The build log
Every public milestone, dated. This page exists so players, press, and stores can see the game is being finished in the open.
First TestFlight build
Fat Cat Cruz 3.0.1 reaches App Store Connect; iOS processing begins.
Apple approves the beta
Beta App Review passes build 3; external testers install on their devices.
The demo goes public
A free five-minute browser demo — no download — goes live on itch.io, with donations open.
Press kit, newsroom and first devlog
fatcatcruz.com/press and /news go live with the first devlog: key art, hangar stills, facts, boilerplate.
iPad beta builds 4 and 5
Two TestFlight uploads in one day: build 4 for internal testing, then build 5, packaged so it can go to external testers.
The iOS launch plan
Published: free download with in-game purchases, multiplayer first on iOS, and the Cyber Monday discount — November 30, 2026.
The Robo Marine hovers
A hover jet pack on A, and one plasma cannon on its shoulder.
The Robocopter is rearmed
Wing gatlings, a nose plasma cannon and forward missiles on the trigger. RB fires an energy beam, and drops the Love Bomb in flight. Plus a soft rotor loop and new gun voices.
The Colossus fires in flight
Side rockets fire on the trigger with the wings out, the flight flicker is gone, and it gets a heavy eye-laser bolt and a giant stomp.
Machines you can hear coming
Mammoth treads, a tank engine and the Donut's spin, plus a lobby song.
iPad beta build 6
Uploaded to TestFlight with the Sep 24 machine work on board.
A new hangar lobby
The hangar moves to space, with an orange planet outside.
The enemy champions fight smarter
They lead their shots, fall back when hurt, dodge rockets, send escorts round the flanks, and take turns pressing you.
Every machine, its own guns
Each machine's trigger gun and rocket pod gets its own character on one shared damage budget, and every robot earns a rank it wears as chevrons.
The Pink Pony
The Pink Pony: $9.99 on her own when she ships. First look on the test iPads.
Cyber Monday
The biggest in-game purchase discount there will ever be.
Steam launch
The macOS release, wishlists open before it.