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Genre: Indie, Arcade

Explottens: The time is meow!

RETIREMENT NOTICE



Explottens is being discontinued. We regret to inform that Explottens will no longer be available after September 2022. It has been a delightful journey to work with our community and we thank you for your continued support.

Thank you for playing Explottens. However, this is not the end. We will be continuing our game development journey and make more games. We appreciate your support during this time.

A Major Update on Apple Arcade

Hello Earthlings!



We have an urgent message from the realm of Katmandu. The new Explottens update is up and rollin!
Ascend into the skies and test your wits by facing an endless wave of enemies in our brand new feature! Which we call the "Survivor Mode"
Challenge the live players with the number enemy planes you take down.

Check out Explottens latest update on Appstore:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/explottens/id965816162

Don't forget to Wishlist on Steam as we'll launching Explottens pretty soon.


Update is Live! Change Log v.0.20

Hello Captain





We bring to you a very special update which is playable for all! No time for autopilot take control of the stick as it’s shoot o’clock. Experience brand new K.I.T animation like never before. With this new update, now you have a chance to sell your upgrades in the shop for some extra coins.

Major Changes


  • Added feature to sell upgrades in Shop
  • Updated first time user experience
  • Minor Bug Fixes & Improvements


UI


  • Updated player animations
  • Updated player & boss HUD


Happy Playing Captain! As the Time is (most definitely) Meow! Don't forget to share with us your precious feedback.

K.I.T Boost Animation (WIP)

Hey guys!

We've got fresh new content outta the oven for ya'll. This is the brand new BOOST animation that our animators have been working on.
What do you guys think? Cool ain't it?

K.I.T Idle Animation (WIP)

Hey saviours of Katmandu ,

Thank you so much for giving such a solid feedback on our last week's Shoot animation post.
For this week we're sharing with you the idle animation (WIP).
Do share your thoughts with us!

K.I.T shoot animation (WIP)

Hey,

We've been working on making the Explottens experience even better for you. By playing with the current animation and making it more pawsome visually.

Here's a sneak peak of the current and future update of shoot animation. Share your thoughts with us!

Major Update Live! Change Log v.0.10

Hello saviours of Katmandu!





We're super psyched to announce that Explottens latest update is LIVE! Thank you for your support, participation and feedback! The Change Log is as follows:

Major Changes


  • Added 3 difficulty systems Easy, Medium and Hard
  • Rewards are now adjusted and mostly increased to allow players to experiment with different items
  • Reworked Intro scenes
  • New Tooltips and help added
  • Localisation added in 15 languages
  • New languages menu added in settings
  • MEOWNY MEOWNY PAWFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS!!


Main


  • Fix display resolutions bugs for mac
  • Add missing SFX
  • Controller support for MAC
  • Fixed crashes on Thomas scratcher and Tinybots
  • Added Credits menu in settings
  • Added Achievement menu in settings
  • Added videos menu in settings
  • New health bar system


Visual


  • Fixed various font issues
  • Added dialog animation for all bosses
  • Updated and Improved FTUX flow
  • Mipmapping for enemies and player ( Graphics updates for all the units)
  • New eye catchy Icon
  • New Animated Buttons
  • Added new VFX on spiky
  • Added blurs on all the popups
  • Added settings menu, includes licences and agreements
  • Replaced Jedi looking cat called “Katnobi” to Katlando with a sabre.
  • New enemy art
  • New and improved player animations and art


UI


  • New UI for world map
  • New Menus UI
  • Better shop UX


Happy Playing Captain! As the Time is (most definitely) Meow!

Explottens launched on Apple Arcade


Hello from the realm of Katmandu,

We are truly proud to announce that Explottens has collaborated with Apple Arcade and is now available on iOS, tvOS and macOS. We’ve been blown away with how much fun the mobile version of the game is turning out to be. We’re happy to say that it will be the full PC experience with no graphical reductions, and a really great control scheme. We can't wait to show everyone what we came up with!

For those of you who have been following us on Steam, rest assured that our launch schedule remains the same, and the core design of Explottens remains unchanged. This news means we’ve expanded the team, and we will be able to welcome many new players to the Explottens community.

If you have any questions at all, please let us know, and thank you to everyone who has been following, participating, and giving feedback to us all this time, We really (really) appreciate it.️

Stay tuned as the Time is (most definitely) Meow!

The Malicious Spider Cat

We've made massive changes to one of our bosses "Spider Cat" in our recent update. Not only will you have to face the malicious being, but also his loyal tiny bots.

Have a look at our detailed changes:

    <*>Added boundaries to limit gameplay area
    <*>Added more phases
    <*>Added Laser SpiderLing in SpiderCat laser mode
    <*>Spider Cat's Second laser phase has a much more powerful and bigger


    Change log v0.9

    Hello Earthlings!



    Welcome to the realm of Catmandu to all the awesome folks who have recently purchased Explottens and thumbs up to the ones who have added us to their wishlist.

    Apologizes for being M.I.A for a while but rest assure the wait is totally worth it! As we've got a major update for you guys!



    Gameplay


    • Added over 20 steam achievements
    • Added energy to limit shooting
    • All guns are buffed
    • New HUD added
    • Added sfx and vfx when energy hits 0
    • Added Collectable Item orbs. Orbs are now dropped just as coins drop.

      1. Player can enter berserk mode by Collecting 10 orbs
      2. Orbs deplete overtime.
      3. Collection can be seen in the hud

    • Berserk mode now increases attack speed by 100% from 10%
    • You are now invincible in Berzerk Mode
    • Berserk mode now increase your move speed by 50% from 10%
    • New Ability dash Added
    • Dash now allows player to quick move in any direction while being invulnerable to most attacks
    • Dash cooldown 0.85 secs
    • Added Left and Right boundaries to limit gameplay area.
    • Added unlock screen at gameover for abilities and shop items.
    • Added Gibs
    • Added Dynamic zoom to focus missions
    • Added special Icons
    • Added explosive crates
    • New powerup Added
    • Added bug bots
    • Added alerts for enemies outside of screen
    • Remove utilities and utility menu
    • New and improved tutorial


    Guns


    • Laser


      1. Added startup delay
      2. Damage nerf
      3. Aoe increases per level
      4. New shoot animation


    • Deatomizer


      1. Aoe increases per level
      2. Changed artwork


    • Incinerator


      1. Added special ability


    • Proton Shield


      1. Speed increases per level
      2. Damage reduced
      3. Aoe Damage removed


    • Multicannon


      1. New shoot animation


    • Rockets


      1. New shoot animation


    • All planes now increase energy pool.
    • Gunkitty now aims at cursor
    • Rocketeers missile now aims at cursor
    • Powerup: Crazy rockets now aims at cursor
    • Dr. zapper can now only target upto 6 enemies


    Bosses


      All bosses have been balanced.

      TinyBots


      1. Added new phase in Tiny bots
      2. Boundaries are closed in as you progress in this stage.
      3. Tiny bots are a bit more intelligent
      4. Added death animation
      5. Added Lose Dialogue animation
      6. Fixed delays between attacks
      7. Fixed deadlock bug that where unables players to progress
      8. Laser boundaries added that walk in and slowly close up the play area


      Dragon Sisters


      1. Increased damage of fireballs
      2. Fixed inverted death animation
      3. Added defeated dialogue animation
      4. Laser boundries added that walk in and slowly close up the play area
      5. Boundaries are removed in final phase
      6. Added new purgana Fire attack if player tries to go too close to dragon
      7. better camera work
      8. added missing sfx


      Sentinel


      1. Fixed delays in attacks
      2. Increase health
      3. Added New death animation
      4. Added lose dialogue animation
      5. New & improved laser added


      SpiderCat


      1. Added boundaries to limit gameplay area
      2. Added more phases
      3. Added Laser SpiderLing in SpiderCat laser mode
      4. Spider Cat's Second laser phase has a much more powerful and bigger laser
      5. Fixed bug where player could prevent laser from doing damage at a certain position
      6. More spiderlings now drop
      7. You must now destroy atleast 1 Slow moving spider in order to survive
      8. Many minor fixes


      Cuteus Maximus


      1. Added death animation
      2. Added lose dialogue animation
      3. minor fixes


      Tomas Scratcher


      1. Complete rework
      2. added sidekicks called turbo and sparky
      3. Added 5 phases
      4. Added death animation
      5. Added lose dialogue animation


      Sugar Puff


      1. Complete rework
      2. Pink Bombs are now indestructible


      Vladimir Cutin


      1. Added another phase where cutin's cousin pops out from the front hatch with a machine gun
      2. Cutin can now aim its missiles


      Spikey


      1. Added powershot
      2. Dash tutorial added on the first powershot


      Bark Meow


      1. Laser Rework


    Missions


    • You now save sidekicks by breaking their cages
    • Tesla can now only target upto 6 enemies
    • Higher resolution for towers
    • Removed Medic mission
    • New mission pointer alert


    Cinematics


    • Added intro cinematic with a story line.
    • You are now able to play with senior kit.
    • Added a cinematic when you complete the game.
    • Added credits after ending cinematics


    General UI


    • All buttons now respond to mouse hover
    • Cursor animates on click
    • Added touch bar logo (OSX)


    MainMenu


    • Reworked main menu, Added new artwork and an options menu.
    • New sfx and vfx added


    WorldMap


    • Reworked UI to be more friendly
    • You can now see which item/ability will unlock below mission description.
    • Smoother transitions
    • Navigation menu buttons now has notification icon to display how many items are available in shop/sidekick hut.


    Shop


    • Added new HUD to display player Level, Attack, Health and Energy
    • Plane Upgrade now increase Energy Pool.
    • Balanced planes accordingly
    • Shop Items unlock according to Missions rather than player level (Displayed on item)
    • Reworked UI to be more friendly to the user
    • Added tooltips on each hud icon


    Sidekick Hut


    • Changed sidekick artwork
    • New card is displayed for each sidekick
    • Reworked UI to be more intuitive. how locked or unlocked card will behave.