Developer posts and news about this game.
V9 is the “Armoury Update” release of Hyper-5. I have added in four new unlockable weapons to help you defeat the enemy, as well as new texturing for the main ship and bug fixes. Thanks to everyone who has supported the game and I very much hope you enjoy playing! Updated Hyper-5
Hi all! V8 is a “maintenance” style update. The big change “under the hood” is a migration of the game to a more recent version of Unity. This allows better optimisation of the game which should now be more CPU efficient. I have also taken the opportunity to make a few gameplay t
Hyper-5 V8 update Hi all! V8 is a “maintenance” style update. The big change “under the hood” is a migration of the game to a more recent version of Unity. This allows better optimisation of the game which should now be more CPU efficient. I have also taken the opportunity to mak
“THIS IS CALLSIGN HYPER-5!” Hyper-5 released today and is now available to buy on steam. The game is a cinematic shmup inspired by classics from the “golden era” of the 90’s. Responding to a distress beacon, deep space scout ship Hyper-5 is drawn into a terrifying battle with an
Hyper-5 V7 “release tweaks” update Thanks to everyone who played the V5 & V6 versions of Hyper-5 and left reviews and feedback. In advance of the full release on steam and itch.io on the 28th of January I have some small fixes / tweaks addressing some of the comments received
Many thanks to everyone who tried out the demo of Hyper-5 during steam NextFest and especially those who took the time to provide feedback. As a result, I have made some improvements which I am pleased to announce are available now in the V5 update of the demo. This will be the l
Come and watch new indie shmup Hyper-5 be played by Jamie, the developer. I'll do my best to explain my strategy for defeating the enemy as I go. Thanks!
Hi Everyone! I am delighted to announce Hyper-5 has been nominated for the Fan Favourites awards at the Game Development World Championship! 😃 Please vote for Hyper-5 here, no need to register! Thanks all for your support!
Hi Everyone! Firstly, thank you all for your interest and support for Hyper-5 . I am very much looking forward to releasing the game later this year. I have had several people contact me regards the Demo of the game which I had hoped to release by now. This has been completed and
Hi Everyone! I am Jamie Paterson, the solo developer of Hyper-5. Many thanks to everyone who has joined the game community. I will provide news and updates on the development of the game here. Please do feel free to ask questions! In addition to getting the steam page live most r