Colin Karpfinger (@colin

Colin Karpfinger

2,006 posts

Colin Karpfinger

@colin_k

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

Wishlist on Steam!

store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/Cl…

Joined January 2009

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Colin Karpfinger
@colin_k
Nov 20, 2025
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: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/Cl…
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Colin Karpfinger
@colin_k
Oct 8, 2024
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 🙏
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Colin Karpfinger
@colin_k
Oct 4, 2024
New content inbound. Get ready for some updates over the next week 💪 (no spoilers) Where the Jungle Strike fans at?
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Colin Karpfinger
@colin_k
Jun 7, 2024
BREAKING📣 Our NEW TRAILER just landed! Cleared Hot is a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics! 🚁 RTs appreciated ♻️ Wishlist below! 👇 #pitchyagame
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Colin Karpfinger
@colin_k
Sep 18, 2022
Ok this is a work in progress... but it is fun even after testing it 50 times 😆 a little screenshake and hit stop goes a long way! Adding some missions into the game... more soon. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #madewithunity #screenshotsaturday #clearedhotgame
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Colin Karpfinger
@colin_k
Jan 18, 2025
Our first (very small) closed playtest went live this week. It's really early, just a small build with 3 missions, but it's a big milestone for us. 🥳 We will open this up over time, but it's really nice to have a small group to get early feedback from.
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Colin Karpfinger
@colin_k
Oct 30, 2025
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: store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/Cl…
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Colin Karpfinger
@colin_k
Jun 3, 2025
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🔥
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Colin Karpfinger
@colin_k
Nov 8, 2025
Cleared Hot releases in 12 DAYS!!! The heavy missiles got a tune up...
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Colin Karpfinger
@colin_k
Oct 12, 2024
Wtf... 6.2M views on Reddit!? We were #1 on r/gaming for a day and even hit #6 on the front page. I just made a game that I wanted to play. I never knew it would resonate with this many people. Hope I can bring a bit of joy to everyone when it comes out. 🙏
Colin Karpfinger
@colin_k
Sep 27, 2025
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
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Colin Karpfinger
@colin_k
May 16, 2024
Picking up missiles and redirecting them 😁 I still can't believe this works 😂 Game dev is fun.
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Colin Karpfinger
@colin_k
Jun 6, 2025
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
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Colin Karpfinger
@colin_k
Mar 8, 2025
Rotor damage might be a bit OP 😂 PS had to go research quake instagib effects for this. Gotta pay respect to the elders 🙏
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