Yes, you read that right! Thanks to TrialPay, you can get a copy of Overgrowth for free simply by signing up for a free trial for another company like Netflix or by completing an offer for much less than the $29.95 Overgrowth costs.

We have been testing this out in IRC to make sure everything works. Well, the experiment was a success and we'd like to thank the eight people who have used it so far to preorder Overgrowth! This includes myself, much to TrialPay's dismay ;). I've asked our volunteers to pop into the comments and testify that this is legit, even though it sounds a little too good to be true.

The way it works is that based on your geographic location, TrialPay will generate a number of offers for you to choose from, ranging from signing up for a trial of Netflix.com to sending someone flowers. Once you sign up for the offer, Netflix or whoever you signed up with will cover the cost of your Overgrowth Preorder and you will instantly get access to SPF and everything else just like a regular Wolfire customer.

To get started, head over to our preorder page and enter your email address in the TrialPay box. Go ahead and give it a try!

In preparation for the t-shirts we need to give out for the Lugaru video contest, we are bringing back the Wolfire Cafepress T-Shirt Store! We set the prices as low as we can on Cafepress. People will compliment you on your FireFox t-shirt but make sure to tell them it's Wolfire!

To honor this occasion, I asked some classmates of mine to model them for us! Phillip took the pictures and they turned out pretty well! We posted an album on the Overgrowth Facebook Page. Make sure to join the page, and you can view the pictures here: View Album.

There are some rumors that some more pictures are going to be released later... So be sure to become a Facebook Fan so you don't miss them!

Hey guys! Just a note to let you know that the last video entries will be accepted on midnight, Dec 3rd (PST) which is about a week away!

All you have to do is record a video and upload it to WeGame.com using WeGame's free client or using other software like Fraps or Snapz Pro. The winner - the person who gets the most "Likes" on their video will win a $50 gift certificate to the Wolfire Tshirt store and a copy of Overgrowth, however, there will be many runner up and subjective prizes, so don't worry about not getting tons of "Likes"! Just enter your video and see what happens. :)

Also, in the meantime, please check out some of the existing videos and click the "Like" button for as many of them as you like! You can do that here:
http://www.wegame.com/videos/browse/games/lugaru/

While working on the initial procedural movement animation, I took breaks every now and then to record videos of each stage. I started out just blocking out the movement controls and then added layers of complexity. The final animation in Overgrowth is going to look much better than the last scene in this video!

Overgrowth Procedural Animation Process from David Rosen on Vimeo.

Aubrey just created an amazing Joshua tree model! My plant rendering shaders are not good enough yet to do it justice, but I think this is a nice screenshot all the same.