TechBeat Heart is live now for 9 months and we've made a lot changes to the gameplay and fixed a bug that was giving extra kills in some situations. Because of this, the old scores may be unbeatable now. Therefore, we've reset the leaderboards so, from now on, everybody can play the exact same game. The old leaderboards are closed and will remain online on steam: https://steamcommunity.com/stats/1520330/leaderboards/6672686/ Thank you again for all the support youve shown us!

[ 2022-06-26 14:29:18 CET ] [ Original post ]

TechBeat Heart demo is now available! You can now play the caravan mode for free. The demo version has its own leaderboards. Hope you enjoy the game!

[ 2022-02-10 19:38:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello again. The Caravan competition is over. Congratulations to the 5 best players. #1 Folkius ------------------- 1,077,140 #2 kanzaki_shintarou ------ 849,660 #3 VanAlphen -------------- 806,690 #4 oliveirdaniel ------------- 752,910 #5 GalactaRay -------------- 687,480 Thank you all for participating. It was nice to see your runs. :) The competition leaderboards are now closed and will be kept online until the end of humanity. There's a new Caravan leaderboard. Bug Fixes Fixed enemies counting double kills in some circumstances Fixed a wave with an enemy shooting offscreen

[ 2022-02-07 18:58:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Fixed a bug preventing the achievement "With Love" from being unlocked. Added a Restart button (R, L1 or R1) on the pause menu.

[ 2022-01-17 21:23:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone! The most requested mode since launch is here: Caravan mode A new mode with faster gameplay and no RNG. To stay true to the game's core gameplay, the combo/time system is still there. You still start with 99 seconds and can earn more time by making combos, but the enemy placement/spam won't let your run to last long. A great run lasts about 4 minutes + boss. The trigger for the next wave to spam is having only one enemy left on the screen. You need to learn the best strategy to keep your combo. You CAN combo the entire run. There's no penalty for using specials. You have 2 life points. Finishing a run without taking damage will give you 100k points for the boss instead of 50k. We are also running a Caravan competition until February 3rd. You can read more about it here: https://twitter.com/LMachineGames/status/1480963424158990342 4 new achievements New waves wave adjustments Laser damage buff Adjusted boss attack patterns Added mode stats on main menu Options don't have a confirmation to apply the changes anymore Add a new leaderboard for Caravan mode Changed ranking visual/color scheme Changed the 400k score achievement on Turbo to 300k Analog stick imput recognition on menus improved Hope you enjoy the update!

[ 2022-01-11 18:04:42 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone! We are working on a new caravan mode, the most requested mode since launch.
Caravan mode A fixed and shorter run without any RNG. New achievements All caravan related New waves New waves and some adjustments to the current ones. We already did some rebalances 10 days ago. Coming early 2022. Also, the game now has a new artwork made by Danilo Wolf.
Thanks again to everyone for your support over development.

[ 2021-12-19 18:06:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

November Update

• 8 new achievements for Halloween and Turbo modes
• Bug fixes
• Performance improvements

Halloween Scoring Competition

We're running a Halloween mode competition until Nov 20th. The first three on Halloween - Score leaderboards will show up in SHMUP Mania Techbeat Heart's article, which is going to be available in December. Grab the game 30% off now and be part of it!

[ 2021-11-09 18:08:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

SHMUP Mania

We have the pleasure to announce that TechBeat Heart is the cover of #2 SHMUP Mania magazine! SHMUP Mania is a print magazine exclusively focused on Shoot 'Em Ups - made by fans and for fans.
For now, said magazine is available only in Portuguese, being crowndfunded locally, but an English version is being planned. https://www.catarse.me/shmupmania2

Halloween Scoring Competition

Last week we released our Halloween update - an extra mode in which you play as a spider. This new mode is permanent, but online leaderboards will only be available for a month (Oct 20th to Nov 20th). After that, leaderboards will be closed and kept online. The first three on Halloween - Score leaderboards will show up in SHMUP Mania Techbeat Heart's article, which is going to be available in December. How retro is that, right? :D Grab the game 30% off on Halloween Sale and be part of it!

[ 2021-10-28 17:36:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

New permanent mode

Play as a spider Use the focus button to move fast New RvNovae track playing with Mads OST New remix for Watch Out for Snake tracks playing with Crys OST Exclusive leaderboards Leaderboards for this mode are only available until November 20th. After that period, the leaderboards will be left closed online.

Balance, fixes and optimizations

Fixed a game freeze while dying on hard Fixed some enemies shooting before entering the screen Drill enemy now has more hp Improved Dutch localization Analog stick deadzone improved Minor bug fixes Hope you enjoy it! Thank you again for all the support youve shown for us!

[ 2021-10-20 12:35:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi everyone! After watching many gameplays we've decided to add a new game mode. Check out the upcoming updates:

NORMAL MODE

On Normal mode, enemies and bullets are a little slower and you can be hit one time (at the second time you're hit, you'll instantaneously die). The previous difficulty was renamed to HARD MODE. Also, now you can access the turbo mode from the main menu (after unlocked).

NEW LEADERBOARDS

We've added separated leaderboards for Normal, Hard and Turbo. Online leaderboards can now be seen inside the game, not just on Steam.

HALLOWEEN UPDATE

We're also working on a special game mode for Halloween. Play as a spider! This mode will only be available for a limited time with an exclusive leaderboard. After this period, the leaderbords will be left closed online. Coming October 28.

[ 2021-10-13 21:43:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone! We've made some balance, fixes and optimizations. Hope you enjoy it! Improved bullet visibility V-shot buff (25% more damage) Increased Sword range Weapon capsule now gives you 5000 extra points (2000 before the update) Improved wave algorithm Changed white spider behavior Improved visual enemy charge animation Warning sign now have a new animation and glow Add d-pad/analog support Minor enemy hitbox change Fixed audio clipping Fixed "wide collector" achievement bug Fixed multiplier bug

[ 2021-09-23 20:17:25 CET ] [ Original post ]