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Bullet Fest
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. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/45275/The_DrearyWeary_Collection/
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1.3.5 Update
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.
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Advanced Tips 2: Shot Level & Scoring
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, meanin…
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Ver 1.3.4 Update
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. Ve…
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Spring Sale
The Steam Spring 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. https://store.steampowered.co…
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Yellow Trouble Out Now!
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…
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First Person To Beat Entire Game
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 Ca…
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Advanced Tips 1: High and Low Elevation Speed
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 l…
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Ver 1.3.3 Update: Improved Controller Support
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 th…
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Game Details: Another Mode
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 continu…
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All 18 Beacon Locations
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 atta…
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Revisiting Trial Mode After the 1.3.2 Bullet Visibility Update (No Miss Run)
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 chall…
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Ver 1.3.2 Update: Improved Bullet Visibility
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 n…
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Game Details 10: Beacons
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. T…
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Heli-Cats Original Soundtrack
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 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA7FncH_bN3J_YI8elt8uDL8x…
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Ver 1.3.1 Update: Cat C & D Buff
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 ev…
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