We are currently scouring the interwebs for iPhone and iPod Touch users that want to help us make The Helicopter suuuuper fly for our Version 1.0 release!
Please click on the TestDrive image below to sign up and register your iOS device for our Beta!
Here are some of our latest development screenshots for your enjoyment: 
Ben just added an AWESOME pause screen graphic! Here it is in a mock-up!
To go along with our kick-ass high score sound effect from Andrew, Ben just finished a High Score alert that pops up over the Game Over screen when a player hits a new high score! Here it is!
Connor is coding the graphics in today, and we’ll have a new video preview to show off many new features soon!
We all got to wake up this morning to a great email from Andrew. New sound effects! Andrew has spent the last two weeks working on a list of SFX for The Helicopter, ranging from explosions to the game over sound.
We’re psyched out of our minds for the New High Score sound, and we have a feeling that you guys will be too. Here’s a sneak preview of the High Score and Game Over sounds:
We’ve gotten a lot of work done today! Ben has been scaling down the helicopter and obstacle graphics to give players a bit more room to play in. He also finished our scoreboard, which has awesome blue numbers in an alarm clock-esque style.
Here’s a shot of what gameplay is going to look like, once Connor implements the new graphic sizes and the scoreboard:
Here’s our first official video preview! This is the newest build of The Helicopter – with our awesome rock track for lobby music, and the spinning rotor blades animation implemented!
Wondering where the progress on such a killer game for iOS went? Connor, Ben, and I have all been quite busy with our own personal projects over the past nine months, and we had to set The Helicopter development on the shelf while we took care of business.
Now we’re back to the game, and I can’t tell you how excited I am to be working with this team on this project again. You can expect to see much more frequent updates on our progress. We’ll also be reaching out to the iOS gaming, blogging, and testing community for feedback.
To celebrate our return to development, I thought it would be appropriate to post a screenshot of our inspiration for The Helicopter: iCopter.
I used to love playing iCopter, but felt that it would benefit significantly from prettier graphics and more depth
We’re working hard to rejuvenate an old classic with gorgeous art, a killer story, new obstacles and vehicles, and even more addictive gameplay. Stay tuned!
This is not directly related to app development, but I wanted to give a shout-out to our sounds maestro Andrew. He’s going on tour!
Andrew will be touring in Canada and along the West coast from July 18th to 27th. Congratulations, Andrew! Thanks for contributing killer audio to our game.
