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The Steam Summer Sale is here. Now is a good time to give the challenging Heli-Cats a go, even if you are a beginner to shoot'em ups. You can get it with my other games in a bundle as well.
Steam's Bullet Fest is here and Heli-Cats is part of the sale! You can get it with my other games in a bundle as well.
This small update changes the Audio volume scale down to 10. Players may have to readjust the audio options if they changed it before. It also adds a Catalog section on the title screen to view other games.
A Heli-Cat shot level is inversely related to its scoring potential. At max level 3, damage output is highest but all shots are only limited to the base hit and destroy score. At level 1, damage output is lowest, meaning more hits are needed to destroy enemies. However, every hit
Heli-Cats has been updated to bring back reliable detection of the left and right analog triggers as buttons on controllers. If they used to work before and stopped during one of the past updates, they will work now. Ver 1.3.4 Update Notes: Restored reliable button detection of c
Hello, everyone. My next game Yellow Trouble is out now for Windows and macOS at the biggest discount during launch like all my other titles. If you enjoy Heli-Cats, you will probably like this one too. Get that 1CC in Arcade or that best speed run timing in Quest. See you on the
Today marks the first time someone has beaten the game with a 1CC on Another Mode without any assists, and getting all the current achievements in the game. Congratulations to Yama-san (やま様)! Here's the video of that Cat D Another 1CC run.
Welcome to a new series of tips that go into more advanced techniques that can push survivability and scoring even further. Starting this off, could you tell that there is a slight difference in speed between high and low elevations? If you did, you probably are already subconsci
Heli-Cats has been updated to include support for more controllers, especially on macOS where support was previously not as good. I am now able to use more older controllers that did not even register before. Do note that players on macOS are still better off WITHOUT Steam Input,
With a few more players discovering this game in recent months, it's time to provide details about Another Mode. Another Mode is Hard Mode in Heli-Cats. It is unlocked by beating mission X in Arcade Mode without continuing and with the good ending. This very challenging mode feat
Learn where all 18 hidden beacons are in Heli-Cats' Arcade Mode with this video. Some of these are trickier to destroy because beacons need focus shots to take damage, but knowing their locations helps prepare your attack. Destroying all of them in a single run will expose the hi
I recorded a no miss Trial Mode run after the enemy bullet visibility update. It's much easier for me to do this than before. The demo also has this unlimited armor mode featuring the first two missions, but a fun challenge is not getting hit at all (no miss). Can you do it too?
After several months of experimenting and borrowing what I learnt from my other shoot'em up Yellow Trouble, I have finally found a set of color changes that improve enemy bullet visibility across the 10 stages without needing to dull or dim the backgrounds, all while still retain
Ever noticed these strange structures scattered around the battlefield when going through an Arcade run? Perhaps you may not even know they exist? They're known as "beacons" and they are sort of hidden in plain sight. The example shown above can be found at the beginning of missi
Listen to the entire Heli-Cats original soundtrack on Youtube. It is known to be very 90s jungle and drum n' bass inspired... Full Album Playlist by Track
This update increases the damage of the two bonus helicopters, Cat C and Cat D (as seen in the No Miss Cat D video),. Both of them require some getting used to in order to reach their full potential. But it should be evident quite quickly how high their DPS can be at max level. T
It's now time to showcase the bonus helicopter Cat D (unlocked by getting the Hungry for Napalm objective). This variant based on the older Cobra platform features a main shot that pivots in the vertical direction the helicopter is moving, allowing for a forward aiming shot angle
Heli-Cats's third major update is here with changes that aim to give the player a slight edge on the battlefield, several quality of life improvements, and better compatibility for those of us on macOS! Version 1.3.0 Notes: Added a 5-frame window to the player helicopter for spli
This update increases the credits received when players reach any ending across all difficulties, with higher difficulties granting even more. This should incentivize players to credit feed to the end in order to learn the layout of the later missions. The credits received for co
With Novice Mode added to version 1.2, I can now showcase one of the bonus helicopters, Cat C (unlocked by getting Ending A). I am not as proficient with this more technical helicopter which allows altering the firing pattern between Cat A's and B's, but the much easier difficult