Thanks again for the wonderful support everyone, you're truly the best.
-Charlie "Flayra" Cleveland and the NS team
P.S. If this message gets marked as spam, please do us all a favor and mark it as "not spam". This will help show the powers that be that we're not a spammer. Also, because the new NS site is still in testing you aren't able to remove yourself from this mailing list yet, should you want to. We'll have this fixed for you shortly (promise!).
