NS2HD[189] - Community Mapping - Natural Selection 2 Beta

pSyk0mAn has created Summit, a custom NS2 map. He has kindly allowed me to run around in it to show it off to you.

Natural Selection 2 is a first person shooter cross real time strategy game being deveoped by Unknown Worlds Entertainment, a small ~6 person team in California. It is a stand alone sequel to the popular Half-Life modification Natural Selection.

The game is currently in beta, and is available to purchase for US$39. Purchasing the game gives access to the beta and the full release when the game is finished. The beta is patched regularly, at a minimum every two weeks.

NS2 pits the human marine Frontiersmen against the varied alien Kharaa. The two teams, of up to 16 players each, vie for control of strategic points of large and small maps, with the goal of wiping each other out.

Each team has a commander, who views the game from a real time strategy perspective. The rest of the team plays from a first person shooter perspective. Players may seamlessly enter and exit commander mode throughout the game. Teams may build a large variety of structures to aid them in controlling territory, upgrading equipment, and unlocking new lifeforms, weapons, abilities, and support units.

The game is built on a brand new, UWE proprietry engine called Spark. Spark features fully dynamically lit environments (There is no static lighting at all), dynamic occlusion culling, and extreme modability. All game code is written in accessible Lua, and stands apart from the C++ engine.

A full suite of Spark tools, including level editor, lua debugger, cinematic editor, model viewer, and more is included with the purchase of the game.

The game may be purchased at www.naturalselection2.com/buy.
The development team maintains an active blog at www.unknownworlds.com/ns2, including forums where developers post and converse with community membersand bug fixes regularly. The game regularly draws on the contributions of community members. Code submitted by community are often included in beta patches.

Beta progress is tracked by 'build numbers,' which are visible in the NS2HD in-video titles, and in the top left corner of the game (red text).

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[Suyume]

I say that this map should go official in ns2.

Infact, the creator should be hired as a level designer at UW! =)

[Xo1byeez]

That map is badass. HE should add a night skybox. With stars and planets and shit. He should also add a telescope in the map. When there are buildings on summits like that its for looking into space so it would only make since.

[davettiger]

4:59 Cool, I'll get Jetpack :D

[sypros]

Epic map is epic. Makes me get some sort oldschool vibe.

[satellitetune]

Very nice vidio awesome

[TheWholefoodfarmacy]

Very nice vidio awesome

[legionofderp]

another great video. rock on!

[Mrme700]

ns4 looks good

[skat0r]

amazing!

[amenizm]

props psyk0man. Thanks for your many hours of hard work to make this awesome game better.

[mulkmulkmulk]

Huu very nice

[Alyx1989]

Holy shit balls.