Pens: Ballad of the Erasers was not the beginning!
There was actually some stuff that happened before then, and here it is in all it's glory! For the low, low price of absolutely nothing, witness the complete story leading up to Pens: Ballad of the Erasers in PENS: THE FREEWARE COLLECTION!

For the first time, all four freeware titles in the PENS series - the original PENS, its follow-ups PENS 2: REVENGE OF THE SPRINGS and PENS 3: TIDES OF WAR, and the prequel FALL OF THE SPRINGS - have been bundled into one handy dandy package. A weaving tale of tragedy, cartoonish epicness and mutated living office equipment awaits! One download, four complete games, four completely different gameplay styles and all for the price of a breath of fresh air? Why, that's madness I say! And wild and wacky madness is what you will find in this ridiculous dramedy story!

What do I get in PENS: THE FREEWARE COLLECTION? Why, all of this!
-- PENS
With the war already in full swing, fight as a determined green Pen against the army of the red Pens, shooting your way through six enemy-infested levels and battling against six wildly varied bosses.

-- PENS 2: REVENGE OF THE SPRINGS
The Springs have invaded and the war continues! Pilot your weapons-toting UFO through five chapter-divided missions against the Springs. Then, once you're done, play through as the Springs and experience their side of the story!

-- PENS 3: TIDES OF WAR - COMPLETE EDITION
Why is PENS 3 the only one to feature "Complete Edition" in it's title? Why, that's because it's chock-full of add-on content, of course! Explore and blast through thirteen hilarious story missions in a massive side-scrolling open world in the main campaign, stop a zombie apocalypse in PENS 3: NIGHTS OF DEATH, see the setup for Pens: Ballad of the Erasers in PENS 3: BLEAK OMEN, fight against experiments-gone-wrong in PENS 3: TALE OF THE ACCURSED and take a couple of quick trips to the moon in PENS 3: TO THE MOON and
PENS 3: LUNAR PLAGUES!

-- FALL OF THE SPRINGS
The entire story makes no secret that the reason behind everything that happens is because, just over a century prior, the Springs lost their world in a civil war. Explore a side-scrolling open world and witness first-hand the final days of the Springs' home planet in the eight story missions of FALL OF THE SPRINGS, then find out what happened to the leader of the Spring rebellion in the years between then and now in FALL OF THE SPRINGS: AURORA'S GREAT ESCAPE.

** PENS 3: TIDES OF WAR - COMPLETE EDITION is the only game in the Collection to be fully voice acted. All other games make use only of written text.