- v2.4 - Bullet Fest Update - 8 June 2026
Hi all,Super excited to pop back in again on Beef Cat Ultra! We are stoked to be a part of Steam Bullet Fest and wanted to do an update to celebrate.The game and the soundtrack are both 60% off for the week. You can score two more games on top of that in the Beef Cat Studios Collection for another couple bucks once the sale begins.But beyond getting included in this cool fest, we have an update today. And it actually added some new playable content. But I will give some context.Over on https://beefcatstudios.itch.io/, we have been releasing free, monthly minigames. This has been like a self-imposed game jam style thing to push us to try short ideas and take them to a quick logical conclusion. Typically these minigames are in development for two days. This month I made EGG, a quick minigame based on Froggie in Beef Cat Ultra, and used the assets from BCU for it. It made sense with this f…
- v2.3 Small Patch - 9 March 2026
Hi all,Just a little patch here to start the week off. Some refinements here and there. This is really a partner patch to 2.1. Have fun in Beeflandia!-Kylev2.3fixed sign post issues for several more items (late game weapons not triggering sign posts correctly)the new Shadows Toggle in the settings menu now saves between play sessions properly
- Another Performance Update - 25 February 2026
Hey all,In my quest to make Beef Cat Ultra run better in the Endless stages on lower powered laptops I have conjured up another performance patch. This one is another great step towards even the largest and most chaotic stages remaining smooth on even the lowest end of devices.The new Shadows toggle in the settings menu will turn off the game-wide drop shadow effect. This is a demanding visual effect and turning it off results in a large spike in fps. Testing on my own PC which does not have performance issues ever saw Endless stages double in frame rate from approximately 1000fps to 2000fps. On a lower end non-gaming laptop with a 2.2ghz processor, this meant a laggy experience in the massive endless stages is now flawlessly buttery.On a lower end device that struggles to run Endless stages, this toggle alone should ideally translate into almost double the frame rate at the expense of…
- Performance Update - 20 February 2026
Hey all,I have a small update for Beef Cat Ultra today. I cleaned up a bug with signpost based items and implemented some performance improvements in areas the game processes a lot of information (the world map and endless stages). This is going to be the first of a couple similar patches. -Kylev2.1.0Improved performance in World MapImproved performance in all 4 endless mode stagesFixed an issue where choice signs wouldn't break after grabbing certain pickups
- Beef Cat Ultra 2.0 Anniversary Update - 23 September 2025
Happy 1-Year Anniversary to Beef Cat Ultra!Beef Cat Ultra released last year on September 23rd 2024. And it has been an excellent year. Out of the gate Beef Cat Ultra reached a smaller audience than we anticipated - such is game development. But we did a handful of polish patches and released the large Remix update for Steam users adding endless endgame content for diehard players.In late December I cold-emailed an indie game publisher and said "hey I think you should publish my game for consoles" but in a slightly more professional way. And when I woke up the next morning I was surprised to see a return email from them saying "we agree, let's talk" exactly as casually as that. A few short months later, Beef Cat Ultra released for the Nintendo Switch consoles, Playstation 4/5, and Xbox One and Series consoles.In the months since, we've been quiet on Beef Cat Ultra while we worked on oth…
- 1 Year Anniversary Approaching - 16 September 2025
Next Tuesday Marks the 1-Year Anniversary of Beef Cat Ultra!This has been such a fun game to develop and release, and then subsequently work on again for the console release. Things have been quiet here while other projects took our attention but just in time for the 1 Year Anniversary, a massive sweeping 2.0 patch is dropping for Beef Cat Ultra!Let me set the stage on what to expect:No new content! This is important to get out of the way to manage expectations. But every single stage, item, enemy - everything has been revisited. Visual stage improvements, sweeping balancing and difficulty curve adjusting, loads of quality of life changes. If you are a longtime player, you'll appreciate some clean up and polish. The goal here though is to polish the game really nice for new players.The start of the game has been made much more accessible in how the difficulty is doled out and new modes…
- Beef Cat Ultra Releases on Consoles Worldwide February 7th! - 4 February 2025
BLAMMO Happy Monday Beeflandians, Dropping in to give a long awaited updated on the console version of Beef Cat Ultra! So let's get the big thing out of the way first: Beef Cat Ultra Console Version launches Friday, February 7th! Developed in partnership with Brainium Games, Beef Cat Ultra will land on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 worldwide. Localized in SEVEN different languages! Thanks to our publisher for that one. The console version will have full language localization in seven languages: English, German, Spanish (Spain), French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil). A simple toggle in the settings menu lets you change the language on the fly. There are other differences between the Steam version and the Console version - a font change to help accommodate the localization, full rumble effects across the game, full colorblind accessib…
- v1.1.4 Hotfix - 13 January 2025
Fixed a bug where the Key pickup decided to delete most of it's code for no reason and make the player get showered in keys. Sorry new players, you actually weren't supposed to get 60 keys per second :( crazy i know
- v1.1.3 Hotfix - 29 December 2024
Fixed a rare issue in Funky Forest Remix that could prevent the clear from counting Fixed an issue with Jazzy Dunes Remix initialization
- v1.1.1 Hotfix - 28 December 2024
Fixed a crash related to picking up a Cheese in Deathmatch or the Final Boss
- v1.1 The Remix Update - 26 December 2024
The Remix Update Has Landed Howdy Beeflandians, This is a major update that touches every corner of Beef Cat Ultra, adding loads of new content and improving the content that was already there. The Remix Update will kick off a series of much smaller follow-up updates adding new upgrades and items over time to keep the RNG gods of Remix Island pleased. Let's kick off with the main event: Added Remix Island Added Dock and Ship to Stinky Coast Added Blockerboy to Stinky Coast to lock Remix Island until Game Completion Added 4 new stages with new mode "Remix" --Randomized starting location, pickup locations, and enemy spawn locations --Objective to Kill 5,000 enemies --Difficulty Tier increases every 5 minutes, increasing enemy health and speed Added 7 new level up options in Remix mode --4 New Weapon Level Up Options --2 New Survival Level Up Options --1 New Bonus Level Up Options Added 4…
- The Remix Update: Final Preview - 23 December 2024
Howdy Beeflandians! We are just days away from our largest ever update, adding new stages/mode/weapons, and including tons of little tweaks. To learn more about the basics of the Remix Update, check the previous post. I wanted to show off some of the new things you can find on Remix Island today! Let's dive in with a look at the Remix Island docks. The Remix Island docks have a key quality of life feature: every stat upgrade shop in one convenient location! There are two NEW shops being added as well for thrill seekers. The first is the Great Reset shop. This resets every single stat shop to their default zero values. Did you buy so many damage upgrades you made the game trivial? Reset! OR! Buy in to the Remix Difficulty shop. This increases the base difficulty of the Remix Island stages, with three tiers at patch launch. This difficulty increase is steep and for folks that want a chall…
- The Remix Update First Look - 14 December 2024
Howdy Beeflandians, I figured now would be a good time to show off some of the new content in The Remix Update. Beyond tons of little fixes and optimizations, this update has a significant infusion of ~CONTENT~. So let's dive in. The Remix Update brings Beef Cat and Friends to Remix Island, a small island south of Stinky Coast. How do you get there? The dock in Stinky Coast of course, which will feature a new boat after beating the final boss. This is post-game content for Beeflandia's Best. Remix Island is home to four new large stages all with the new Remix Mode which for description purposes is our randomizer mode. Navigating the new stages and mode come with a new objective - total enemy kills. Remix tasks you with defeating 5,000 enemy units before you are overwhelmed. Remix features a difficulty curve similar to Endless mode - where after periods of time, enemies have more HP and…
- What's New in Beeflandia? - 27 November 2024
Hello Beeflandians! There has been a lot brewing behind the scenes for Beef Cat Ultra. So I wanted to pop in and give an update - because Beef Cat Ultra is certainly going to be growing the next handful of months! First: The Remix Update This update was originally slated for this month, but we need more time to cook it. We're adding four new stages in a new Remix mode, several new items, providing a way for repeatable challenges for players that want to go after one more high score. Alongside that update will be a slew of new Steam Achievements. We'll be setting sail for Remix Island in the short-term future. Our focus has been elsewhere though lately on the second topic. Second: Consoles We can't provide really any information at this time, but Beef Cat Ultra is coming to consoles. We have been hard at work making this a reality and will be able to provide an update in the future. Anyw…
- v1.0.9 - 14 October 2024
Back again with more Steam Stat tracking and achievements. There's also stuff happening under the hood in preparation for the much larger "Remix Update" due out late next month. v1.0.9 3 New Steam Stats 9 New Steam Achievements
- v1.0.8 - 12 October 2024
Coming in hot with another patch! Cleaning up Deathmatch this time as well as some quality of life. And a new Steam feature! Steam Stats! Steam Stats will be used to track player progress and info right in the Steam client and will be used for Steam Achievements so they can have the cool progress bars that fill up. v1.0.8 Steam Stats Integration 1 New Steam Stat - Total Enemy Kills 4 New Steam Achievements related to Total Enemy Kills More boost pads added to the world map from each Boost Shop Boost pad depth adjustments Boomstick and Badstick animation demake to make them more vibe appropriate Adjusted camera position in all 6 extra Deathmatch arenas Item spawn visual glitch fix in Deathmatch stages, Final Boss, and Beach stages Added visual and sfx to item spawns in Deathmatch stages, Final Boss, and Beach stages
- v1.0.7 - 11 October 2024
Dropping in for some visual enhancements and Volleyball improvements today! v1.0.7 Drop shadow applied to most on-screen objects to separate them from the environment Chromatic Aberration added to the corners of the screen area Subtle Dithering applied to the screen space Color processing reduced slightly to capture retro palette more accurately Volleyball spawn visual glitch fix Volleyballs make a sfx when spawning Volleyballs have a visual effect when spawning Volleyballs spawn area improved to avoid them spawning too close to walls
- v1.0.6 - 8 October 2024
This is a very tiny subtle one to make recent changes gel even better~ v1.0.6 Added a tasteful music fade-in to accommodate the starting countdown
- What's Next for Beef Cat Ultra? - 3 October 2024
Beef Cat Ultra Expands Next Month! Beef Cat Ultra: Remix Update Launch week is behind us, and I've been able to clean up the dust in the code. The goal has always been to grow Beef Cat Ultra over time with new ideas, content, and *stuff. I love Survivors games and I like playing my own game. So as long as I have new ideas, they will flow into the game. The Remix Update Let's start with a bullet point list: 1 New post-game focused World with 4 New Stages 1 New Mode: Remix 6 New Pickups exclusively found in the new world 1 New Shop for difficulty junkies Let's break it down! Remix Island will become available after beating Some Big Guy! Head to the docks in Stinky Coast and set sail for a brand new mini-world featuring 4 massive sized stages using the new mode: Remix! Sharing maps with their respective Endless stages, Remix tasks you will mowing down astronomical hordes and fighting again…
- v1.0.5 - 3 October 2024
This is a partner patch to earlier. Focused on more visualization mostly. All in all, nearly 30 tweaks today focused on making things look/read/and feel better. v1.0.5 Countdown added to stage start to communicate control lockout Boss Healthbars centered better Volleyball UI centered better Bad Cat is locked out at start of Volleyball and Deathmatch to ensure fair play Endless stage difficulty curve made slightly more difficult Poison no longer drains health while paused Added Chests and Mushrooms to Stinky Endless Performance Improvements when handling 250+ coins idling in the environment Relocated a problematic Mushroom in Gauntlet Legacy
