The link got stripped from Dark's email, so just in case anyone wants a link to the Kickstarter funding page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1318262952/audio-defence-zombie-arena
Hope this gets released. Yeah, it's another space invaders type thing, but Somethin' Else have such high standards for sound design that it'll likely still be worth a few quid IMHO. Scott On 2/26/14, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > A new audio game from the Papa Sangre studioThought people should see this > one: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Team Papa > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 4:14 PM > Subject: A new audio game from the Papa Sangre studio > > > The Papa Sangre studio announce a new zombie shooter game > with a Kickstarter launch and a call for beta testers. Is this email not > displaying correctly? > View it in your browser. > > > > Hello friends of Papa Sangre. Can you help us make > more audio games? > a.. Could you be a Beta Tester for our new Zombie > Game, Audio Defence: Zombie Arena? > b.. Can you contribute to a Kickstarter to fund > Audio Defence: Zombie Arena > > Firstly we want to say a huge thank you for your > support in buying and playing our games over the past few months. It's been > an exciting few months here at Somethin' Else. We released Papa Sangre II > back in October 31st last year and we were overwhelmed with all the positive > reviews, which led to our metacritic score of 93% - the best score for the > whole of 2013 and the best ever achieved by a British game. An incredible > achievement. > > > > A Brand New Zombie Audio Game & Kickstarter Campaign > > Our ambition for this year was to try and take the > best elements of Papa Sangre and see if we could make a simpler lighter game > in less time, which we could price at 99p and sell more copies. > We wanted to make the Trojan Horse of audio games, > the one that will convince people that audio games are a whole new world of > untapped gameplay experiences. And so we have created Audio Defence: Zombie > Arena, an awesome first person mobile shooting game that puts players out of > their comfort zone, using the most powerful graphics card in the world: your > imagination. This is a full-on action game with arcade roots about shooting > Zombies from a fixed position, using just your ears. Survival requires > nerves of steel, as one bite from a Zombie that gets to you means > insta-death. > > Unfortunately as much as we love Papa Sangre, people > aren't buying audio games as much as we need them too, in order for us to > continue investing in them. Our games require technical innovation and R&D > investment which makes them hard to sustain. So we have decided to look to > crowd funding to finish this zombie splatterfest off and help deliver the > game to as many people as possible. We know those of you on our mailing > list are probably our best shot at becoming potential backers, because you > have already bought a Papa Sangre game (THANKS) and liked it enough to sign > up for the mailout (EXTRA THANKS). We really can't go on making cool audio > games without your help. Take a look at the Kickstarter page and see if you > have the wherewithal to pledge a little up front to help us deliver what we > guarantee will be a really really awesome fun game. > > > > > Beta Testers Wanted > > We're nearly ready to launch a Beta for Audio > Defence: Zombie Arena (fingers crossed the Kickstarter goes well) and we're > looking for testers which is where you lovely lot come in. We're aiming at > an early summer 2014 release and are looking for testers willing to play the > game and give genuine feedback, which will help us make the game as good as > it possibly can be. Crucially we need a mixture of sighted and non-sighted > testers to ensure the game works equally well for all players. If you think > you have some time to test our new game (shoot some zombies in the dark) > then please fill out this quick form here and we will get back to you asap. > Thanks again. > > > Spread the Word > We want to tell as many people as possible that we > are gearing up to a new release. We have set up all the usual social media > channels and we will be giving out free games via twitter and facebook to > followers over the next month. So sign up, follow, re-tweet and show your > love. 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