Galagan's Island: Reprymian Rising

Early access since Jun 2015

Galagan's Island is an Arcade style Space Shooter paying loving homage to classic arcade style & difficulty. This Bullet Hell is sure to satisfy your Shmup Shortage! Featuring 25 LEVELS of handcrafted whimsical charm. Formations so pretty you almost don't want to destroy them.

81% positive · 128 reviews

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In early access, content planned but development status unclear

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In early access, content planned but development status unclear

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Evaluation

Galagan's Island: Reprymian Rising launched into Early Access on June 16, 2015 and has remained in that state. Through 2015 and into 2016, the developer was actively shipping updates — adding Co-Op mode, a checkpoint system, a tutorial, UI overhauls, balance patches, and soundtrack changes. On June 3, 2016, the developer posted that a second set of 25 levels and 5 new bosses was "coming soon," with art nearly complete and mini-games being prepared to accompany it. That post is the last official communication from the developer on record. No further updates, announcements, or patch notes have appeared since June 3, 2016. The promised second set of levels — which would represent a major content milestone for the game — was never confirmed as released. The store description still describes the game as Early Access and promises Co-Op mode and more content. With nearly a decade of silence following an active development period and specific undelivered content commitments, the game's development status is deeply uncertain.

Evidence

Developer announced the next set of 25 levels and 5 bosses is 'coming soon,' with minor preparatory changes shipped. This is the last known communication from the developer.

news post · Jun 3, 2016 source content planned

high

Developer confirmed the next 25 levels were 'almost ready,' mostly waiting on art completion, and that a new checkpoint system was in progress.

news post · Feb 6, 2016 source content planned

high

Content

2 of 2 released · no outstanding content

Released

Galagan's Island: Metagalactic Monstrosities

Sep 2015

Released

Galagan's Island: Reprymian Rising OST

Sep 2015

Media

Details

Developer

Skinny Jean Death Studios

Publisher

Volens Nolens Games

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

partial support

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player · Multiplayer

Action Indie Early Access Casual Shoot 'Em Up Arcade

About this game

To our new players....
Please be so kind as to leave us a review.
Be Sure To Check Out Our Two Newest Games
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Galagan's Island is an Arcade style Space Shooter, paying loving homage to classic arcade style and difficulty.
Currently featuring 25 LEVELS of handcrafted whimsical charm.
The formations are so pretty, you almost don't want to destroy them. LOL!
Galagan's Island utilizes dynamic scaling of ship abilities. As you progress through the game YOUR ability to perform improves as well.

Original Soundtrack featuring smooth jazz and hip-hop styles, personalized trip-hop TRACKS, 8 bit chip-tunes & 4th wall frenzies....not to mention a slew of rising Indie musicians ...brought to you courtesy of Forever Humble Productions.

Optimized For Both Keyboard and Gamepad Controls.

This is our first release under Skinny Jean Death Studios....a video game development company founded by teen programmer Jonathan Cunningham.

Early Access

So...25 Levels to start...and 5 Bosses.
Hmmm...Not Enough.

So This Is Why We Are Here....Early Access It Is.

We wanted to create a community not just behind this game but behind us as a company.
With Early Access, we are able to show the players the amount of work that goes into making a game.
We greatly benefit from the feedback we get from the players, as it has allowed us the ability to grow this game into something much larger then it began.
We hope you join our studio in our game making venture. Galagan's Island ~ Reprymian Rising is just the first of many titles to come.

We will be adding a Co-Op Mode.
More enemies, more ships, bigger bullets, bosses, bigger bosses, sometimes even mini bosses....and man more powerups!

This Is All Very New to Us.
We are really excited to start to grow this game further with you the players.
I hope we did this right. LOL
If not...well we will be updating this thing constantly anyway.