Cleared Hot News

Hotfix: v0.2.5#17788

[p]Keep the feedback coming everyone. This is a small update to fix some common issues. Our focus will now move to the Chapter 1a update. [/p][p][/p]

[p]Fixed: all helos loadout stats.[/p]
[p]Fixed: end of mission screen navigation issue when using quit button from pause menu.[/p]
[p]Balance: hydra and hellfire missiles.[/p]
[p]Localization: hold ctrl to land is now localized.[/p]
[p]Fixed: press escape while loading was starting the game with the pause menu open and game running.[/p]
[p]Fixed: blackhawk cargo stats.[/p]
[p]Changed: improvements in ui scale support[/p]
[p]Changed: increased font sizes in homebase to improve Steam Deck legibility.[/p]
[p]Fixed: ps4 and ps5 controller icons.[/p]
[p]Changed: reordered upgrades to show light and heavy missiles ordered.[/p]
[p]Fixed: "The Battle of Big Rocks" misison now continues when picking up special weapon crate without using the rope.[/p]
[p]Fixed: "A West Texas Road Trip" bridge can't be destroyed out of order now so the mission and exchanges run normally. [/p]
[p]Changed: removed some unused instructions and added the next weapon/previous weapon in pause menu.[/p]
[p]Fixed: localization in homebase for some languages.[/p]
[p]Fixed: looped sounds playing after quitting mission to the abandoned screen.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Known Issue: Quitting mid mission will hide the mouse cursor until you get back to the home base.[/p][p]We are working on a fix, for now, here are some temporary solutions:[/p]

[p]You can alt-tab to unhide the cursor[/p]
[p]Use arrow keys and enter key [/p]
[p]Use the mouse, it's invisible but mousing over the buttons will make them highlight. The buttons are still clickable. [/p]

Cleared Hot is everything you could want in a modern twin-stick helicopter shooter

Cleared Hot just entered Early Access from developer Not Knowing Corporation and MicroProse Software, and it's simply pure joy to blast through it.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/cleared-hot-is-everything-you-could-want-in-a-modern-twin-stick-helicopter-shooter/

Sit back, Relax, and Blow Shit Up Award

[p]Dearest players + wishlisters! THANK YOU. Holy moly what a launch week.[/p][p][/p][p]First, if you would be so kind, please nominate us for the "Sit Back and Relax Award" category in the Steam Awards. Or whatever other categories you want. If you feel like it. Link Here.[/p][p][/p][p]Thanks. Okay, on to the launch stuff. [/p][p][/p]

Launch Recap

[p][/p][p]The night before the launch I set 2 alarms to make sure I didn't sleep past our 5am launch. I slept about 2 hours before I started waking up thinking I'd missed it. [/p][p][/p][p]So I just got up, and we prepared for the release. At about 4:52am we pressed the scary green "Release Now" button.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]The 3 of us who were awake at the time made peace with our god/s and RELEASED IT. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]To our amazement, pretty much everything went well. You guys turned up in droves to buy + review the game, our Discord blew up, the Reddit post made it to the top of r/gaming... [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]I think the thing we're most proud of is the review score. At the time I'm writing this, we're at 98% positive with 1,141 reviews, after 6 days. Whaa?! That's so crazy. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p]

Updates + Next Steps

[p]I'm proud to say we've already shipped 2 updates. These fixed a variety of bugs and improved performance on mission 10. [/p][p][/p][h2]Already Fixed[/h2][p]Hotfix 1 and Hotfix 2 fixed the below issues.[/p]

[p]Fix: Improved performance in Mission 10: Data Harvesting.[/p]
[p]Fix: Improved performance of jet enemy on all missions[/p]
[p]Fix: When rescuing or delivering people made them invulnerable to prevent accidental deaths when dropping them[/p]
[p]Fix: Tweaked volume and frequency of scientist barks[/p]
[p]Fix: Fixed how instructions were shown for controls that have positive and negative axis (ex: altitude control)[/p]
[p]Fix: Made chickens a priority target for the rope[/p]
[p]Fix: Fixed ally npcs entering the van and breaking the objectives (Data Harvesting)[/p]
[p]Fix: Fixed dialog overlap in dialog when killing humvee (Tail Risk)[/p]
[p]Fix: Fixed music in The Battle of Big Rocks[/p]
[p]Fix: Added explicit drop zone in The Long Way Home[/p]

[p]Fix: Fixed some texts that were using a font without support for localization[/p]
[p]Fix: Fixed main fonts using fallback for cyrilic characters[/p]
[p]Fix: Added code to prevent issues when the options or savegame can't be loaded[/p]
[p]Fix: Fixed gas tank from "An Odd Tool for Odd Jobs" that was not blowing up when using the Easy of Custom difficulty options to lower Ally damage.[/p]

[p][/p][p]We are hard at work addressing all of your feedback, so keep it coming. [/p][p][/p][h2]Near Term Fixes[/h2][p]Below is a list of some of the things we are planning to address in the near future.[/p]

[p]Changes to get the Steam Deck certification[/p]
[p]Cloud save[/p]
[p]Various logic issues in missions[/p]
- [p]Convoy mission bridge fix (no spoilers lol)[/p]
- [p]Some issues with rescuing NPCs[/p]
- [p]Issue w missile crate in "Holding Out For a Hero" mission[/p]
[p]Instructions for the "come-back shield"[/p]
[p]Instructions for switching missiles[/p]
[p]Better feedback when you try to shoot missiles but are out of ammo[/p]
[p]Various small weapon / helo price + stat tweaks[/p]
[p]Minigun overheat changes[/p]
- [p]force a cool down, don't penalize player from clicking when weapon is overheated[/p]
[p]Small performance improvements (bigger ones coming later)[/p]
[p]Various bug fixes[/p]

[h2]Chapter 1a[/h2][p]We aim to ship Chapter 1a before Christmas. This includes: [/p]

[p]Bug fixes[/p]
[p]Expanded test flight area[/p]
[p]Comanche helo added[/p]
[p]Balance adjustments[/p]

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Thank You.

[p][/p][p]Thanks to all of you for making this a dream come true for us. We were joking the day after about how it felt like a dream- what if we woke up the next day and hadn't launched yet :) But really, it has been better than we even thought possible. [/p][p][/p][p]I feel very motivated by all the momentum, and the team is pretty excited to show you what we can do for the next updates, and remaining chapters of the game. [/p][p][/p]

[p]Keep leaving us feedback on Discord: https://discord.gg/XmMTqEjpQg[/p]
[p]Join our email list to get more detailed updates: https://www.clearedhotgame.com/email-list[/p]
[p]Vote us for "Sit Back and Relax Award" on the Steam Awards: https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards/nominations/2025[/p]

[p][/p][p]Thank you!
- Colin "cfinger" and the Cleared Hot team[/p]

Hotfix: v0.2.4#17671

[p]Thanks for your feedback. We fixed the most pressing things we could manage to fix in a day. Enjoy![/p]

[p]Fix: Improved performance in Mission 10: Data Harvesting.[/p]
[p]Fix: Improved performance of jet enemy on all missions[/p]
[p]Fix: When rescuing or delivering people made them invulnerable to prevent accidental deaths when dropping them[/p]
[p]Fix: Tweaked volume and frequency of scientist barks[/p]
[p]Fix: Fixed how instructions were shown for controls that have positive and negative axis (ex: altitude control)[/p]
[p]Fix: Made chickens a priority target for the rope[/p]
[p]Fix: Fixed ally npcs entering the van and breaking the objectives (Data Harvesting)[/p]
[p]Fix: Fixed dialog overlap in dialog when killing humvee (Tail Risk)[/p]
[p]Fix: Fixed music in The Battle of Big Rocks[/p]
[p]Fix: Added explicit drop zone in The Long Way Home[/p]

v0.2.3#17592 Hotfix

[p]Hello Players! Thank you for all your feedback! We just pushed a quick fix for the below issues. [/p]

[p]Fix: Fixed some texts that were using a font without support for localization[/p]
[p]Fix: Fixed main fonts using fallback for cyrilic characters[/p]
[p]Fix: Added code to prevent issues when the options or savegame can't be loaded[/p]
[p]Fix: Fixed gas tank from "An Odd Tool for Odd Jobs" that was not blowing up when using the Easy of Custom difficulty options to lower Ally damage.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Carry on, pilots. It's great to have you in the game, finally ! [/p][p][/p][p]- Colin "cfinger" and the Cleared Hot rapid response dev team (Ariel and Ruben :D ) [/p]