Colin Karpfinger

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Building Cleared Hot, a nostalgic helicopter shooter. Founder @notknowingcorp. Previously: founded @PunchThrough, alum @recursecenter. He/him.

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New content inbound. Get ready for some updates over the next week 💪 (no spoilers) Where the Jungle Strike fans at?

She's slow but she's still got moves🤩 Just added the new anti-air humvee into the game and of course I had to test it with the chinook first

Return to sender. ✉️ They sent it. We sent it back. Cleared Hot. Out now on Steam.

Holy $*(% I can finally say it: Our public demo releases THIS FRIDAY, June 6! 🤯 AND We will be in Steam Next Fest the following Monday, June 9 🙀 The amount of work we had to do in the last month to make this happen is insane. The team is firing on all cylinders🔥

What should we name the Steam achievement for destroying a vehicle in mid-air? 😅 We prototyped this one awhile back and we're doing another pass on it now. Creates a lot of dynamic action, I like it.

Day 2 of teasing new content! Prepare to dodge enemy jets, or die trying. Let's see how your multi-tasking is 🤠

Fancy turrets are no match for the good old 50 cal. Having access to more helicopters and weapons has been so much fun, can't wait for you to get your hands on them. 6 days until our nostalgic helicopter shooter Cleared Hot releases on Steam! RT appreciated 🙌🔥

The NPCs can shoot while riding in your helicopter🤩 Can't wait to add more missions that use this! #gaming #indiegame

New Survival mode + Comanche helo just dropped! Chapter1A update is live on Steam! I'm really happy we were able to ship this before the holidays. Devlog link in the comments.

Should the anti-armor missiles one-shot a Humvee? They do extra damage to armored targets but we might need to make them more powerful across the board. I know y'all are going to quote some real missile stats, let's hear it 😄

Still tweaking the movement but damn I am enjoying having this in the game :D

Apparently the tanks don't mind a bit of collateral damage 😂 I think the enemies are better off being a little trigger happy...

I made the anti-aircraft turrets shoot out their missiles when they explode... sometimes they end up being quite hard to dodge. Good mechanic ? #screenshotsaturday #retrogames

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It's here !! Cleared Hot is now available in Steam Early Access. Wow it feels good to write that. 5 years of my life, packaged into 1 nostalgic helicopter game for you to enjoy🙂 RTs appreciated! 🙏 Play it now on Steam:

HOLY $%@# WE SIGNED A PUBLISHER. Microprose is publishing Cleared Hot 🤯😮 Our nostalgic helicopter game is growing up. RTs appreciated, Wishlist it on Steam! I grew up playing Microprose games. This feels a bit unreal. Thanks to everyone who got us this far 🙏

Less than 12 hours until the Cleared Hot launch !! Going to be hard to sleep tonight. I've been so busy it hasn't really sunk in yet. See y'all bright and early at 5am PST tmrw :D

After years of building, it’s finally happening 🤯 Cleared Hot launches into Steam Early Access on Nov 20, 2025 ! Can't believe I just typed that. Only 3 weeks away 😮 RTs appreciated ❤️ 🎯 Wishlist on Steam:

OMG IT'S UP- The Cleared Hot demo is live on Steam !!! Steam Link in comments below! Go forth and enjoy your helicopter nostalgia 🫡🙏🚁 #PitchYaGame

BREAKING📣 Our NEW TRAILER just landed! Cleared Hot is a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics! 🚁 RTs appreciated ♻️ Wishlist below! 👇 #pitchyagame

Cleared Hot releases in 12 DAYS!!! The heavy missiles got a tune up...

Was your chopper feeling a bit... choppy? Well, we fixed that.😁 Chapter1B is out now on Steam! Featuring a full performance overhaul, and brand new Arcade missions.

It's time for Sunday morning helicopter nostalgia 😎 Launch weekend going so well. Great to see the player count go up as people have time to play. (We have a strong gamer dad demographic 😅) Cleared Hot is finally live on Steam!

It's live! 🚨 Cleared Hot has launched into Steam early access !! 🚁💥 Thank you all for the support over the years. Game dev is truly humbling. And thank you to the wonderful team I get to work with. 🙏 RTs appreciated! Hope y'all enjoy the game 🙃

Our NEW trailer just dropped for our nostalgic helicopter game (Cleared Hot) ! 🚁🚀 This is the first in a series that introduces the main character, his back story, and his dadly voicemails. (lol sry for the pun)

Finally a turret that you can't snipe from far away 😈

I'm thinking Chapter 2 will have more water... 🌊😁 Just experimenting with this stuff but it's running quite well already and I'm pretty excited to make missions with it.

The Cleared Hot demo is live on Steam Next Fest! Go play the demo! RTs appreciated 🙏 Thanks for all the comments and feedback. Really, thank you all so much. It's such a relief to see people enjoy the thing you've spent nearly 5 years making...

100 boat performance check 🚢✅ Ariel Coppes 🚀 Play Ship Miner DEMO on Steam🚀

Get some!! Massive chinook best chinook ?!? I added a shit ton of inertia but increased the top speed, it's so f*ing fun it might make me change the other helos a bit.

Tanks! Finally! What other enemy do you want to see in the game next? It's all physics based and has some v. satisfying recoil bounce. Can't wait to show more of what I've been working on 😎 #indiegame #RETROGAMING #gamedev