Hello faithful wishlisters, I have some big news: We have a publisher: Microprose!
Microprose has published well known games like Civilization, Xcom, and Falcon 4.0, and recently have been publishing a lot of flight + action games.
Announcement Trailer
What this means for you
The game is getting additional support, through development, launch, and after launch. So basically, the game will be better, and you can have a higher confidence in it.
What this means for Cleared Hot
We get a lot more help, which allows for us to focus on the game. Microprose will help with funding, marketing, press outreach, translation / localization, along with some dev, art, and moral support.
New Content
Enemy Strafing Runs
We added a new enemy jet that does strafing runs on your position. It is especially challenging for our new mission where you need to carry some explosive containers back to your base.
You might want to change directions...
New Jungle Biome
We redid the jungle biome with our new terrain system, including a dense tree canopy.
It's nice to see some more green
Quadcopter Prototype
Why? Because on Saturday I drank two coffees and said f*ck it, I wonder if I can add a drone to the game. Maybe it will appear in a special mission or two. Yay or nay?
I can hear this gif
25 Years In The Making
Signing with Microprose completes a story that started 25 years ago, when my mom bought me Falcon 4.0 and a joystick that BestBuy had mistakenly priced at $20.
Twelve year old me read that if you learned how to fly in the game, you could fly a real F-16. This gave me a feeling of agency in my kid-life that I had never felt before.
Well, I got home and the game didn't run on our PC. Aaand my vision sucks. Spoiler alert, I'm not a fighter pilot. But, I still read the manual and the feeling of agency stuck with me. I think a lot of us felt empowered by video games when we were young: they provided a challenge that we could tackle on our own.
So, it feels pretty f*cking crazy to be signing with Microprose, 25 years later. And you know what, I have all of you to thank for that (and my mom). Without your interest and wishlists, this would not have happened. Seriously, this is life changing for me. So thank you!
- Colin "cfinger" and the Cleared Hot team
